Coin: ar cistophoros
- Museum number:
- 8-4324
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004324
- Accession number:
- Acc.147
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Coin; AR; Cistophoros. 12.33 grams, 29mm. Ephesus, Ionia, 133-67 BC. Obverse: Cista mystica in wreath of ivory, from which serpent issues left. Reverse: ΠΕ, two coiled serpent with heads erect, bowcase between, above KP ΠΥ.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
- Collection place:
- Pergamon (ancient city), Mysia
- Production place:
- Pergamon (ancient city), Mysia
- Culture or time period:
- Aeolian, Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC), and Mysians
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
- Collection date:
- before 1904
- Materials:
- Silver alloy
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 133-67 BC
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 29 millimeters and weight 12.33 grams
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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