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cn type 11330

Mint
Pergamon 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 95-92 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: on the left)
Symbol
AM (position: above)
thyrsus entcircled by serpent (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
Max: 28.9 mm / Min: 23.5 mm
Average Weight
12.43 g (6x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation
Pinder, Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der römischen Provinz Asia: mit acht Kupfertafeln, Berlin 1856 p. 562, nr. 90 
Kleiner, Hoard evidence and the late cistophori of Pergamum, 1978 p. 79, nr. 3 
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. 73, nr. LI. 
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cn type 11330, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11330 [Last downloaded: 2025/02/18]
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