bgr_407219 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 180-160 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Joli droit. Revers de haut relief. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval bondissant à droite.
Obverse legend : (KU)/ EUBIOS
Obverse translation : (Cymé/ magistrat Eubios).
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à droite.
Reverse legend : (EUB)
Commentary
Poids léger. Au droit, le nom du magistrat monétaire est bien visible sur cet exemplaire ainsi qu’un monogramme supplémentaire au revers.
Lightweight. On the obverse, the name of the monetary magistrate is clearly visible on this example as well as an additional monogram on the reverse.
Lightweight. On the obverse, the name of the monetary magistrate is clearly visible on this example as well as an additional monogram on the reverse.
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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