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Tetradrachm - Amphiktyon
| Issuer | Kyme (Aeolis) |
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| Year | 155 BC - 143 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Kyme, the city's eponymous nymph, facing right, with elaborately styled hair bound by a broad diadem or fillet, the tresses rendered in finely engraved wavy locks swept back and gathered behind the head with a spiral curl at the crown. The neck and upper drapery are visible at the lower truncation. The portrait is executed in the refined Hellenistic style characteristic of Aeolian civic coinage of the second century BC, with softly modelled facial features and a slightly parted mouth. The field is smooth and unlettered. |
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| Reverse description | A bridled horse standing right, its near foreleg raised in a prancing pose, with a small skyphos (drinking cup) placed beneath its raised hoof. The entire composition is enclosed within a wreath of laurel or olive branches. The ethnic legend KYMAIΩN is inscribed vertically to the right of the horse in the field, while the magistrate's name AMΦIKTYΩN appears in a straight line along the lower exergual border. The design reflects the city's civic pride and its longstanding iconographic tradition associating Kyme with equestrian imagery. |
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| Reverse lettering | KYMAIΩN AMΦIKTYΩN |
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