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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8298161, member: 87809&quot;]These southern cities were members of the Aeolian League: Temnos, Smyrna, Pitane, Neonteichos, Aegirusa, Notium, Cilla or Killa, Kyme (also called Phrikonis), Gryneum, Larissa, Myrina, and Aegae. Several of these cities were known for learning, culture and arts.</p><p>Kyme, modern-day Nemrut Limanı, is one of the oldest Aeolian cities north of the Hermus river on the western coastline of Asia Minor. Its large port was a maritime asset for the Persian Empire, contributing ships to Dareios (512 BC) and to Xerxes (480 BC). After the Battle of Salamis, the remnants of Xerxes&#039; fleet wintered at Kyme.</p><p>After Persia, Aeolis was held successively by the Macedonians, Seleucids, Pergamenes, Romans, Byzantine, and Ottomans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have been searching quite a while for a reference of magistrates&#039; names on AEs from Kyme, and today I finally found one in Revue Numismatique, 1986, 28, Olivier Masson, Monétaires de Kymé d’Éolide, which is available on persee.fr and I am glad to share:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1986_num_6_28_1884" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1986_num_6_28_1884" rel="nofollow">http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1986_num_6_28_1884</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I had found one at the Ashmolean Museum with the same magistrate name on the obverse but a different monogram on reverse (ID: SNGuk_0509_1333) but I am unable to retrieve it again.. don&#039;t know why.</p><p><br /></p><p>The magistrate I was looking for is <i>ΘΕΥΔΑΙTHΣ (on p.</i> 59) and this is the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>Kyme, Aeolis, 350 - 250 BC</p><p>10 x 11 mm, 3.713 g</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 69-86; BMC 40 – 52;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: <i>KY</i>, Protome of galloping horse to r., magistrate <i>ΘΕΥΔΑΙTHΣ</i></p><p>Rev.: Oenochoe - one-handled drinking cup; monogram <i> EY </i>(inverted) for second magistrate probably <i>EYBIOS or EYNIKOΣ </i>in left field</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467676[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1467677[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your Kyme coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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