bgr_493964 - AIOLIS - CYME Demi-unité
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Price : 165.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 400-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Joli droit. Revers bien venu. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Aigle debout à droite.
Obverse legend : [...]ENOTIMOS
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à gauche.
Reverse legend : K-U
Reverse translation : (Cymé).
Commentary
Poids léger. Au droit, le nom du magistrat monétaire n’est pas complètement visible sur cet exemplaire.
Light weight. On the obverse, the name of the monetary magistrate is not fully visible on this example.
Light weight. On the obverse, the name of the monetary magistrate is not fully visible on this example.
Historical background
AIOLIS - CYME
(5th - 4th 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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