Savoca Coins
Online Auction 124 | Silver 23 Jan 2022
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Messenia. Kyparissia (Kyparissos). Caracalla AD 198-217.
Assarion Æ
22 mm, 3,85 g
M AV-P ANT[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KVΠAPIC-CIEΩN, Tyche standing facing head to left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left.
Glossy black patina. Good very fine.
BCD Peloponnesos 799 (this coin).
Ex Dr. F. Jarman Collection.
In ancient times the town of Cyparissia probably possessed an artificial harbour. This was probably constructed on the restoration of Messene by Epameinondas; for it was necessary to provide the capital of the new state with a port, and no spot was so suitable for this object as Cyparissia.
Assarion Æ
22 mm, 3,85 g
M AV-P ANT[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KVΠAPIC-CIEΩN, Tyche standing facing head to left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left.
Glossy black patina. Good very fine.
BCD Peloponnesos 799 (this coin).
Ex Dr. F. Jarman Collection.
In ancient times the town of Cyparissia probably possessed an artificial harbour. This was probably constructed on the restoration of Messene by Epameinondas; for it was necessary to provide the capital of the new state with a port, and no spot was so suitable for this object as Cyparissia.