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|Mint=Pergamum
|Mint=Pergamum
|Ancient region=Mysia
|Ancient region=Mysia
|Date from=76
|Authority=Roman Republic
|Date to=67
|Date from=76 BCE
|Date to=67 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=12.27
|Weight=12.27
|Denomination=Cistophorus
|Denomination=cistophoric tetradrachm
|Standard=Cistophoric
|Coin reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=8170&AucID=20&Lot=683
|Coin reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=8170&AucID=20&Lot=683
|Coin series reference=Kleiner 1978
|Coin series reference=Kleiner 1978; Carbone 2020
|Overstruck obverse description=Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges. All within wreath of ivy with berries.
|Overstruck obverse description=Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges. All within wreath of ivy with berries.
|Overstruck reverse legend=City monogram
|Overstruck reverse legend=City monogram
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Bow-case flanked by two snakes.
|Overstruck reverse description=Bow-case flanked by two snakes.
|Overstruck mint=Pergamum
|Overstruck date from=166 BCE
|Overstruck ancient region=Mysia
|Overstruck date to=67 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=cistophorus
|Overstruck denomination=cistophoric tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Cistophoric
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
|Level of confidence=sure
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="overstruck on an earlier cistophoric tetradrachm"
|Remarks="overstruck on an earlier cistophoric tetradrachm"
}}
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Latest revision as of 20:02, 7 May 2024

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3573


76 BCE - 67 BCE | City monogram

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 75 - Pergamum over Pergamum.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
SO 75 - Pergamum over Pergamum overstruck variety.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 683.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges. All within wreath of ivy with berries. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: City monogram (Greek) Bow-case flanked by two snakes. Above, MOΣ and a monogram. In the field, snake entwined thyrsos.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Pergamum Ancient regionAncient region. Mysia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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: Roman Republic
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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.2712.27 g <br />12,270 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cistophoric tetradrachm
StandardStandard.: Cistophoric
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=8170&AucID=20&Lot=683 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Kleiner 19781Kleiner 1978, Carbone 20202Carbone 2020

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake emerges. All within wreath of ivy with berries. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: City monogram (Greek) Bow-case flanked by two snakes.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : cistophoric tetradrachm StandardStandard. : Cistophoric
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on an earlier cistophoric tetradrachm"

References

  1. ^  Kleiner, Fred S. (1978), "Hoard evidence and the late Cistophori of Pergamum", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes, 23, p. 77-105.
  2. ^  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.