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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3175754, member: 96898"]A  beautiful coin, [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] ! The one-handled cup shown on almost all Hellenistic Kyme coins seems a bit mysterious. It has an atypical shape and I'm not sure whether it can be correctly described as an oenochoe since it misses the narrow neck. The vessel obviously serves as the icon (or paraseme) of the city, but as far as I'm aware, its full significance is unclear. Does anyone perhaps know more about this? Also, here are some coins from Kyme with an eagle obverse: [ATTACH=full]817167[/ATTACH]Kyme, Aeolis, 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]817168[/ATTACH] Kyme, Aeolis, AE11, circa 320–250 BC (?). Obv: Eagle standing right. Rev: one-handled cup, K-Y. 11mm, 0.9g. Ref: BMC 16–20; SNG Copenhagen 41–45; SNG von Auloch 1625. [ATTACH=full]817169[/ATTACH] Kyme, Aeolis, AR hemiobol, circa 480–450 BC. Obv: Eagle's head left, KY before. Rev: Quadripartite incusum. 8 mm, 0.9g. Ref: BMC 10–13; SNG Copenhagen 31–33; SNG von Auloch 1623. (And please excuse the poor photo quality as well as the horrible shadows. At some point, I should probably get a tripod and a different light source...)[/QUOTE]