bgr_845128 - AIOLIS - CYME Hemiobole
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Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8 mm
Weight : 0,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Jolie tête d’aigle. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : K-Y RÉTROGRADE DE CHAQUE CÔTÉ.
Obverse description : Tête d’aigle à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite en ailes de moulin.
Commentary
La tête de l’aigle très particulière peut faire penser comme pour le monnayage de Sinope à un rapace marin.
Historical background
AIOLIS - CYME
(5th - 4th 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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