Greek Italy, Hyria, AE Unit, Aphrodite & Eros

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Greek Italy
• Authority: Hyria (Uria)
• Date: 217 - 89 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit
• Mint: Hyria
• Size: 19.5mm, 5.02g
• Type Number: BMC Greek (Vol. 1) Italy, Hyria 6-7
• Obverse: Bust of Aphrodite, right, with sceptre, wearing wreath (of myrtle?), stephane, earring, and necklace: border of dots
• Reverse: ORRA - Eros, advancing, right, playing on lyre: behind, ●●●●● (marks of value, vertical): plain border
• Notes: Aphrodite was a Greek goddess whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. Eros was the Greek god of love: specifically, passionate and physical desire.

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