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Hemidrachm - Alkamenes
| Issuer | Kyme (Aeolis) |
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| Year | 325 BC - 300 BC |
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| Weight | 1.80 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | KY |
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Kyme was the largest and most prosperous of the Aeolian cities, yet its coinage output remained modest relative to its regional influence — a disparity that has never been fully explained. This hemidrachm belongs to the magistrate series naming individual officials, a practice Kyme adopted to provide accountability in silver production during a period when Alexander's conquests were flooding Asia Minor with Macedonian coinage and forcing civic mints to assert local identity.
The magistrate Alkamenes is attested only through numismatic evidence.