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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Barke |
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| Year | 400 BC - 331 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized silphium plant depicted frontally, rising from a broad base with multiple spreading lateral branches, each terminating in distinctive umbellate seed-heads or flower clusters. The stem bifurcates symmetrically, with additional drooping branches bearing rounded fruits or buds in the lower field. The design fills the flan boldly, rendered in a characteristic North African Greek style emblematic of Cyrenaican coinage, where silphium served as a primary economic and civic symbol. |
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| Reverse description | Bearded head of Zeus Ammon facing right, wearing a diadem, with the characteristic ram's horn of Ammon curling prominently behind the ear amid flowing locks of hair. The full beard is rendered in deeply engraved wavy strands, and the hair is elaborately worked with parallel incised lines. The Greek legend BAPKAI appears in the right field, identifying the issuing city of Barke in Cyrenaica. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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