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1/2 Stater
| Issuer | Kyrene |
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| Year | 331 BC - 322 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Gold Stater (10) |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a stylized silphium plant — the iconic emblem of Kyrene — rising from a low base, its multiple branching stems each terminating in rounded globular seed-heads, rendered in pronounced high relief. The Greek letters Θ and Ε appear in the lower field to either side of the plant's base, serving as magistrate or control marks. The entire design is enclosed within a raised linear border accompanied by a bold dotted bead-and-reel outer border, a hallmark of Kyrenaean gold coinage of this period. The silphium, a now-extinct medicinal and culinary plant unique to the Cyrenaican plateau, was the principal source of the city's wealth and its most enduring numismatic symbol. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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