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Tetradrachm of Kyrene with silphion plant
Greek
Classical Period
480–435 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 16.98 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1205
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1309.
DescriptionObverse: Silphion plant with pairs of leaves.
Reverse: In incuse circle, bearded head of Zeus Ammon to right with ram's horns; hair represented by dots on forehead, and gathered in braid behind.
Beaded line at edge of neck.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse circle, bearded head of Zeus Ammon to right with ram's horns; hair represented by dots on forehead, and gathered in braid behind.
Beaded line at edge of neck.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Beaded border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.