The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

(Muller, i. 324), and (3)
QUAESTIONES CYKENAICAE. 103
the two shoots which occur on
either side of the silphium plant, remarking that
there is no coin at Gyrene which offers these criteria.
But (1) the uraeus occurs as often at Cyrene as at Barce
(e.g. under Nikis and Aristomedes) ; (2) though the
symbol on the obverse is a Barcaean touch, the
magistrate's name round the silphium
Aristomedes at Cyrene (on No. 46) ; (3)
occurs under
This form of
silphium is really commoner at Cyrene than at Barce.
The style of the head and the treatment of the silphium
suggest the finer issues of API3TOMHAEO& On the
other hand, the symbol (spray of laurel) on the obverse
is rather a Barcaean feature, and the name itself would
perhaps suggest Barce, where the population was to
a much greater degree mixed with the indigenous
stock. The uraeus which is worn has a curious peculiarity;
it seemingly does not rise from a diadem, but
appears to be fixed in the middle of something more
rigid (rather like a stephane), which encircles the brow
but not the back of the head. The following coin may
also possibly belong to AIBYSTPATOS.
53. Obv. Head of bearded Ammon 1., of rather similar
style, without diadem or uraeus : symbol
behind head (?).
Rev. Silphium with two whorls and five umbels ; in
front r., upwards, SAT .
E. T. Newell. JR. 1-05. Wt. 178 grs. (cleaned).
Samian tetradrachm.
Unfortunately, the necessary cleaning of this coin
has reduced it considerably in weight; at the same
time most of the surface is gone, so that it is impossible
to make out what the reverse inscription was, or
whether the remains behind the neck on the obverse