cn type 11339

Mint

Pergamon 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 123-104 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

(position: on the left) Monogram reverse

(position: above)

Symbol

thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)

Metrology

Denomination

cistophorus 🔍

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 31.5 mm / Min: 26.9 mm

Average Weight

12.48 g (8x)

Axes

1 (1x) 12 (1x)

Citation

Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 563, nr. 101 ❐

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 7, annot. (ca. 123-104 v. Chr.) ❐

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 185, nr. 47, annot. (ca. 125-100? v. Chr.) ❐

Carbone, Hidden power: late cistophoric production and the organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 B.C.), New York, NY 2020 p. 57, nr. XXXII. ❐

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cn type 11339, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11339 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]