cn type 11640
cn type 11640-0
cn type 11640-1
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cn type 11640

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

56-55 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
C SEPTVMI T F PRO COS ΠΟCЄΙΔωΝΙΟC
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)
Persons

Proconsul: Gaius Septimius T. f. 🔍

Magistrate: Poseidonios 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 32 mm / Min: 29.2 mm
Average Weight
12.17 g (2x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Stumpf et al., Numismatische Studien zur Chronologie der römischen Statthalter in Kleinasien (122 v. Chr.-163 n. Chr.), Saarbrücken 1991 p. 30, nr. 41  ❐

Metcalf, The later Republican cistophori, New York 2017 p. 26, nr. X.  ❐

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cn type 11640, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11640 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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