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QUAESTIONES CYKENAICAE. 71
higher up on the flan, revealing on either side of the
base of the stalk a letter, of which a corner may be
seen on the Museum specimen. These letters, though
largely formed, are straggling and very uncertain:
they seem to resemble T E, but the lowest bar of
the E and part of the T are off the coin. In connexion
with this piece another coin may be studied.
21. Ob v. Silphium plant with two whorls and five
umbels ; at base of stalk to 1. and r., 3 T.
Rev. Head of Ammon r., style advanced towards
transitional, the beard slightly curling; in
front of face, Sk; all in dotted circle, in circular
incuse.
Paris (Samian drachm). Wt. 50-6 grs. =M. Suppl.
331 A. Bompois, PI. I. 10.
22. Obv. Silphium plant
with two whorls and five
umbels ; to 1. and r. of base of stalk K V ;
in field r. A. ? (the last letter doubtful).
Rev. Head of Zeus Ammon r., of coarse type, the
hair and beard treated as in No. 20 ; in front
B
of the face A ; all in incuse square.
P
B. M. M. 145 (Attic tetradrachm). Wt. 2484 grs.
Gyrene Euesperides.
In connexion with Nos. 17 and 18, on which the
name of Euesperides has already been recognized by
Muller, 45 it is necessary to go closely into the history
and early numismatics of that city.
The earliest coins attributable to this, the western-
most of all the cities of Cyrenaica, are the following :
45
Muller, Suppl., p. 8, Nos. 121, 121 A, and note.