BMC 1 | Koinon of Kyrenaika, Kyrene, AR didrachm, ca. 250 BC, 7.57 g. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon right, with ram’s horn. / KOI-NON, silphium plant, an ibex horn at upper left. BMC 1; SNG Cop 1275. | Text | Image |
BMC Koinon 2-15 | Cyrenaica Koinon, AE23, ca. 250 BC. 14.25 g. Head of Zeus Ammon right. / K-O I-N O-N in three lines to left and right of silphium plant. BMC Koinon 2-15; SNG Cop 1277; Sear 6363. | Text | Image |
BMC 4 Sear 6242 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, 570-525 BC, AR Drachm. Two silphium fruits / Crude punch. | Text | Image |
BMC 10 | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AR tetradrachm, ca. 525-480 BC, 17.27g. Silphium plant with four leaves, a fruit to left and right / Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding, the hair depicted by dots, all within a dotted square within a deep incuse square. BMC 10. | Text | Image |
BMC 13a | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AR tetradrachm, ca. 495-475 BC, 16.62g. Silphium plant with a lion's head left on the right, silphium fruit above and below / Eagle’s head left, tortoise on the left, all within a dotted square border in an incuse square. Asyut 819-820; BMC 13a (page xxiii). | Text | Image |
BMC 18 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AR Drachm, 14 mm, 2.76 g., 520-489 BC. Two heart-shaped silphium fruits (seed pods?) facing each other, two dots between them / Heart-shaped silphium fruit (seed pod?) within incuse square. BMC 18; SNG Cop 1165. | Text | Image |
BMC 35 | Kyrene, Kyrenaica, AR hemidrachm, Attic standard. 495-475 BC, 2.90 g. Silphium fruit. / Silphium fruit, three dots above, three dots below. BMC 35 type; Babelon Traité II-1, 1995-1996 var (two dots); Müller NAA 32 type (no dots mentioned. | Text | Image |
BMC 42 | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AR tetradrachm, ca. 460 BC, 17.22g. Silphium plant / KYΡA to right of bearded head of Zeus Ammon right, with ram’s horn and diadem, all within a raised circle in an incuse circle. BMC 42; Boston 1310; Benson Collection 785 (this coin). | Text | Image |
BMC 65 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica AV Litra. ca 435–331 BC. Female head (Cyrene?) right, hair in a sphendone / Bearded head of Ammon right. Naville 13. | Text | Image |
BMC 77b | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AR tetradrachm, ca. 400 BC, 13.16 g. Laureate head of Zeus Ammon facing slightly right, with ram's horn / K-Y Ρ-A N-A, silphium plant with four flowers. BMC 77b (p. xlix) (this coin); Jameson 2528; Niggeler 532. | Text | Image |
BMC 80cf | Cyrene, Cyrenaica AR Tetradrachm. Later fourth century BC. Silphium plant / Head of Zeus Ammon left. Cf BMC 80 (with magistrate's signature on reverse). | Text | Image |
BMC 93 | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AR tetradrachm, ca. 435-375 BC, 13.08 g. Magistrate Aristomedes. AΡIΣTOMHΔEOΣ, bearded head of Zeus Ammon left, with ram’s horn / Y-K A-Ρ (retrograde), silphium plant with three pairs of leaves. BMC 93; SNG Cop. 1191; McClean 9938. | Text | Image |
BMC 108a | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AV Stater, 331-322 BC, 8.51 g. Magistrate Jason. KYΡANAI-ΩN, Nike, wings spread, in a facing quadriga / IAΣONOΣ, Zeus Ammon, loins draped, seated left, feet on a foot-stool, seen slightly in perspective, holding sceptre and resting left elbow on the throne, eagle standing right behind him. BMC 108a (p. liv); Naville 24. | Text | Image |
BMC 116 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica AV Stater. ca 322-313 BC. Chairios, magistrate. KYΡANAI-ON, Nike driving quadriga right; sun above / Zeus-Ammon seated left, holding eagle in extended right hand; thymiaterion to left; XAIΡIOΣ (retrograde) behind. SNG Cop 1209. | Text | Image |
BMC 117 | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AV Stater, 322-313 BC, 8.66 g. Magistrate Polianthes. KYΡANAION, quadriga trotting right, the driver facing the viewer, sun with five rays at upper right / ΠOΛIANΘHΣ, Zeus Ammon in long robe, standing left by a thymiaterion, holding patera and sceptre. BMC 117; Bostom 1324. | Text | Image |
BMC 118 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica AV Stater. ca 322-308 BC. Nike driving slow quadriga right / Zeus-Ammon standing left, sacrificing from phiale over thymiaterion & holding sceptre. | Text | Image |
BMC 120 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AV stater. 322-313 BC. 8.57 g. Magistrate Polyantheos. KYΡANAION, Nike in slow quadriga right / ΠOΛIANΘEYΣ, Zeus standing left, holding patera and lotus-tipped sceptre, thymiaterion to left. BMC 120; Naville 91; Mueller 192. | Text | Image |
BMC 167 Sear 6299 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, 331-222 BC, AR Drachm. Head of Karneius left, ΘEY behind / silphium plant, K-Y P-A in fields. BMC 167. | Text | Image |
BMC 187b | Cyrene, Koinon of Cyrenaica. 4th century BC. AE 21mm. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Palm tree, [S?]W ..HGR across fields. | Text | Image |
BMC 202 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AE16 quarter unit. Helmeted head of Athena right / Double silphium, consisting of two plants of type III (the club-like rendition with small leaves which have narrow bases attached to the stalk) springing diagonally from a common base and sharing the lower pair of leaves and umbrels. BMC Cyrenaica, p. 46, 202-203. | Text | Image |
BMC 208 Sear 6345 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AE14. 4th century BC, Head of Libya right, hair in spiral curls / Gazelle standing right, KYRA above, (usually with plough or plectrum in right field. BMC 208-209; SNG Cop. 1255 corr. ("Apollo"); Sear 6345. | Text | Image |
BMC 208 (2) Sear 6345 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AE10. 4th century BC, Head of Libya right, hair in spiral curls / Gazelle standing right, KYRA above, (usually with plough or plectrum in right field. BMC 208-209; SNG Cop. 1255 corr. ("Apollo"); Sear 6345. | Text | Image |
BMC 226 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene, AR tetradrachm, ca. 300 BC, 14.38g. Head of Zeus Ammon right, with ram’s horn. / KY-ΡH to left and right of silphium plant with three pairs of leaves, IΠKΡ monogram to left, KAE monogram to right, crab below to right. BMC 226; Jameson 1351 (this coin). | Text | Image |
BMC 249a | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AR Didrachm. 3rd century BC. Male head left, in horn. / KY PA, Silphium plant, MYHP monogram at left, quiver at right. | Text | Image |
BMC 251 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene, AR didrachm, ca. 308-277 BC, 7.57 g. Head of Apollo Karneios left, with ram’s horn. / KY-ΡA, silphium plant, tripod to left, EΠ monogram to right. BMC 251. | Text | Image |
BMC 252 | Kyrene, Kyrenaica, AR Didrachm. ca 300-298 BC. 22 mm, 7.4 g. Head of Apollo Karneios right, with ram's horn. / KY-ΡA across upper fields, silphium plant, tripod in left field, ΓE monogram in right field. BMC Cyrenaica 252. | Text | Image |
BMC 260 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica AR Didrachm. ca 277-275 BC. Horned head of Apollo Karneios right / BA-ΣI, silphium plant; branch to left. | Text | Image |
BMC 317 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AE17. Magus as Governor, ca. 300-277 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon rght with Ptolomaic features / K-Y ΡA-K, Palm tree, with small sylphium plant at lower right. BMC 317. | Text | Image |
Leu 33, 453 | Kyrene, Kyrenaika, AV hemidrachm. 331-322 BC. 2.10 g. KYΔIOΣ Q, helmeted head of Athena right / Three silphium plants with flowers and two leaves, arranged radially around a central point. Mueller 54 var (head left); Naville 41 var (head left, different magistrate). Possibly unpublished. Bank Leu 33, lot 453. | Text | Image |
Mueller 23 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. AR tetradrachm, 17.32 g. 4th century BC. Herakles standing right, left hand resting on club, facing one of the Hesperides, standing left, the apple tree between them, all within incuse square / Silphium plant. Mueller 23 (this coin); Paris 29; Mionnet 50 corr. | Text | Image |
Mueller 180 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AR didrachm. 280 BC. 6.80 g. Laureate head of Apollo right, wreathed with myrtle / KY-ΡA, sulphium plant with flower and six leaves. KE in left field, crab in right field. Mueller 180; Niggeler 536 (this coin). | Text | Image |
Naville 119a | Kyrene, Cyrenaica. AV Litre. 322-313 BC. Magistrat Polianthes. 0.86 g. Horned head of Zeus Ammon left. / Head of the nymph Kyrene right. Naville 119a (this coin). | Text | Image |
Naville 122 | Kyrene, Cyrenaica. AV Litre. 322-313 BC. Magistrat Polianthes. 0.86 g. Horned head of Zeus Ammon left. / Head of Libya right, hair in formal curls. Naville 122. | Text | Image |
Rosen 769 Sear 6239 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AR tetradrachm. c.480 BC, 23mm, 17 g. Silphium plant with large central flower, two buds, two fruits and four leaves. / Silphium fruit, dolphin swimming upwards on each side, all within incuse square. Rosen 769; Asyut 833; BMFA 1301; SNG Cop 1163. | Text | Image |
RPC 911 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. L. Lollius. AE 29, 21.05g. ca 37-34 BC. Head of Zeus Ammon right; lotus-tipped sceptre before, B behind / Λ ΛOΛΛIOY, Curule chair; uncertain letter between legs. RPC 911. Sear, Imperators 577. | Text | Image |
RPC 911(2) | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. L. Lollius. AE 29, 21 g. ca 37-34 BC. Head of Zeus Ammon right; lotus-tipped sceptre before, D behind / Λ ΛOΛΛIOY, Curule chair; B between legs. RPC 911. Sear, Imperators 577. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1201 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica AV Tenth Stater. Circa 331-322 BC. Head of Karneios left; QE upwards to left. / female head right. Naville 56. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1222 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. ca 322-313 BC. AE 19mm. Horse running right; star above / NIKΩNOΣ, six-spoked wheel. BMC 189, Müller 95. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1234 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. AR Didrachm. Circa 322-313 BC. Head of Karneios right, with horn of Ammon / Silphium plant; cornucopiae to right. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1237 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, ca 322-313 BC. AR Didrachm (7.40 gm). Head of Kareios right, with horn of Ammon / Σ, ΣY-ΡA in fields, silphium plant; star in right field. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1259 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. c308-277 BC. AE 18mm. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right, in a slight beard / KY-PA, date palm; silphium plant left, crab right. BMC 293. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1266v | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. ca 308-277 BC. AE 17mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / K-Y P-A, lyre with six strings. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1276 | Cyrene, Koinon of Cyrenaica. ca 250 BC. AE 23mm. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / K-O I-N O-N, silphium plant. BMC 2ff, Müller 108. | Text | Image |
SNG Cop 1280 | Cyrene, Koinon of Cyrenaica. Ca 250 BC. AE 23mm. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon / KOI-NON, silphium plant. Müller 104. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Svoronos 873 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica. Under the Ptolemies, ca 221-140 BC. AE 15mm. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, female (Libya?) head left, cornucopiae below chin. SNG Cop 449. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
RPC 912b | L. Lollius AE28 of Cyrene, Cyrenaica. 37-34 BC. 12.43 g. Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder, B beneath chin. / ΛOΛ-Λ I-O Y, dromedary camel standing right on ground line; Γ below. RPC I 912b; Type BMC 21. | Text | Image |
RPC 913b | L. Lollius AE 16mm of Cyrene, Cyrenaica. ca 37 BC. 3.86 g. Diademed head of Libya right, B (?) before chin. / Λ-O Λ-ΛI O-Y in three lines across fields, caduceus between poppy head and corn-ear, B in lower right field. RPC I 913b; Paris 329; BMC 23bis a; Stannard 73; Liri 14.238. | Text | Image |
RPC 917 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AE26, Crassus (Consul c. 31-30 BC), 11,87 gr. KYΡA, Head of Libya right / KΡAΣ, Crocodile right. RPC 917; Svoronos pl. 63, 29 = BMC 25ff. | Text | Image |
RPC 922 | Mark Antony & Cleopatra VII AE 26mm of Cyrenaica. Summer 31 BC. BACIΛ ΘEA NE in three lines / ANTΩ-YΠA-Γ in three lines. RPC I 922; Svoronos 1899; Weiser 188. | Text | Image |
RPC 942 | Augustus, AE28 of Cyrene, Cyrenaica. 1st c. AD. Magistrate Scato. 13.36 g. CAESAR TR POT AGRIPPA, bare head of Augustus right, facing bare head of Agrippa. / SCATO PROCOS in two lines in laurel wreath. RPC 942; SNG Munich 433; BMC 36–39; Paris 363-365; Luynes 3693; SNG Bern 3842. | Text | Image |
RPC 943 | Augustus, AE24 of Cyrene, Cyrenaica. 1st c. AD. CAESAR TR POT, bare head of Augustus right / SCATO PR above and beneath chair (sella castrensis) with cushion on seat. RPC 943; SNG Cop 1320; BMC 40. | Text | Image |
Syd 176 | Trajan AR Drachm of Cyrene, Cyrenaica, or Caesarea, Cappadocia. AYT KAIΣ NEΡ TΡAIAN ΣEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right / ΔHMAΡX EX YΠAT Γ, head of Zeus-Ammon right. SNG Cop 202, Metcalf p155 note. | Text | Image | Text | Image |