CoinsGreek5th century BCE
Tetradrachm of Barke, Kyrenaika, from the Asyut Hoard 1969
500-480 BCE
Description
Obv.: Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves and crowned by umbel; traces of legend BAR KA. Rev.: Silphium fruit flanked by two dolphins within incuse square.
Dimensions
17.17g
Provenance
1969, Asyut Hoard. [Harlan Berke, Chicago, IL, ?-2010] sold; to The Harvard Art Museums.
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