Didrachm

Features

Issuer Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 500 BC - 480 BC
Value Didrachm (2)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 8.35 g
Diameter 15.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
185778

Obverse

Silphium plant with a single pair of leaves, umbel and two fruits (seed pods?) hanging downwards to left and right

Reverse

Two silphium fruit (seed pods?) base to base, set diagonally within an incuse square. In the blank angle, pellet

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (500 BC - 480 BC) 

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