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Live auction - bgr_409636 - AIOLIS - CYME Tétradrachme

AIOLIS - CYME Tétradrachme VF
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Estimate : 550 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 08 November 2016 14:08:46
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine grise superficielle. A été nettoyé anciennement
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en janvier 1992 et provient de Conseils Placements

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la léonté.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, les jambes croisées, tenant un aigle de la main droite étendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un vase à une anse au-dessus d’un protomé de cheval à gauche.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ DIONUSIOS
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre/ Dionysios).

Commentary


Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Museum provenant de la collection Bunbury (1896, n° 770), n° 1640, pl. LIV.

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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