The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

11. Obv. Silphium plant
QUAESTIONES CYRENAICAE. 67
with two whorls and three
umbels ; in field 1. a seed with its pericarp,
around, four dots placed
Rev. Head of Gyrene 1. as above, but of different
style ; in front KVPA, behind N A ^>
outwards ; dotted border ; circular incuse.
JR. 0-6. Wt. 51 grs. Copenhagen (M. i. 116).
12. Obv. Similar, but without seed.
Rev. Head of Gyrene, of style similar to No. 11, but
more advanced ; in dotted circle ; in incuse
square,
in the corners of which K V
V d
M. 0-55. Wt. 51-9 grs. B. M. = M. i. 115.
The head on No. 12 has been described by Miiller
as Apollo, 42 but there seems no reason to consider it
as different from that on No. 11, the inscription
KVPANA on which, it may be suggested, refers to the
type as well as to the city. Parallel with these coins,
and linking up with the next group, is the series
of drachms and hemidrachms bearing the types of the
liead of Ammon and silphium.
13. Obv. Silphium plant.
Rev. Head of bearded Ammon r. in dotted circle in
incuse square, in corners of which K V
B. M. /K. 0-6. Wt. 50 grs. V d
The general arrangement of the hair is like that of
the similar heads in the first group, and the eye though
not so pronounced is still almost entirely full. On
the other hand, the truncation of the neck is dotted.
As a rule the silphium has no pair of umbels springing
on either side above the highest whorl. The absence
of these is a sign of early date, though the contrary
does not hold.
42 i. 115.
F 2