bgr_868849 - AIOLIS - CYME Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 400-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli aigle. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Aigle debout à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à gauche.
Reverse legend : K-U.
Reverse translation : (Cymé).
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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