v43_0221 - CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze, (MB, Æ 23)

CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze, (MB, Æ 23) AU

MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 120.00 €

Type : Bronze, (MB, Æ 23)

Date: c. 100-50 AC.

Mint name / Town : Korykos

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,70 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Très beau portrait. Revers tout à fait inhabituel, stylisé. Patine vert noir

Catalogue references :

Levante793 - SNG France 2/1076 - BMC.5 pl. 11/14 - GC.5546

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXIV, n° 108 et de MONNAIES 36, n° 197

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Tyché à droite, les cheveux longs.

Obverse legend : AK.

Reverse

Reverse description : Hermès, nu debout à gauche, coiffé du pétase, tenant de la main droite un phiale et de la gauche, un caducée.

Reverse legend : KWRUKIWTW[N]/ ER/ PO/ EP.

Reverse translation : (de Korykos).

Commentary

Même coin de droit que l'exemplaire de la collection Levante (793) et même coin de droit que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de Paris (1077-1081).

Historical background

CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS

(1st century BC)

The coastal city of Korykos (in Latin Corycus) was located halfway between the mountains of Lamos and Kalykadnos, southwest of Elæussa. The region was renowned for its troglodyte caves, named "Corycian caves" by ancient authors: Pindar (Pyth. I.31), Strabo (XIV.670) and Pliny the Elder (NH. V.92).

CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze XF

80.00 €

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CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze XF

80.00 €

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CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Unité XF

100.00 €

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CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze XF

100.00 €

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CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Unité AU/XF

150.00 €

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CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze XF

100.00 €

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v43_0221 - CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze, (MB, Æ 23)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS

(1st century BC)

The coastal city of Korykos (in Latin Corycus) was located halfway between the mountains of Lamos and Kalykadnos, southwest of Elæussa. The region was renowned for its troglodyte caves, named "Corycian caves" by ancient authors: Pindar (Pyth. I.31), Strabo (XIV.670) and Pliny the Elder (NH. V.92).

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