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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 8258101, member: 96898"]The "cup" on the coins of Kyme is sometimes described as an oenochoe, a one-handled pitcher used to pour wine. Oenochoae come in different shapes, see e.g. the collection of pictures on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenochoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenochoe" rel="nofollow">wikipedia</a>. My Kyme coins showing the "cup":[ATTACH=full]1456139[/ATTACH] Aeolis, Kyme, AE9, circa 320–250 BC (?). Obv: Eagle standing right. Rev: one-handled cup, K-Y. 9mm, 0.92g. Ref: BMC 16–20; SNG Copenhagen 41–45; SNG von Aulock 1625. [ATTACH=full]1456138[/ATTACH] Aeolis, Kyme, AE16, circa 320–250 BC (?). Obv: Eagle standing right, magistrate's name [...]PΩΣ above. Rev: one-handled cup, K-Y. 16mm, 3.79g. Ref: BMC 27–39. [ATTACH=full]1456140[/ATTACH] Aeolis, Kyme, AE16, ca. 320–250 BC, magistrate: Eunikos. Obv: forepart of bridled horse r.; above, KY; below, [E]YNIKOΣ. Rev: one-handled cup; monogram. 16mm, 3.45g. Ref: see BMC 47 (different magistrate). [ATTACH=full]1456141[/ATTACH] Aeolis, Kyme, AE17, ca. 250–200 BC, magistrate: Aristomachos. Obv: head of the amazon Kyme, diademed, r. Rev: forepart of bridled horse r.; one-handled cup and ethnic KY to l; below, APIΣTOMAXOΣ. 17mm, 3.07g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 88; BMC 54 f.[/QUOTE]