bgr_986497 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 250-190 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 9,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Kymé diadémée à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval au pas à droite, levant l’antérieur gauche au-dessus d’un vase à une anse.
Reverse legend : KUMAIWN// PUQAS
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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