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cn coin 38256

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CN Type 11354 🔍
Mint
Pergamon 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 85-76 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
KP (position: above)
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
26.1 mm
Weight
12.60 g
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: Oxford Corp. Christi College 241 12,6; cn-pergamon-A_1244
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. 111  
Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 36, annot. (ca. 85-76 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. 111  
Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 36, annot. (ca. 85-76 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 38256, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38256 [Last downloaded: 2025/06/16]
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