cn type 11568
cn type 11568-0
cn type 11568-1
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cn type 11568

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 104-98 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: )
Symbol
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right) MH (position: above)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27.5 mm / Min: 27.3 mm
Average Weight
12.61 g (2x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 80, nr. 21, annot. (ca. 104-98 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. 63, nr. XL.  ❐

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cn type 11568, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11568 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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