Dyme
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This article is about the ancient town. For the Dutch company, see Dyme (company).
Dyme (Ancient Greek: Δύμη), or Dymae,[1] was a town and polis (city-state)[2] of ancient Achaea, and the most westerly of the 12 Achaean cities, from which circumstance it is said to have derived its name.[3][4][5] The location of Dyme is near the modern Kato Achaia.[6][7]
O: laureate head of Zeus | R: fish under (AX) monogram, (APT) left and ΔΥ up all within wreath |
silver hemidrachm of Achaean League struck in Dyme around 86 BC. Coin was struck with worn dies.
ref.: BMC 29, Sear GCV 2974, Clerk 55, BCD Peloponnesos 482 |