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Hemidrachm of Kyrene with silphion plant
Greek
Classical Period
435–375 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 1.73 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1218
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1314.
DescriptionObverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Reverse: Head of Zeus Ammon bearded to right, with ram's horn.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Zeus Ammon bearded to right, with ram's horn.
Beaded border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1355); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren