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cn coin 50109

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CN Type 11452 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 128-123 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
caduceus (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
27.2 mm
Weight
12.32 g
Axis
12
Literature

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 37, nr. Serie 37a, annot. (128-123 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. (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. 53, nr. XXVI. ❐

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cn coin 50109, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_50109 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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