bgr_722757 - AIOLIS - CYME Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : K-Y.
Obverse description : Artémis debout à gauche tournée à droite, tenant une longue torche, donnant la main à l’Amazone Cymé debout à droite, tournée à gauche.
Obverse legend : [OLUMPIAS]
Obverse translation : (Cymé/ Olympias).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Poseidon et Amymonég ou Cymé dans un quadrige au pas à droite.
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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