cistophorus

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  1. A Greek silver coin, weighing on the average something over 193 grains, first issued by the kings of Pergamum, probably in the second century b. c., for circulation in their dominions in western Asia Minor. In Asia Minor the chief silver coinage consisted of the famous Cistophori. B. V. Head, Historia Numorum, Int., p. lxii.

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  1. from Greek κιστοφόρος, carrying a chest; as a noun, a coin bearing on the obverse a figure of a cist or casket; from κίστη, chest, + -φόρος, from φέρειν = English bear.
 

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