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bgr_936881 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité

AIOLIS - CYME Unité AU
350.00 €(Approx. 385.00$ | 294.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 250-190 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli revers. Portrait agréable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Kymé diadémée à droite ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cheval au pas à droite, levant l’antérieur gauche au-dessus d’un vase à une anse.
Reverse legend : KUMAIWN// PUQAS.

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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