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cn coin 38239

Connected to Type
CN Type 11344 🔍
Mint
Pergamon 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 92-88 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)
Monogram reverse (position: above)
Symbol
ΔΗ (position: above)
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
28.4 mm
Weight
12.47 g
Owner
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Dipartimento del Gabinetto Numismatico, Vatikan, va  
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: Vatican 64 12,47; cn-pergamon-A_1231
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. 563, nr. 106  
Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 31, annot. (ca. 92-88 v. Chr.)  
Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 186, nr. 51, annot. (Anfang 1. Jh. v. Chr., vor 68 v. Chr.)  
Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 563, nr. 106  
Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 31, annot. (ca. 92-88 v. Chr.)  
Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 186, nr. 51, annot. (Anfang 1. Jh. v. Chr., vor 68 v. Chr.)  
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cn coin 38239, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38239 [Last downloaded: 2025/02/18]
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