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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Kyrene |
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| Year | 480 BC - 435 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Silphium plant depicted in high relief at centre, showing the characteristic compound umbel atop a tall ribbed stalk with spreading branches bearing smaller flower heads; the plant, emblematic of Kyrene and its primary economic commodity, is rendered with careful naturalistic detail. Two flanking branches extend laterally across the field, each terminating in a stylised floral head. The composition fills the flan with bold, archaic confidence typical of early Classical Kyrenaean coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Diademed male head in right-facing profile, identified as Zeus Ammon or Apollo, rendered in the severe style of the early Classical period. The deity wears a beaded diadem binding his wavy hair, and displays a short, finely striated beard. The face is rendered with strong, idealized features. The ethnic legend KVPA appears in Greek characters divided across the field to left and right of the portrait, within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (480 BC - 435 BC) |
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