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The cistophorus was a coin of ancient Pergamum that continued to be minted and circulated for about 200 years after the kingdom was bequeathed to Rome. It owes its name to a figure, on the obverse, of the sacred chest (Latin: cista) of Dionysus.
Cistophorus
A form of tetradrachm struck at several ancient Greek cities during Roman times, these were the largest Roman silver coins. Tariffed at three Roman denarii or four local drachms.
Cistophorus struck by Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio as ‘Impe- rator'; Legionary Eagle, in place of Bow-case, between serpents on reverse (B. M. Guide, Pl. LX. 5). (For a cistophorus probably struck B.C. 50-49 by L.
AR Cistophorus.
Probably struck at Gortyna between B.C. 66 and the battle of Actium, B.C. 31.
Trajan, AR Cistophorus (10.54 g, 7h); Uncertain Asia Minor (or Rome) mint. Struck January-February AD 98
Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM, Laureate head right.
Hadrian, AR Cistophorus, 138, Province of Asia (RIC), Smyrna (Metcalf)
HADRIANVS-AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right
COS-III ...
Ref Nero AR Cistophorus of Ephesos, RIC 121 [Claudius], RSC 82a, BMC 236, RPC 2225.
To the left a Cistophorus of Marcus Antonius, middle Augustus, to the right a Claudius & Agrippina ...
RP128. Ionia, Ephesos, Domitian and Domitia, AD 81-96, AR Cistophorus (9.73g). Domitian head rt./Domitia head rt., RIC 228(R3). Near centered, light tone, decent clear portraits, RARE, Fine+....$950 Photo ...
14. Augustus, 27 B.C. - 14 A.D., silver cistophorus.
15. Marcus Agippa, died 12 B.C., copper as.
16. Tiberius, A.D. 14-37, copper as.
 See also: Coin, Mint, Bust, Coinage, Ancient
  
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