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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8298394, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you for sharing that article, [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] - I have a low-grade Kyme with a mystery magistrate I may now have some chance of finding.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is - very hard to see the lettering, but I made out a few - as you can see from my attribution, I ran into some difficulties:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467818[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Aeolis, Kyme&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 15</b></p><p><b>(c. 350-250 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Magistrate ... ermesila..?</b></p><p>[…]EPM[EΣIΛ?]AΣ?, to left of eagle standing right / K [Y], one-handled vase.</p><p>Cf. SNG Cop. 46-68.&nbsp; See note. </p><p>(3.34 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>eBay Sep. 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>Could not find exact match for magistrate.&nbsp; Weight is heavier than two similar (unattributed) examples found via acsearch. </p><p>Weights vary; not sure if this is a denominational difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is nicer, with magistrate Aristophanes (no relation to the playwright?):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467819[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Aeolis, Kyme&nbsp; Æ 20</b></p><p><b>(c. 250-190 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Magistrate Aristophanes</b></p><p>Head of Amazon Kyme wearing taenia right / KY [A]PIΣΤΟΦΑΝΗΣ, horse standing right, monogram beneath raised fore-leg.</p><p>Cf. BMC 59 (monogram); SNG Cop. 93; SNG Mün. 486.</p><p>(9.12 grams / 20 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2020[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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