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1/2 Gold Stater / Gold Drachm
| Issuer | Kyrene |
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| Year | 308 BC - 277 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of Zeus Ammon rendered in high relief, with a broad bearded visage and deeply set eyes gazing directly forward. The deity's hair is arranged in tight curling locks, crowned with a wreath or diadem, with ram's horns subtly indicated at the temples — a characteristic iconographic attribute of Zeus Ammon as worshipped in Cyrenaica. The bold, almost frontal portraiture fills the flan, framed by a beaded border. The powerful modeling of the facial features reflects the accomplished die-cutting tradition of the Cyrenaic mint. |
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| Reverse description | Silphium plant depicted in full, facing view at centre of the field — the prized medicinal and culinary plant emblematic of Cyrene and a key symbol of the city's wealth and identity. The plant is rendered with a tall central stalk bearing a rounded terminal head, flanked by lateral branches each terminating in heart-shaped or rounded seed pods. The base of the plant rises from a ribbed, cup-like calyx. The legend KYPAIN appears in the field, identifying the issuing city. The design is set within a plain, unbordered field on an irregular flan typical of the hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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