bgr_820050 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Éolide, Cymé
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli protomé. Usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : KY.
Obverse description : Protomé de cheval à droite.
Obverse legend : PARMENITOS
Obverse translation : (Cymé/ Parmenitos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Vase à une anse vu à gauche ; monogramme dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : (PRAT)
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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