AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 151/0-143/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm . Diogenes, magistrate

AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 151/0-143/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm . Diogenes, magistrate,stephanophoric tetradrachm.

Head of the Amazon Cyme right, hair bound with taenia / KYMAIΩN, horse standing right, left foreleg raised; one handled cup below, ΔIOΓENHΣ in exergue, all within laurel wreath.

34mm 15,7gr

s of Kyme are among the loveliest coins in the series. Fortunately for modern collectors, they have survived in good numbers. The obverse type is a wreathed female head, thought to represent the Amazon Kyme. Although this identification is not certain, Sacks notes that the lack of jewelry and subsidiary attributes, as well as the simple hair band she wears, suggests the portrait is not of a goddess. The reverse of the coins features a horse standing right and a one-handled cup under its raised foreleg, while the city ethnic is on the right and a magistrate's name is present in the exergue. Both the horse and cup are common types on many of the city's issues from its earliest coinage, but their specific relation to Kyme is unknown.

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