Apamea in Phrygia Ashton 2004 pl. 9, 7

Typological Description

  • Date Range: 140 BC - 139 BC
  • Material: Silver

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Type: Basket (cista mystica) from which a snake emerges, in a wreath of ivy

  • Reverse

    • Type: Gorytos (bow case) decorated with an aplustre and containing a bow, between two intertwined snakes; to side, serpent coil

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