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cn coin 38266

Connected to Type

CN Type 11567 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 76-67 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: ) Monogram reverse (position: )
Symbol
MH (position: above) thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right) N (position: above) Ο (position: above)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
28 mm
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: London 636 cat 125, 117; cn-pergamon-A_1255

Public Commentary

Durchmesser nach Gips.

Citation

Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892 p. 125, nr. 117  ❐

Literature

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 81, nr. 42, annot. (ca. 76-67 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.) ❐

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