bgr_868860 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
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.
This type is certainly contemporary with the stephanophore coinage of the city. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
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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