bgr_463515 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Droit et revers de haut relief. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval à droite.
Obverse legend : KU/ ([...]AIMHTOR)
Obverse translation : (Cymé).
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à droite.
Reverse legend : R
Commentary
Poids très léger. Sur cet exemplaire, le nom du magistrat n’est pas complet.
Very light weight. On this example, the magistrate's name is incomplete.
Very light weight. On this example, the magistrate's name is incomplete.
Historical background
AIOLIS - CYME
(3rd - 2nd 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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