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Tetradrachm - Demetrios
| Issuer | Kyme |
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| Year | 160 BC - 150 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | KYMAIΩN ΔHMHTPIOΣ |
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Kyme was among the oldest Greek settlements on the Aeolian coast, and by the mid-second century BC the city was operating within the gravitational pull of Pergamene influence — the Attalid kingdom dominated western Asia Minor during precisely this window. The choice to strike tetradrachms in the name of a magistrate rather than a king reflects the city's technically autonomous status, a distinction Kyme maintained carefully even as Pergamon controlled the broader political reality.
BMC Greek 76 places this among a well-documented magistrate series, with Demetrios identified by name as the issuing authority.