PHRYGIA, Laodikeia. Circa 133/88-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.20 g, 1h). Cistophoric type. Olympiodoros, son of Hermogenes, magistrate. Cista mystica, from which serpent emerges, within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; OΛYMΠIOΔΩPOΣ/ EPMOΓENOY in two lines above, kerykeion to right. HGC 7, 724; SNG von Aulock 8407. Old collection tone, a hint of porosity, slightly off center on obverse. Good VF. Ex Kleinkunst Collection (Leu Numismatik 6, 23 October 2020), lot 218.
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