cn type 11489
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cn type 11489

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 160-150 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: )
Symbol
corn-ear (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
32.3 mm (1x)
Average Weight
11.47 g (1x)
Citation

Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 562, nr. 81  ❐

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 27, nr. Serie 14, annot. (160-150 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. 50, nr. V.  ❐

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cn type 11489, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11489 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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