bgr_949892 - CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS Bronze
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Type : Bronze
Date: c. 100-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Korykos
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Tyché. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Tyché à droite, les cheveux longs.
Obverse legend : AK
Reverse
Reverse description : Hermès, nu debout à gauche, coiffé du pétase, tenant de la main droite un phiale et de la gauche, un caducée.
Reverse legend : KWRUKIWTWN/ ER/ PO/ EP
Reverse translation : (de Korykos).
Historical background
CILICIA – KORYKOS / CORYCUS
(1st century BC)
The coastal city of Korykos (in Latin Corycus) was located halfway between the mountains of Lamos and Kalykadnos, southwest of Elæussa. The region was renowned for its troglodyte caves, named "Corycian caves" by ancient authors: Pindar (Pyth. I.31), Strabo (XIV.670) and Pliny the Elder (NH. V.92).
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