KYRENAICA, Barce. Circa 480-435 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.63 g, 12h). Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves; fruit to left and right / Silphium fruit flanked by two dolphins; all within incuse square. Asyut 848; SNG Copenhagen 1163 (Kyrene). Near VF, a few deposits, a few light scratches under tone. Very rare.
Ex LHS 95 (25 October 2005), lot 755; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 412; Comte Chandon de Briailles Collection (Bourgey, 17 June 1959), lot 410; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Part II, Naville VII, 23 June 1924), lot 1865; J. Hirsch XXXII (14 November 1912), lot 598.
