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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Dyme |
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| Year | 86 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Central AX monogram (denoting the Achaean League) flanked by additional control monograms positioned above and to the left. A fish depicted in right profile appears in the lower field as a civic symbol referencing Dyme's coastal identity. All devices are enclosed within a laurel wreath rendered in fine detail, a standard compositional convention of Achaean League hemidrachms of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dyme was one of the twelve cities of the Achaean League, and by 86 BC its independent civic coinage was effectively a dead issue — Lucius Cornelius Sulla had sacked Athens that same year and was methodically dismantling Greek resistance across the peninsula. Coinage struck at Dyme this late in the period likely reflects a brief assertion of civic identity under extreme Roman pressure, or possibly emergency financing tied to the conflict itself.
The BCD collection reference places this among a well-documented but sparsely represented group. Specimens matching the Copenhagen plates turn up rarely outside major auction archives.