133 BC - 67 BC

Pergamum    Mysia
Πέργαμον   Μυσία
AR 29
 SHH 6881

6881 Pergamum Mysia AR

Material Composision Analysis  

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse


Notes
Reference

Provenance
Donated



Parameter
 11.38 g   28.1-29.9 mm   1.8 eqmm(ρ=9.4g/cm^3)   12:00 o'clock   VF
Cista mystica from which serpent emerges; all within ivy wreath.
Bow in case, decorated with aphlastron, between two coiled serpents;
mint monogramm of Pergamon to left; serpent-entwined thyrsos to right;
ΔΗ above, beneath which monogramm.
?
BMC Mysia 105 (133-67 BC); Copenhagen IV 429 (133-1st c. BC);
France 1732/1733; von Aulock 1369/1370 (letters above variant; 133-67 BC)
Ex Roma Numismatics 55/374, 18.4.2019; ex inventory of a German dealer.
Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften der Ruhr-Universität Bochu, June 2019
"Unterschiedliche Silbergehalte von Cistophoren und deren Auswirkung auf Fertigungsverfahren und metallurgische Eigenschaften"

Electrical Conductivity σmax(SigmaTest) [MS/m]
kHz
60
 120
 240
 480
 960







obv
15.4
 13.2
 11.7
 10.9
 10.6
rev
16.1 14.0
 12.5
 11.9
 11.9

XRF Dr. Wolfgang Bretz
%
Ag
 Cu
 Pb
 Au
 Bi
 Cr
 Si
 Fe










obv
95.1
 0.3
 0.2
 0.7
 0.1
 0.5
 1.3


94.0
 0.3
 0.2
 0.7
 0.1
 0.6
 1.8
rev
94.1
 0.4
 0.1
 0.6
 0.0
 0.6
 2.3


94.7
 0.5
 0.1
 0.6
 0.0
 0.6
 2.1


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