v49_0215 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité, (PB, Æ 18)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (PB, Æ 18)
Date: c. 180-160 AC.
Mint name / Town : Éolide, Cymé
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, éclaté à 5 heures au droit, bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit bien venu à la frappe. Revers de haut relief. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Claude Silberstein (1990)
Obverse
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval bondissant à droite.
Obverse legend : KU/ EPI KRATHS
Obverse translation : (Cymé/ magistrat Cratès).
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à droite.
Reverse legend : (HR)
Commentary
Au droit, le nom du magistrat monétaire est bien visible sur cet exemplaire ainsi qu’un monogramme adjonctif au revers.
On the obverse, the name of the monetary magistrate is clearly visible on this example as well as an additional monogram on the reverse
On the obverse, the name of the monetary magistrate is clearly visible on this example as well as an additional monogram on the reverse
Historical background
AIOLIS - CYME
(3rd - 2nd 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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