cn coin 17240
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cn coin 17240

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CN Type 11239 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

123-67 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
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right) ΦΙ (position: above)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
Diameter
27 mm
Weight
12.25 g
Axis
12
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de

Owner Inventory No.: 18200070

Provenience: 1906 Löbbecke - Vorbesitzer Löbbecke

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: Loebb 337 12,25; cn-pergamon-A_1279

Literature

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.)

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 81, nr. 50, annot. (ca. 76-67 v. Chr.)

Bosch and Kraft, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 4: Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien, 1050-1438, Berlin 1957 nr. 7484

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cn coin 17240, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_17240 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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