Cistophorus
The cistophorus (
Cistophoric standard
It was tariffed at four
In any case, the result was a closed monetary system similar to that in the Ptolemaic Kingdom. It is likely that this was a deliberate policy.[2][3]
Design and themes
Cistophoric coinage fails to portray reigning kings in its coins. It is possible that this lack of royal iconography is the result of Attalid royal ideology. The royal coinage is mimicking itself as a federal coinage. Attalid kings were unable to portray themselves as a charismatic and militaristic authority like the other Hellenistic rulers, as the kingdom during reign of
The types reflect the Attalid kings' claims of descent from Dionysus and Heracles.[4] The cista mystica on the obverse represents Dionysus while the bow case on the reverse represents Heracles, whose son, Telephus, was the mythological founder of Pergamon.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-39504-5.
- ISBN 978-0-19-150735-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-107-08696-8.
- ^ Kenneth W. Harl "Livy and the Date of the Introduction of the Cistophoric Tetradrachma (sic)," Classical Antiquity Vol. 10, No. 2 (1991), page 269
External links
- Cistophorus, article in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
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