bgr_484082 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 4,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Joli droit. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval à droite.
Obverse legend : KU/ AINHTOS
Obverse translation : (Cymé/ Ainetos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à droite.
Reverse legend : (HAR)
Commentary
Exemplaire complètement lisible.
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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