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Figure III-1-dee-005. Deer atop a bow-case (gorytos, Scythian compound bow-case and quiver?) ornamented with aphlaston and flanked by two confronted, undulating bearded serpents with protruding bifurcated tongues; flaming torch (mint's control mark?).

Material: Denomination
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Mint: Issuer/Authority: Historical Period,
Date:
Collection:
Silver Cistophoric tetra-drachm (rev. & obv.) Ephesos,
Ionia
Uncertain Middle Hellenistic, 127-126 BC Private

Source-Image(s): Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © ACSearch.info and the original holders): Savoca Numismatik, Live Online Auction 5, 8 November 2015, Lot 213. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page.

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