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cn coin 38195

Connected to Type
CN Type 11331 🔍
Mint
Pergamon 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 123-104 BC
Hellenistic Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Cista mystica from which a serpent emerges to left, the whole surrounded by an ivy wreath.
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Reverse
Design
Between facing serpents, a stylized bow-case.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: on the left)
Symbol
AΣ (position: above)
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
29.1 mm
Weight
12.94 g
Owner
St. Florians Stift zu Wien, Wien, at
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: St. florian 29 12,94; cn-pergamon-A_1181
Public Commentary
Durchmesser nach Gips.
Literature
Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 562, nr. 92  
Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 79, nr. 2  
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. 92  
Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 79, nr. 2  
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. 55, nr. XXX.  
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cn coin 38195, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38195 [Last downloaded: 2025/02/18]
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