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E-auction 8-1681 - bgr_228936 - CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Unité

CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Unité AU
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Estimate : 145 €
Price : 72 €
Maximum bid : 77 €
End of the sale : 27 May 2013 17:01:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 100-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cilicie, Korykos
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine vert d'eau. Revers tout à fait inhabituel, stylisé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES IX, n° 115, de MONNAIES 34, n° 245 et de MONNAIES 41, n° 246

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Tyché à droite, les cheveux longs.
Obverse legend : AK.

Reverse


Reverse description : Hermès, nu debout à gauche, coiffé du pétase, tenant de la main droite un phiale et de la gauche, un caducée.
Reverse legend : KWRUKIWTWN/ ER/ PO/ EP.
Reverse translation : (de Korykos).

Commentary


Même coin de droit que l'exemplaire de la collection Levante (793) et même coin de droit que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de Paris (1077-1081).

Historical background


CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS

(1st century BC)

The coastal city of Korykos (in Latin Corycus) was located halfway between the mountains of Lamos and Kalykadnos, southwest of Elæussa. The region was renowned for its troglodyte caves, named "Corycian caves" by ancient authors: Pindar (Pyth. I.31), Strabo (XIV.670) and Pliny the Elder (NH. V.92).

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