76 BCE - 67 BCE | City monogram
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 683.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges. All within wreath of ivy with berries.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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City monogram (Greek) Bow-case flanked by two snakes. Above, MOΣ and a monogram. In the field, snake entwined thyrsos.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Pergamum
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Mysia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Roman Republic
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 76 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.2712.27 g <br />12,270 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cistophoric tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Cistophoric
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges. All within wreath of ivy with berries.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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City monogram (Greek) Bow-case flanked by two snakes.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 166 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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cistophoric tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Cistophoric
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References
References
- ^ Kleiner, Fred S. (1978), "Hoard evidence and the late Cistophori of Pergamum", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes, 23, p. 77-105.
- ^ Carbone, Lucia Francesca (2020), Hidden Power. Late Cistophoric Production and the Organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 BC), Numismatic Studies 42, New York, 266 p., 140 pl.
