Dyme

This article is about the ancient town. For the Dutch company, see Dyme (company).

First side of the image: O: laureate head of Zeus
Second side of the image: 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

Dyme (Ancient Greek: Δύμη), or Dymae, was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Achaea, and the most westerly of the 12 Achaean cities, from which circumstance it is said to have derived its name. The location of Dyme is near the modern Kato Achaia.

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