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Didrachm - Magas
| Issuer | Kyrene (Kyrenaica) |
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| Year | 300 BC - 275 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful bare head of Apollo-Carneius facing left, wearing a laurel wreath, with a small horn of Ammon curving from the forehead — a distinctive syncretic attribute combining the Greek god Apollo with the Libyan deity Ammon. The portrait is rendered in fine Hellenistic style with carefully detailed hair and a serene, idealized facial expression. The field is plain, with no legend or exergual inscription on this face. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized silphium plant depicted full-length in the center of the field, with a broad rounded seed-head at the apex, two pairs of outstretched lateral branches bearing small leaf-like offshoots, and a bulbous root base resting on a raised ground line — an iconic emblem of Cyrene's renowned and economically vital export. The Greek city-ethnic abbreviation KYPA is divided across the field, with KY to the left and PA to the right of the plant's central stalk, rendered in clear Greek characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | KYPA |
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