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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Barke |
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| Year | 475 BC - 435 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Silphium plant depicted in full frontal view, centrally placed within the field. The plant shows a tall central stalk rising to a flowering head, with lateral branches bearing characteristic seed pods or fruit clusters spreading outward symmetrically. The rendering is naturalistic yet stylized in the archaic Greek tradition, with fine engraving detail capturing the distinctive form of the prized Cyrenaican silphium. The design is set within an irregular flan typical of early hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Head of Zeus Ammon in right-facing profile, rendered with characteristic features including a ram's horn curling behind the ear, combining the iconography of the Greek god Zeus with the Egyptian deity Ammon. The portrait is executed in fine archaic Greek style with detailed hair and beard. The Greek city abbreviation BAP (for Barke) appears to the right of the head. The entire design is contained within a thick circular border set within a shallow incuse square or circle, consistent with early Libyan Greek coinage conventions. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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