Experts in Coins & Medals

KYRENAIKA. Kyrene. Circa 435-331 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 12 mm, 1.54 g, 12 h). Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon to right, with carefully arranged hair, and a ram's horn curled around his ear. Rev. Κ-Υ/P-A/Ν-A ( starting on the bottom left and continuing upwards) Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves and five umbels. Apparently unpublished. With a head of Zeus-Ammon of a particularly soigné and elegant late Classical style. Slightly porous, otherwise, good very fine.

KYRENAIKA. Kyrene. Circa 500-480 BC. Obol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.62 g, 6 h), Attic standard. Silphium fruit with pellet above and below. Rev. Facing head of a lion with pellet above; all within incuse square. Cf. BMC 40a (hemidrachm). Cf. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 2, 87 (drachm). CNG E562, 2024, 236. Very rare. Porous, otherwise, very fine.