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bgr_463518 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité

AIOLIS - CYME Unité AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 4,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale de haut relief. Belle tpete de la nymphe. Joli revers. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Cymé à droite.
Obverse legend : KUMH.
Obverse translation : (Cymé).

Reverse


Reverse description : Cheval passant à droite, levant l’antérieur gauche.
Reverse legend : KU/ [...]OUNAHS.
Reverse translation : (Cylé).

Commentary


Sur cet exemplaire, le nom du magistrat n’est pas complet. Exemplaire sur un petit flan avec le nom de l’ethnique au droit associé à la tête de la nymphe.

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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