Ave!

Aeolis, Myrina, Apollo with Lyre Reverse, Scarce!

Æ 16mm/3.1gm        Semi-autonomous issue, After 200 BC

Con/ Well-centered to either side; warm orange/brown patina, Some roughness, otherwise, Very Fine.

Obv/ Laureate head of Apollo right.

Rev/ MY-ΡI to left and right of amphora or krater, lyre to right.

Ref/ BMC 27-31; Weber 5568-5569; SNG v. Aulock 1666 and 7705; SNG Cop 224-225; Philipsen 1984; SNG Lewis 880; Lindgren I 411.

Seller's Note/ In Greek mythology, Amazon Kyme was the legendary founder of the Aeolian city of Kyme in Asia Minor. But in this case, the city named itself after Myrina, the Queen of the Amazons!