Live auction - bgr_621631 - AIOLIS - CYME Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2020 14:15:24 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Héraklès. Joli revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de Luc Corso
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, les jambes croisées, tenant un aigle de la main droite étendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un vase à une anse au-dessus d’un monogramme complexe.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ (BL)
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente pour ce type.
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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