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Tetradrachm of Barke with silphion plant

Greek
Classical Period
about 431–321 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Barke

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 27 mm.; weight: 15.73 gm.
Credit Line Gift of Gardiner M. Lane
Accession Number12.106
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Silphion plant.
Reverse: Head of Zeus Ammon, right, within circle.
BAP, in field, right.
ProvenanceBy 1912: Gardiner M. Lane Collection (said to be from C. T. Seltman); gift of Gardiner M. Lane to MFA, March 7, 1912