Definizione

• A silver coin principally minted in the Kingdom of Pergamos dur- ing the second and first centuries B.C. and which was valued at three Roman Denarii. It receives its name from the representa- tion on the obverse of the cista, or mystic chest of Bacchus, from which serpents are escaping.

  The place of mintage of the Cistophori is often indicated by the first letters of the name of the city, the types of which appear as subordinate symbols in the field of the coin.

Fonte

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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