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bgr_237647 - AIOLIS - CYME Hemiobole

AIOLIS - CYME Hemiobole VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré fortement usé, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine noire
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : K RÉTROGRADE.
Obverse description : Tête d’aigle à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.

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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