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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3176513, member: 82322&quot;]Here is a less-common obverse for the bikini bottom:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]817539[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kyme, 250-190 BC, 1.29g, AE12</p><p>Obv: Head of the city founder, Amazon Kyme, right</p><p>Rev: Κ−Υ; &quot;bikini bottom&quot; (or one-handled cup); ΗΡΑΙΟΣ (magistrate)</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 87, Sear 4190, SNG von Aulock 7695</p><p>Acquired August 2005</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is believed to picture Kyme, &quot;presumably&quot; a lieutenant of the Amazon queen Myrina, and founder of the city.</p><p><br /></p><p>The people of ancient Kyme were said to be stupid.&nbsp; Here is an ethnic joke told in ancient Greece:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>A man from Kyme was trying to sell some honey. When someone came and tasted it and said that it was very good, the seller said: “Well, yes: if a mouse hadn’t fallen in it, I wouldn’t be selling it!”</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The citizens were believed to be very literal minded.&nbsp; Here is another ancient joke poking fun at Kyme:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>When a distinguished man was being buried in Kyme, someone came up and asked the mourners: “Who was the dead man?” One of Kymeans turned around and pointed and said: “That guy lying on the coffin.”</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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