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bgr_859967 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité

AIOLIS - CYME Unité VF/XF
90.00 €(Approx. 99.00$ | 75.60£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli revers. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d’Artémis à droite, les cheveux tirés en arrière, l’arc et le carquois sur l’épaule.

Reverse


Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à droite entre deux branches de laurier.
Reverse legend : KU/ A-PA/T-OU/R-I/O-S.
Reverse translation : ( Cymé/ Apatourios).

Commentary


Ce type est certainement contemporain du monnayage stéphanophore de la cité. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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