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Æ16
| Issuer | Kyme |
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| Year | 250 BC - 190 BC |
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| Diameter | 16.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bridled horse advancing to the right, depicted in profile with muscular neck and detailed harness. A one-handled oenochoe (jug) appears in the left field. The ethnic KY and the magistrate's name ΛΕΣΒΙΟΣ appear as a two-line inscription below the horse's foreparts, identifying both the issuing city of Kyme and the responsible magistrate. |
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| Reverse lettering | KY ΛΕΣΒΙΟΣ (Translation: Kyme Lesbios) |
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Kyme was the largest and most prominent of the Aeolian Greek cities on the western coast of Asia Minor, yet it left a surprisingly thin mark on ancient literary sources — Hesiod's father reportedly emigrated from there, a biographical footnote the city clung to for centuries. By the time this bronze was struck, Kyme had passed through Seleucid hands and was navigating the increasingly aggressive presence of Pergamon and Rome in the region. The autonomous bronze coinage of this period represents the city issuing small-denomination currency for local exchange under conditions of shifting suzerainty.