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Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 500 BC - 480 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachma poddasza
Composition Srebro
Weight 16.47 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
550566
References BMC Greek# 13 cf.
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Silphium plant, a lion’s head facing to left on right, fruits above and below.

Reverse

(en) Eagle's (or griffin?) head right, holding serpent in its beak.

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

Comments

(en)

Apparently unpublished in the standard references.

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Tetradrachm
Nomos AG
obolos 37
Lot 954
Internet Archive
17 May 2025 F USD 1645.90
(CHF 1300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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