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bgr_672608 - AIOLIS - CYME Hemidrachme

AIOLIS - CYME Hemidrachme XF
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,90 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centrée. Joli protomé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
GC.-  - BMC.21  - Aulock-  - Cop.35  - SGKB.-

Obverse

Obverse description : Aigle debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.
Obverse legend : KU.

Reverse

Reverse description : Protomé de cheval à droite.
Reverse legend : T.

Historical background

AIOLIS - CYME

(5th - 4th century BC)

Cymé, today Sandakli, one of the most important cities of the Aeolian coast, was located south of Myrhina. It had a port and was founded by Locrians. She herself is at the origin of the foundation of Side in Pamphylia and of Cumae in Campania. It is the homeland of Hesiod.

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