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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3575516, member: 56859&quot;]Let&#039;s get this thread rolling again <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last country posted was Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an ancient coin from Kyrene (modern-day Shahat, <b>Libya</b>... for those who don&#039;t want to look it up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>The plant pictured on the reverse is silphium, which became extinct around the time of Nero.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kyreneae21-zeus-silphium-rt-jpg.914032/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p>Koinon issue</p><p>c. 250 BCE</p><p>AE; 21 mm, 7.47 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; monogram left; K-O / N-I / O-N</p><p>Rev: Müller, Afrique 114; Buttrey, Coins 219 var. (no monogram); SNG Copenhagen 1276-9 var. (no monogram); BMC 16-9 (Koinon)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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