LYDIA, Tralles. C. Claudius Ap.f. Pulcher. Proconsul, 55-53 BC. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 12.46 g, 12h). Aristokles, magistrate. Cista mystica with serpent; all within wreath of ivy and flowers / C PVLCHER PROCOS, two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase decorated with with apluser; TPA to left, hand holding branch to right; in exergue, APICTOKΛEC. LRC Group XV, 351 var. (O11/R– [rev. die unrecorded]); Stumpf 55; Pinder 187. Toned, light porosity, scrape on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, only four in CoinArchives.
From the Kalevala Collection.
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