1/10 Stater - Kyrenica

Kyrene's gold fractions circulated in a city whose wealth derived almost entirely from the export of silphium, the now-extinct medicinal plant so economically critical that it appeared on the city's silver coinage for centuries. These tiny gold pieces served trade at the upper end of the local economy, likely changing hands among merchants dealing in the plant's resin, which fetched prices comparable to silver by weight in Mediterranean markets.

The century-long date range reflects genuine uncertainty among scholars — the BMC and Naville attributions align on type but not on precise chronology.