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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2990283, member: 56859"]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kyrenaika-barke-arhemidrachm-jpg.325513/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Barke</b></p><p><b>480-450 BC</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 13 mm, 1.57 gm</p><p>Obv: silphium plant</p><p>Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right within linear frame, B A P K around</p><p>Ref: (which I have not checked) Müller MAA 301. Very rare.</p><p>More on the silphium plant here, although the gist of known information has already been stated in this thread: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p><b>modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready</b></p><p><b>host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872</b></p><p>AR "tetradrachm", 27 mm, 16.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K)</p><p>Edge: initials R R</p><p>Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. <i>A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270</i>. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. <i>A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype</i>, London. 1880. Period III C #44.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2990283, member: 56859"][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kyrenaika-barke-arhemidrachm-jpg.325513/[/IMG] [B]KYRENAIKA, Barke 480-450 BC[/B] AR hemidrachm, 13 mm, 1.57 gm Obv: silphium plant Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right within linear frame, B A P K around Ref: (which I have not checked) Müller MAA 301. Very rare. More on the silphium plant here, although the gist of known information has already been stated in this thread: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/[/url] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/[/IMG] [B]KYRENAIKA, Kyrene modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872[/B] AR "tetradrachm", 27 mm, 16.64 gm Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K) Edge: initials R R Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. [I]A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270[/I]. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. [I]A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype[/I], London. 1880. Period III C #44. [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/[/url][/QUOTE]
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