Browsing Ancient Coinage of Kyrenaica
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| BMC 65 | Cyrenaica, Cyrene AV Litra. ca 435–331 BC. Female head (Cyrene?) right, hair confined by sphendone / Bearded head of Ammon right. Naville 13. | Text |   |
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| BMC 80cf | Cyrenaica, Cyrene AR Tetradrachm. Later fourth century BC. Silphium plant / Head of Zeus Ammon left. Cf BMC 80 (with magistrate's signature on reverse). | Text |  |
| BMC 116 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene AV Stater. ca 322-313 BC. Chairios, magistrate. KYPANAI-ON, Nike driving quadriga right; sun above / Zeus-Ammon seated left, holding eagle in extended right hand; thymiaterion to left; CAIRIOS (retrograde) behind. SNG Cop 1209. | Text |  |
| BMC 118 | Cyrenaica, Cyrene AV Stater. ca 322-308 BC. Nike driving slow quadriga right / Zeus-Ammon standing left, sacrificing from phiale over thymiaterion & holding scepter. | Text |  |
| BMC 159cf | Kyrenaica, Kyrene. Circa 322-313 BC. AV Tenth Stater or Litra. Polianthes(?), magistrate. Head of Zeus-Ammon left; P(?) to right / Head of the nymph Kyrene right; KVP above head. Naville 123; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1214. | Text |  |
| BMC 187b | Kyrenaica, Koinon. 4th century BC. Æ 21mm. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Palm tree, [S?]W [_] HGR across fields. | Text |  |
| BMC 249a | Kyrene, North Africa, AR Didrachm. 3rd century BC. Male head left, in horn. / KY PA, Silphium plant, MYHP monogram at left, quiver at right. | Text |   |
| BMC 252.1 | | Text | |  |
| BMC 252 | Kyrenaica, Kyrene. Circa 300-298 BC. AR Didrachm (7.43 gm). Head of Apollo Karneios right, with ram's horn / Silphium plant; tripod to left. | Text |   |
| BMC 260 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Didrachm. ca 277-275 BC. Horned head of Apollo Karneios right / BA-SI, silphium plant; branch to left. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1201 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene AV Tenth Stater. Circa 331-322 BC. Head of Karneios left; QE before / female head right. Naville 56. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1222 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene. ca 322-313 BC. Æ 19mm. Horse running right; star above / NIKWNOS, six-spoked wheel. BMC 189, Müller 95. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1234 | Kyrenaica, Kyrene. AR Didrachm. Circa 322-313 BC. Head of Karneios right, with horn of Ammon / Silphium plant; cornucopiae to right. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1237 | Kyrenaica, Kyrene. Circa 322-313 BC. AR Didrachm (7.40 gm). Head of Kareios right, with horn of Ammon / S, SU-RA in fields, silphium plant; star in right field. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1259 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene. c308-277 BC. Æ 18mm. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right, in a slight beard / KY-PA, date palm; silphium plant left, crab right. BMC 293. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1266v | Kyrenaika, Kyrene. ca 308-277 BC. Æ 17mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / K-Y/P-A, lyre with six strings. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1276 | Kyrenaika, Koinon. ca 250 BC. Æ 23mm. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / K-O/I-N/O-N, silphium plant. BMC 2ff, Müller 108. | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1280.1 | \/ | Text |  |
| SNGCop 1280 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene. Circa 250 BC. Æ 23mm. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon / KOI NON, silphium plant. Müller 104. | Text |  |
| Svoronos 873.1 | | Text | |  |
| Svoronos 873 | Kyrenaika, Kyrene. Under the Ptolemies, c221-140 BC. Æ 15mm. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, female (Libya?) head left, cornucopiae below chin. SNG Cop 449. | Text |   |
| Ae17.1 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AE17, (6.30g)_ Magus as Governor, c. 300-277 BC, Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon rght. / K Y PA K Palm tree, with small sylphium plant at base. | Text |  |
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| Ae17 | Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Æ17, (4.49g) Magus as Governor, c. 300-277 BC, Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right. / K [U] PA Palm tree, with small sylphium plant at base. | Text |   |
| Sear #6239 | Kyrene, North Africa, AR tetradrachm. c.480 BC, Silphium plant, fruit at each side / Silphium fruit, dolphin upward at each side, all within incuse square. Rosen 769. |   | |
| Sear #6242 | CYRENAICA, Cyrene, 570-525 BC, AR Drachm. Two silphium fruits / Crude punch. |  | |
| Sear #6299 | CYRENAICA, Cyrene, 331-222 BC, AR Drachm. Head of Carneius left, QEU behind / silphium plant, K - Y | P - A in fields. |  | |
| Sear #6319 | Kyrene, North Africa, AR Didrachm-Stater. 308-277 BC, Head of Karneios right / Silphium plant, KU RA in fields. BMC 52. |  | |
| Sear #6345 | Kyrene, North Africa, AE10. 4th century BC, Head of Libya right, hair in spiral curls / Gazelle standing right, KYPA above, plectrum (?) before. BMC 209. |   | |
| Sear #6363 | Kyrene, North Africa, AE24. c 250 BC, Horned head of Zeus-Ammon / KOI NON, Sylphium plant. |  | |
Trajan Syd_176 | Trajan AR Drachm of Kyrenaika, Kyrene, or Caesarea, Cappadocia. AUT KAIS NER TRAIAN SEB GERM, laureate head right / DHMAPC EX UPAT G, head of Zeus-Ammon right. SNG Cop 202, Metcalf p155 note. |  | |
| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Cyrene | ||
| Discussion of the Silphion plant by Gernot Katzer | |||
| SILPHIUM: ANCIENT WONDER DRUG? by John Tatman | |||
| Search for Kyrenaica at CoinArchives.com | |||
| Historia Numorum, by Barclay Head, Entries for Cyrenaica | |||
| Entry for Kyrenaica on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
| Search for Cyrene in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum | |||
| Search for Kyrenaica at AncientImports.com | |||
| Search for Kyrenaica at Incitatus Coins | |||
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