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bgr_494714 - AIOLIS - CYME Demi-unité

AIOLIS - CYME Demi-unité AU
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 160-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré avec le grènetis visible au droit. Très joli droit. Revers de style fin. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Protomé de cheval bondissant à droite ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Obverse legend : KU.
Obverse translation : (Cymé).

Reverse


Reverse description : Arc et goryte couché à droite.
Reverse legend : ZWI/LOS.
Reverse translation : (Zoilos).

Commentary


Poids léger. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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