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cn coin 38179

Connected to Type

CN Type 11538 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 139-136 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
crested helmet (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
28.2 mm
Weight
12.34 g
Owner

Jakunčikov, St. Petersburg, ru

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Jakumschik 57 12,34; cn-pergamon-A_1161

Public Commentary

Durchmesser nach Gips.

Literature

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 33, nr. Serie 25b, annot. (139-136 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.) ❐

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 33, nr. Serie 25b, annot. (139-136 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. 51, nr. XIV. ❐

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