133 BC - 67 BC

Pergamum    Mysia
Πέργαμον   Μυσία

AR 28
SHH 7457

7457 Pergamum Mysia AR

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Provenance
12.396 g   26.3-30.5 mm   2.7 eqmm (ρ=10.4 g/cm^3)   tmax 2.7 mm   rh 0.40 mm
12:00 o'clock   VF   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 22.8, rev. 23.9 MS/m
Cista mystica from which serpent emerges; all within ivy wreath.
Bow in case, decorated with aphlastron, between two coiled serpents;
mint monogramm of Pergamon to left; serpent-entwined thyrsos to right;
ΠA above, beneath which monogramm and star.
Same iconography as SHH 6877

BMC Mysia 98/100 (133-67 BC); Copenhagen IV 425 (133-1st c. BC);
France 1728; Kleiner 24; von Aulock 1369 (133-67 BC)
Ex Aquila Numismatics 7/251, 4.12.2022