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cn coin 38153

Connected to Type

CN Type 11489 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 160-150 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
corn-ear (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
32.3 mm
Weight
11.47 g
Owner

Staatliche Münzsammlung München, München, de ❐

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: München n.3 11,47; cn-pergamon-A_1145

Public Commentary

Durchmesser nach Gips.

Citation

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 27, nr. 32a, pl. 4, pic. 4  ❐

Literature

Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 562, nr. 81 ❐

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 27, nr. Serie 14, annot. (160-150 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.) ❐

Carbone, Hidden power: late cistophoric production and the organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 B.C.), New York, NY 2020 p. 50, nr. V. ❐

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cn coin 38153, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38153 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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