bgr_1026822 - CAMPANIA - KYMAI Nomos, didrachme ou statère
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Price : 380.00 €
Type : Nomos, didrachme ou statère
Date: c. 460-421 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cumes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,64 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Cymé à droite, les cheveux relevés et tenus par une bandelette.
Reverse
Reverse legend : KVMAION.
Reverse description : Coquillage, la pointe à droite surmontée d’un dauphin.
Reverse translation : (de Cumes).
Historical background
CAMPANIA - KYMAI
(5th - 4th century BC)
Cumae, a Greek colony founded by inhabitants of Chalkidiki and Eretria is located on the western coast of Campania. She had to face the attacks of the Etruscans in 524 before J. - C., then of Hiéron of Syracuse in 474 before J. - C. The city was conquered by the Samnites in 423 before J. - C. The city obtained the right Latin around 180 BC.
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