Serpentarium Mundi by Alexei Alexeev The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD)
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Figure 003 of 012 TRIDENT: SET 001 Figure 005 of 012
Figure III-6-tri-004. Trident 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; zoomorphic (?) bow behind; flaming torch (mint's control mark?).

Material: Denomination
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Mint: Issuer/Authority: Historical Period,
Date:
Collection:
Silver Cistophoric tetra-drachm (reverse) Ephesos,
Ionia
Uncertain Late Hellenistic,
88-87 BC
Private

Source-Image(s): Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © ACSearch.info and the original holders): Numismatik Naumann, Auction 9, 3 November 2013, Lot 255. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page.

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