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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 6393035, member: 116882&quot;]Here is a unique Attic weight didrachm of Kyrenaika from the Biblioteque nationale de France with Eros: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253150[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253151[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AR didrachm 313-312 BC&nbsp; 8.41 gm</p><p>O: head Dionysios right </p><p>R Eros holding lyre right</p><p>BMC 173b(XVII,11P) = Traité III 1895 - this coin</p><p><u><a href="http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb4175055" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb4175055" rel="nofollow">http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb4175055</a></u></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course, Kyrenaika was much better known for coins with the heart-shaped silphium fruit which some think to be the origin of the heart symbol used so much on Valentines Day. Here is one of my coins:&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253157[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AR hemidrachm 480-460 BC 2.02 gm 12 mm</p><p>O: silphium fruit</p><p>R: head Zeus Ammon right</p><p>cf. BMC 27(IV:22)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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