cn type 11454
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cn type 11454

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 160-150 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: ) Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom left)
Symbol
torch with handguard (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29 mm / Min: 27.4 mm
Average Weight
12.58 g (3x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

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. (kurz vor 190-125? v. Chr.)  ❐

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 26, nr. Serie 11b, annot. (160-150 v. Chr.)  ❐

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cn type 11454, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11454 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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