bgr_594697 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Cistophore
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Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Cistophore
Date: c. 123-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mysie, Pergame
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,59 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Frappe un peu plus brouillée au droit. Très joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Ciste mystique de laquelle s'échappe un serpent ; le tout dans une couronne dionysiaque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Arc et goryte orné d'un aplustre entre deux serpents ; dans le champ à droite, le bâton d’Esculape.
Reverse legend : DI/ (PERG)
Reverse translation : (Pergame).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire semble relativement ancien dans la série, n’ayant qu’un seul monogramme au-dessus du carquois (goryte).
This example appears to be relatively early in the series, having only one monogram above the quiver (goryte)
This example appears to be relatively early in the series, having only one monogram above the quiver (goryte)
Historical background
MYSIA - PERGAMON
(133-67 BC)
Pergame, located about twenty kilometers from the Mysian coast was in a fertile region. The city experienced a period of splendor under the energetic domination of the Attalids. Pergamos had been the place where the eunuch Philetario kept the treasure of Lysimachus, composed of more than 9,000 talents (more than 200 tons of metal). Philetario first betrays Lysimachus for Seleucus, before proclaiming himself independent, keeping the jackpot for his own account, the origin of the proverbial prosperity of Pergame. The new kingdom would experience significant economic prosperity after the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. By dying in 133 BC, Attalus III bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans who created the province of Asia with Pergamum for capital. The city was famous for its library and its sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius.
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