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Апд.
Struck circa 166-160 BC.
Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow case; radiate head of Helios to left.
The first two series of cistophoric at Ephesus are linked by a common obverse die (El) and exhibit features comparable to the contemporary issues of Pergamum. There is a similar irregularity with respect to the placement of the ethnic and the symbol:
EФE appears in both the left and right fields in both series. The use of an animal's head as symbol, placed almost as if it were an outgrowth of one of the serpents, is paralleled in the initial series of Apameia. The size of the cista in the earliest Ephesian obverses is considerably larger than in succeeding decades. Only 1 of the 11 known coins from Series 1 and 2 comes from a recorded hoard (Asia Minor 1928, 58). As might be expected, the earliest cistophoric had, for the most part, ceased to circulate by the time the earliest cistophoric hoards were buried.
Kleiner & Noe Series 2. Ephesus, XI-5
