cn type 11397
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cn type 11397

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-club (position: on the right) Y (position: ) Λ (position: )
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29.1 mm / Min: 21 mm
Average Weight
11.73 g (1x)
Citation

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 36, nr. Serie 33, 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. (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. 53, nr. XXIII.  ❐

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cn type 11397, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11397 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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