bgr_712538 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 180-160 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Joli protomé. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval bondissant à droite.
Obverse legend : KU/ DIONUSIOS
Obverse translation : (Cymé/ magistrat Dionysos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à droite.
Reverse legend : (IW)
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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