Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1903381, member: 5682&quot;]What a great thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was involved in a similar thread years ago at another site where I doubted any single plant could have all the purported medicinal properties that silphium had. I even went as far (certainly too far) to even doubt the plant&#039;s existence.&nbsp; (It&#039;s always important to challenge accepted dogma, especially for the younger numismatists.) Good stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a few links to silphium-related sites:</p><p><br /></p><p>(Scroll down to see the article):</p><p><a href="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200904/devil.s.dung-the.world.s.smelliest.spice.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200904/devil.s.dung-the.world.s.smelliest.spice.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200904/devil.s.dung-the.world.s.smelliest.spice.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jhecoins.com/articles/article06.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jhecoins.com/articles/article06.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.jhecoins.com/articles/article06.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Even Wildwinds has a nice collection of coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/kyrenaica/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/kyrenaica/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/kyrenaica/t.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Celator</i> magazine had a related article a couple years back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for jolting the memory.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in