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bgr_300563 - CRETE - KYDONIA Unité

CRETE - KYDONIA Unité AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 100-80 AC
Mint name / Town : Cydonia, Crète
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Joli revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de CGB en 1995

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face.

Reverse


Reverse description : Croissant surmonté d’une étoile à huit raies centrées d’un globule.
Reverse legend : K-U/DO.
Reverse translation : (Cydonia).

Commentary


Au droit, les lettres ne sont pas visibles.

Historical background


CRETE - KYDONIA

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Cydonia was located on the northern coast of the island, near Aptera. Its founder, Kydon, was the son of Hermes and Akallis, daughter of Minos. On the obverse, the head could be identified with the nymph Diktynna whose sanctuary was near Cydonia.

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