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Tetradrachm of Kyrene with silphion plant
Greek
Archaic Period
570–525 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 15.98 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1194
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1299.
DescriptionObverse: Silphion.
At left forepart of horse jumping to right; at right silphion grain, point down.
Reverse: Irregular rectangular incuse.
At left forepart of horse jumping to right; at right silphion grain, point down.
Reverse: Irregular rectangular incuse.
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. 1330); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren