bgr_750724 - AIOLIS - CYME Trihemitartemrion
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Trihemitartemrion
Date: c. 350-320 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 7 mm
Weight : 0,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rosette ou étoile à huit rais dans un cercle linéaire.
Commentary
Monnaie divisionnaire très particulière correspondant au 3/8 d’obole, rarement frappé dans le monnayage grec.
Very particular divisional coin corresponding to 3/8 of an obol, rarely struck in Greek coinage
Very particular divisional coin corresponding to 3/8 of an obol, rarely struck in Greek coinage
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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