| 词条 | Cistophorus |
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The cistophorus ({{lang-grc|κιστοφόρος}}, kistophoros) was a coin of ancient Pergamum. It was introduced sometime in the years 175[1]–160 BC[2] at that city to provide the Attalid kingdom with a substitute for Seleucid coins and the tetradrachms of Philetairos. It was also used by a number of other cities that were under Attalid control. These cities included Alabanda and Kibyra.[1] It continued to be minted and circulated down to the time of Hadrian, long after the kingdom was bequeathed to Rome. It owes its name to a figure, on the obverse, of the sacred chest ({{lang-la|cista}}) of Dionysus.{{cn|date=February 2018}} Cistophoric standardIt was tariffed at four drachmas,{{cn|date=February 2018}} but weighed only as much as three Attic drachmas (the most important weight standard of the time),[1] 12.75 grams. In addition, the evidence of hoards suggests that it did not travel outside the area which Pergamum controlled. It is therefore suspected that it was overvalued in this area. 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][6] Design and themesCistophoric 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 Eumenes II received much of its power practically as a Roman gift. He portrayed himself as a benefactor of the Greeks living within Asia Minor.[3] The types reflect the Attalid kings' claims of descent from Dionysus and Heracles.[4] The cista mystica on the obverse represents Dionysius while the bow case on the reverse represents Heracles, whose son, Telephus, was the mythological founder of Pergamon. References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Otto Mørkholm|title=Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamaea (336-188 BC)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_5Ez0kAOuIC&pg=PA9|date=31 May 1991|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-39504-5|pages=9–10}} 2. ^1 {{cite book|author=Philip Kay|title=Rome's Economic Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcTRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97|date=23 January 2014|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-150735-9|page=97}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|author=Peter Thonemann|title=The Hellenistic World: Using Coins as Sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMLrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA80|date=14 January 2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-08696-8|page=80}} 4. ^Kenneth W. Harl "Livy and the Date of the Introduction of the Cistophoric Tetradrachma," Classical AntiquityVol. 10, No. 2 (1991), page 269 External links{{Commonscat}}
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