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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 26464673, member: 116882&quot;][USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] Very nice style Kyrene didrachm!</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin has the obverse of BMC 238 (XXII:1) but the reverse is not in the catalog.&nbsp; The easiest way to identify this reverse is the upper right axillary umbel touches a ray of the star and is shorter than the upper left axillary umbel. Also, KY on the left is a little higher than PA on the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the <i>BMC Cyrenaica</i> plates at: <a href="https://archive.org/details/1927acatalogofthegrecoins/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/1927acatalogofthegrecoins/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Cyrenaica) [vol. 29] : Reginald Stuart Poole; et al. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Over the past few years there have been other coins auctioned with the same reverse:</p><p>You can find them at:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7451513" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7451513" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7451513</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8534846" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8534846" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8534846</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3348253" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3348253" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3348253</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8626441" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8626441" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8626441</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2658548" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2658548" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2658548</a></p><p><br /></p><p>including 3 that are with the obverse of BMC 240:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12546301" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12546301" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12546301</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7451513" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7451513" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7451513</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=266582" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=266582" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=266582</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, this reverse shows the obverses of BMC 238 and 240 are die-linked.</p><p><br /></p><p>The monogram has the letters ΣΩΙ, for Sosis, a person who&#039;s name was also on gold, other silver denominations and a bronze coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Here is mine with the same obverse:</p><p>Kyrene</p><p>AR didrachm 7.6 g, 23 x 21 mm, 6h</p><p>300-295 BC</p><p>O: head Apollo Karneius left</p><p>R: silphium plant, type IIIa; 8-point star upper right, SOI monogram upper left, KY-PA lower left &amp; right</p><p>BMC 238b (XXII:3)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1687863[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I always enjoy visiting with Perry at shows. He has good inventory and I have gotten many coins from him over the years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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