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Didrachm
| Issuer | Kyrene |
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| Year | 500 BC - 480 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Silphium plant depicted in the field, shown frontally with a large rounded seed head at the top and broad stylized leaves extending to either side of the stalk; the root bulb is rendered at the base. To the left of the plant, a large oval seed or fruit of the silphium is depicted in relief. The composition occupies the full flan in a bold, archaic artistic style characteristic of early Kyrenaean coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square featuring a stylized head or bust of the silphium plant rendered in shallow relief within a circular boundary, consistent with the early archaic incuse technique employed at Kyrene. The reverse exhibits the characteristic sunken design typical of early fifth-century BC Greek colonial coinage from North Africa, with a granular surface texture surrounding the central device. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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