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cn coin 38115

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CN Type 11450 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 166-160 BC

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: )
Symbol
thyrsus (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
Diameter
31.6 mm
Weight
12.42 g
Owner

Nationalmuseet, Kongelige Mønt- og Medaillesamling, Kopenhagen, dk

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: Kopenhag 20 12,59; cn-pergamon-A_1128

Public Commentary

Durchmesser nach Gips.

Citation

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 22, nr. 1a, pl. 1, pic. 6 

Literature

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 22, nr. Serie 1b, annot. (ca. 166-160 v. Chr.)

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 184f., nr. 45, annot. (etwas vor 190 - 125? v. Chr.)

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cn coin 38115, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38115 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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