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cn coin 19162

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CN Type 11339 🔍

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) Monogram reverse (position: above)
Symbol
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
27 mm
Weight
12.18 g
Axis
1
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18259032

Provenience: 1875 Prokesch-Osten - Vorbesitzer Prokesch von Osten

Citation

Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 563, nr. 101  ❐

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 7, pl. 11, pic. 104  ❐

Literature

Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 563, nr. 101 ❐

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 7, annot. (ca. 123-104 v. Chr.) ❐

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. 57, nr. XXXII. ❐

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cn coin 19162, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_19162 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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