cn coin 38189

Obverse

Design: Cista mystica from which a serpent emerges to left, the whole surrounded by an ivy wreath.
go to the NLP result of this description

Reverse

Design: Between facing serpents, a stylized bow-case.
go to the NLP result of this description

Symbol: AM (position: above)
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)

Metrology

Owner: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Dipartimento del Gabinetto Numismatico, Vatikan, va ❐

Reproduction Owner: BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐
Plaster Cast No: Vatican 25 12,31; cn-pergamon-A_1172

Literature: Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 562, nr. 90 ❐

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 79, nr. 3 ❐

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 185, nr. 47, annot. (ca. 125-100? v. Chr.) ❐

Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 562, nr. 90 ❐

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 79, nr. 3 ❐

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 185, nr. 47, annot. (ca. 125-100? v. Chr.) ❐

Carbone, Hidden power: late cistophoric production and the organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 B.C.), New York, NY 2020 p. 73, nr. LI. ❐

Cite this record:: cn coin 38189, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38189 [Last downloaded: 2025/01/25]

License:: This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International