bgr_345731 - AIOLIS - CYME Hemiobole
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Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 7,5 mm
Weight : 0,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau droit. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : K.
Obverse description : Tête d’aigle à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite en ailes de moulin.
Commentary
Poids léger. La tête de l’aigle très particulière peut faire penser comme pour le monnayage de Sinope à un rapace marin. Sur cet exemplaire le kappa n’est pas rétrograde.
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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