The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

68 E. S. G. KOBINSON.
Two early varieties may be mentioned here.
14. Obv. Silphium
umbels.
plant
with two whorls and three
but inside the
Rev._Head of Ammon as on No. 13 ;
dotted circle to 1. and r. of head K V m
incuse A square.
'
B. M. M. 0-6. Wt. 50-7 grs.
15. Ob v. Silphium plant
as above.
Eev. Head of Ammon as on No. 13, but 1. the hair
;
is allowed to hang down as far as the nape of
the neck, in the fringe appears the uraeus ;
all in dotted circle in incuse square, in the
corners of which V I >l
Paris. M. 0-6. Wt. 53 grs.
The interest of No. 15, which is one of the earliest
of its class, lies in the presentation of the head of
Ammon. It gives the only example I know of at
Gyrene of the wig-like Egyptian treatment of the
back hair, which is so noticeable a feature of the con-
temporary coins assigned to Golgoi with the types
obv. Hermes, rev. Head of Ammon. 43 This is the first
appearance too of the uraeus, which does not occur
again for more than half a century.
From this time the coins of Barce and Euesperides
are exactly like those of Gyrene, and can only be
distinguished by the legends. The puzzling letters
T and A, which appear on some of the drachms of
Barce, will be discussed later. 44
This series of drachms leads into and overlaps with
the second group of tetradrachms of the period.
43 B. M. C. : Cyprus, p. 70.
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See p. 78.