cistŏphŏrus or -ŏs, i, m., = κιστοφόρος.
I The bearer of the sacred box , Inscr. Orell. 2318.—
II An Asiatic coin of the value of about four drachms , on which a cista was stamped , Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2; 2, 16, 4; 11, 1, 2; id. Dom. 20, 52.— Gen. plur. cistophorūm, Liv. 37, 46, 3; 39, 7, 1; Paul. ex Fest. p. 78.