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Live auction - bgr_738586 - AIOLIS - CYME Tétradrachme stéphanophore

AIOLIS - CYME Tétradrachme stéphanophore MS
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Estimate : 2 500 €
Price : 1 500 €
Maximum bid : 1 700 €
End of the sale : 07 June 2022 14:22:27
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Tétradrachme stéphanophore
Date: c. 160 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 16,65 g.
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe. Légère faiblesse à 7h au revers mais superbe cheval. Patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Kymé diadémée à droite, les cheveux relevés et coiffés en petit chignon.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cheval au pas à droite, levant l'antérieur gauche au-dessus d'une coupe à une anse ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : KUMAIWN// MHTROFANHS
Reverse translation : (de Cymé/ Métrophanès).

Commentary


Monétaire Métrophanès.

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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