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Æ29 ΚΥΡΑ

Issuer Gortyn (Cyrenaica and Crete)
Year 67 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse description A bee depicted in schematic form at center, facing upward, rendered in the flat, stylized manner typical of late Hellenistic Cretan bronze coinage. The bee, a longstanding emblem of civic identity in the eastern Mediterranean, occupies the central field. The Greek legend ΚΥΡΑ appears in the field, referencing Cyrene or a local magistrate's name. The flan is irregular and the relief is notably flat due to the coarse hammered technique and heavy patination.
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Reverse lettering ΚΥΡΑ
(Translation: Cyrene)
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