82, Lot: 20. Estimate $300. Sold for $507. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KYRENAICA, Barke. Circa 480-435 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.29 gm). Silphium plant / [B A] P K, head of Zeus-Ammon right (wreathed in ivy?) within incuse square. Cf. BMC Cyrenaica pg.95, 10; cf. Babelon,
Traité pl.CCLXIX, 1. Toned VF, reverse off-center. Rare.
The published examples of this type always have a dotted border around the head of Zeus-Ammon, and do not show him wreathed. This variety appears to be unpublished.