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cn coin 38230

Connected to Type

CN Type 11342 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 92-88 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
ΑΣ (position: above) thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
30.3 mm
Weight
11.91 g
Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Kambanu 4 11,91 (8Blattp.); cn-pergamon-A_1221

Public Commentary

Durchmesser nach Gips.

Literature

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 29, annot. (ca. 92-88 v. Chr.) ❐

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 186, nr. 51, annot. (Anfang 1. Jh. v. Chr., vor 68 v. Chr.) ❐

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 29, annot. (ca. 92-88 v. Chr.) ❐

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 186, nr. 51, annot. (Anfang 1. Jh. v. Chr., vor 68 v. Chr.) ❐

Carbone, Hidden power: late cistophoric production and the organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 B.C.), New York, NY 2020 p. 75, nr. LII. ❐

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