Sardis Kleiner and Noe 1977 1

Typological Description

  • Date Range: 166 BC - 160 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, thyrsus (sceptre surmounted by a pine cone and adorned with ribbons)

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