A bronze issue of Kyme dated to approximately 250–200 BC, struck under the magistrate Pythion (ΠΥΘΙΩΝ), belongs to the Hellenistic coinage of one of the principal cities of Aeolis in western Asia Minor.
Kyme, located on the coast of the Aegean Sea, is widely attested in ancient sources, including Herodotus and Strabo, as an important urban center of the region.
The obverse depicts the head of the Amazon Kyme facing right. The tradition linking the name of the city with the figure of an Amazon is attested in ancient literary accounts and is reflected in the civic iconography of the polis during the Hellenistic period.
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Aeolis, Kyme, AE20 250-200 BC, Pythion magistrate
Obverse: amazon Kyme head right
Reverse: ethnic, KY, above horse pacing right, one-handled cup below raised foreleg, ΠΥΘΙΩΝ in exerque
Diameter 18 mm, weight 7.38 g
