E-auction 401-313682 - bgr_628000 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	74 €
Maximum bid :	74 €
End of the sale :	21 December 2020 14:00:30
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Unité

Date: c. 150-100 AC.

Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,71 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Diane. Joli revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

Laffaille- - BMC.87 - Aulock1642 - GC.4193 - SNG. Bar711 - Cop.106

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste d’Artémis à droite, les cheveux tirés en arrière, l’arc et le carquois sur l’épaule.

Reverse

Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à droite entre deux branches de laurier.

Reverse legend : KU/ Z-W/I-L/O-S

Reverse translation : ( Cymé/ Zoilos).

Commentary

Ce type est certainement contemporain du monnayage stéphanophore de la cité. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type is certainly contemporary with the stephanophore coinage of the city. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.