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Tetradrachm - Akesios
| Issuer | Barke |
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| Year | 360 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Silphium plant depicted frontally and occupying the full field, showing the characteristic large bulbous seedhead at the apex, broad spreading leaves, and a segmented stalk terminating in a rounded base, rendered in high relief with fine engraved detail. The city ethnic BAPKAI is distributed in four groups around the plant in the field, reading B – AP – KA – I, separated by the plant's foliage. A dotted border frames the design. |
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| Reverse description | Facing head of Zeus Ammon rendered in high archaic relief, with wide-open eyes, ram's horns curling behind the ears, and hair flowing outward in loose wavy strands on either side of the face. The bold, frontal treatment imparts a striking hieratic quality characteristic of Cyrenaican coinage of the fourth century BC. The magistrate's name AKEΣIOΣ appears divided in two groups flanking the head in the field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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