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Ancient Coinage of Aeolis, Kyme

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 16Aeolis, Kyme, c. 350-250 BC. AE 10mm; 1.05g. Eagle standing right / K-Y to left and right of cup with one handle. BMC 16-20; SNG von Aulock 1625; SNG Newcastle SNGuk_1301_0449.TextImage
BMC 76Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. ca 165-140 BC. Demetrios, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / KUMAIWN, horse prancing right; one-handled cup below; DHMHTRIOS in exergue; all within wreath. TextImage
BMC 103Kyme, Aeolis, Kyme, AE18, 3.57g. helmeted head of Athena right wearing aegis / KYM, eagle standing right. BMC Aeolis, 103.TextImage
BMC 112Kyme, Aeolis AE24, semi-autonomous issue. IERA CU-NKLHTOC, Draped bust of Senate right / KUMAIWN, ERMOC (in ex.), river-god Hermos, wearing himation, reclining left, holding reed over shoulder and resting on urn from which water flows. BMC 112; Imhoof Flussgötter 257.TextImage
BMC 116 cfCyme. Aeolis. Roman times. 7.79g; 24mm. IERA CYNKLETOC, draped and diademed bust of the Senate right E_AK...ALKOV B KVM/ION, Isis Pelagia on galley right holding inflated sail with both hands and left foot. cf ANS 100.44148; cf BMC 116 (different magistrate).TextImage
CNG 296, 46Kyme, Aeolis, 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol 7mm, 0.27 g. Forepart of horse right; K below / Floral pattern with A-I-O-L-O-S between petals. Apparently unpublished. CNG 296, 46.TextImage
Lindgren 400Kyme, Aeolis, AE12, 1.8 gr, pseudo-autonomous issue, 117-192 AD. helmeted bust of Athena right / KY, eagle standing right, wings half-closed. Lindgren I 400; SNG Cop 121; BMC 103 var. (legend).TextImage
Oakley 1Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. 165-140 BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / KYMAIWN, horse standing right, one handled cup below; magistrate MHTROFANHS below.TextImage
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Oakley 16Aeolis, Kyme. After 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; KALLIAS magistrate.TextImage
Oakley 19Aeolis, Cyme AR Tetradrachm. ca 150 BC or shortly after. Head of Amazon Cyme right, in hairband / KUMAIWN, , horse walking right, left foreleg raised above one-handled cup, magistrate's name KALLIAS in exergue, all in laurel wreath. TextImage
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Oakley 20Aeolis, Kyme. After 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of the Amazon Kyme, wearing taenia / KUMAIWN, horse right, one-handled cup below; magistrate KALLIAS.TextImage
Oakley 21Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; KALLIAS magistrate.TextImage
Oakley 41Aeolis, Kyme. After 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Diademed head of Kyme right / Horse standing right, cup below; Straton. SNGvA 1638.TextImage
Oakley 51Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; OLUMPIOS magistrate.TextImage
Oakley 54Aeolis, Kyme. After 165 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.65 gm). Head of the Amazon Kyme, wearing taenia / KYMAIWN, horse right, one-handled cup below; magistrate OLUMPIOS.TextImage
Oakley 57Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; EUKTHMWN magistrate.TextImage
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Oakley 59Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; SEUQHS magistrate.TextImage
Oakley 61Aeolis, Cyme AR Tetradrachm. ca 150-145 BC. Head of Amazon Cyme right, in hair band / Horse walking right, left foreleg raised above one-handled cup, magistrate’s name SEUQHS in ex. TextImage
Oakley 64Aeolis, Cyme AR Tetradrachm. ca 145 BC. Head of Amazon Cyme right, in hairband / KUMAIWN, horse walking right, left foreleg raised above eagle standing right on thunderbolt, one-handled cup on ground beneath horse, magistrate's name HRAKLEIDHS in exergue, all in laurel wreath.TextImage
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Oakley 77Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse standing right, one handled cup below; AMFIKTUWN magistrate. TextImage
Oakley 78Aeolis. Cyme AR Tetradrachm. ca 155–145 BC. Head of Amazon Cyme right, in headband / KUMAIWN, horse prancing right, one-handled cup on ground below, magistrate’s name AMFIKTIWN in exergue, laurel wreath border. TextImage
Oakley 212aAeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. Second century BC. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, hair bound with ribbon / Horse prancing right, one handled vase at feet, all within laurel wreath. TextImage
Rosen 538vKyme, Aeolis, AR hemiobol. Eagle's head left, retrograde K monogram / Shallow quadripartite incuse square.TextImage
SNGCop 32Aeolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. ca 450 BC. Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, off flan) / quadrapartite incuse square. SNG Turkey I 84-89.TextImage
SNG Cop 79Aeolis, Kyme, AE17. Forepart of horse galloping right / One-handled cup, HR monogram in left field. BMC 40ff; SNG Cop 79; SNG v.A. 1626.TextImage
SNGCop 90Kyme, Aeolis. 250-190 BC. AE 13mm; 1.9g. Head of Amazon right / KY - LESBIOS, Forepart of horse right, one-handled cup behind. SNG Cop 90; SNG Stockholm 2205; SNG Leipzig 1124.TextImage
SNGCop 103Aeolis, Kyme. Circa 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Kallias, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg; KALLIAS in exergue; all within wreath. Oakley obv. die 19; SNG Copenhagen 103. TextImage
SNGCop 113Aeolis, Kyme. After ca 190 BC. AE 16mm. Artemis standing right, holding torch & joining hands with figure standing left, holding transverse spear / Two figures in quadriga right; one holding long transverse spear. BMC 96. TextImage
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SNGCop 122Aeolis, Cyme. Time of Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE 25mm. Draped bust of the Senate right / Cyme standing left, in turreted crown & short chiton, holding globe & spear; AU ELPIDHFOROU (magistrate). TextImage
SNGDavis 206Aeolis, Kyme. Circa 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Euktemon, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below; EUKTHMWN in exergue; all within wreath. Oakley obv. die 55; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Norman Davis 206.TextImage
SNG Lewis 874Kyme, Aeolis, 250-190 BC, AE20 mm, 7.82 gr. Magistrate Laonikos. Head of the Amazon Kyme right / KY above horse prancing right, left foreleg raised, one-handled vase to right, magistrate's name LAONIKOS below, MY monogram under the horse. SNG Lewis 874; SNG von Aulock 1632 var (monogram).TextImage
SNGvA 1641Aeolis, Kyme. 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 17mm. Draped bust of Artemis right with bow and quiver / One-handled cup; magistrate APATOURIOS.TextImage
SNG vA 1642Kyme, Aeolis, 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 17mm. 4.06 gr. Magistrate Zwilos. Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / KY above, Z-W I-L O-S across fields, one-handled cup between two laurel branches. SNG Stockholm 2209; SNG von Aulock 1642; SNG Cop 108; Wiczay 4810; SNG Tuebingen 2701.TextImage
Sear #4174Aiolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. ca 480-450 BC. KY, eagle's head left / incuse square of mill-sail pattern. SNGCop 31-32.
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Sear #4177Aeolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. 4th century BC. Forepart of horse right / Floral pattern. SNG Cop 34.
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Sear #4183Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. 2nd Century BC. Diademed head of the Amazon Kyme right / KYMAIWN STRATWN, horse standing right, his left foreleg raised, one-handled vase beneath.
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Sear #4187Aeolis, Kyme AE16. 3rd Century BC. APICT-ANDPOC, eagle standing right / K-Y, one-handled vase.TextImage
Sear #4192Aeolis, Kyme. c250-190 BC. AE 20mm. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, in taenia & earring / KUMAI-WN, horse prancing right, one-handled cup below; magistrate PUQAS, SNG Cop 102, BMC 67-68, SNGvA 1635.TextImage
NERO
RPC 2434Divus(!) Nero & Diva Agrippina Jr AE 15mm of Aeolis, Cyme. Circa 54-59 AD. QEON NERWNA KUMAIWN, young laureate head of Nero right / QEAN AGRIPPINAN, veiled head of Agrippina Jr right.TextImage
RPC 2435Nero AE19 of Aeolis, Kyme. NEPWNA CEBACTON, laureate head right / KYMAIWN KAICAPEWN, unbridled horse trotting right. SNGCop 141, BMC 126.TextImage
GORDIAN III
RPC 276Gordian III, AE of Kyme, Aeolis. 27.58 g. AV KAI M ANT GORDIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EP CT AYR CYNFERONTOC B TO B KYMAIWN, naked youth standing right, holding spear and a horse by the bridle. RPC 276.TextImage
VALERIAN I
Loebbecke 1885, p314Valerian, AE33 of Kyme, Aeolis. 255-258 AD, 20.22 gr, Magistrate Elpidephorus. A K PO LIKIO VALERIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EP CT AUR ELPIDHFOROU DIC K-UMAI-WN, Athena standing right, brandishing spear. Loebbecke in ZfN 1885 p. 314.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Kyme
See also: Entry for Aiolis, Kyme on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Cyme in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Kyme at AncientImports.com
Search for Kyme at Incitatus Coins

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