The Later Republican Cistophori treats the cistophoric coinage bearing
the names of Roman magistrates, most commonly proconsuls, struck in
58-48 BC, as well as other issues which depart from the traditional
paradigm.
The cistophori were originally introduced as the currency of the
Hellenistic Attalid kingdom by the mid-second century BC. They were
retained as the coins of the realm even after the kingdom was bequeathed
to Rome in 133 BC and continued to be struck down into the first century
BC.
The Later Republican Cistophori catalogues and illustrates some 523
cistophori and fractions from the mints of Ephesus, Pergamum, Tralles,
and Apameia, as well as the "ATA" series and related issues. A detailed
commentary discusses the Roman magistrates and the Greek signers of
their coinages as well as well as the metrology and fineness of the
cistophori.