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bpv_352666 - AIOLIS - CYME Diassaria

AIOLIS - CYME Diassaria AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Diassaria
Date: c. 230-260
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,06 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXVI, n° 71 et de la collection d’Élisabeth

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Kymé diadémée à droite, les cheveux relevés surmontée d’une couronne murale.
Obverse legend : KU-MH.

Reverse


Reverse description : Kymé debout à gauche, vêtue d’un chiton court et tourelée debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un trident de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : KU-MA-IWN.

Commentary


Point de centrage au revers.

Historical background


AIOLIS - CYME

(3rd century AD)

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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