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cn coin 21588

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CN Type 7068 🔍

Mint
Adramyttion 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 133-67 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
Legend
ΑΔΡΑ ΛΥ ΜΕ
Design
Between facing serpents, a stylized bow-case.
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Symbol
owl (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
10.89 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 41766020

Provenience: Waddington 6956

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Paris W. 6956, 10,94g; cn-adramyttion_003

Public Commentary

Rs-Legende: ME in Ligatur

Citation

Stauber et al., Die Bucht von Adramytteion, Bonn 1996 p. 208, nr. 97a  ❐

Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913 p. 22, nr. 56,1  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 32, pl. 2  ❐

Literature

Stauber et al., Die Bucht von Adramytteion, Bonn 1996 p. 208, nr. 97 ❐

Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913 p. 22, nr. 56 ❐

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cn coin 21588, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_21588 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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