cn type 11632

Mint

Pergamon 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

55-53 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

Legend

Ϲ ΡVLϹΗΕR ΡRΟ ϹΟS ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΤΟϹ

Design

Between facing serpents, a stylized bow-case.
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Monogram

(position: )

Symbol

thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)

Persons

Proconsul: Gaius Claudius Ap. f. Pulcher 🔍

Magistrate: Menophantos 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

cistophorus 🔍

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 29.4 mm / Min: 27.4 mm

Average Weight

12.07 g (2x)

Axes

1 (1x)

Citation

Stumpf et al., Numismatische Studien zur Chronologie der römischen Statthalter in Kleinasien (122 v. Chr.-163 n. Chr.), Saarbrücken 1991 p. 33f., nr. 54 ❐

Metcalf, The later Republican cistophori, New York 2017 p. 27, nr. XIV. ❐

Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 569, nr. 186 ❐

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cn type 11632, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11632 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]