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Tetradrachm of Barke, Kyrenaika, from the Asyut Hoard 1969
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Obv.: Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves and crowned by umbel; traces of legend BAR KA.
Rev.: Silphium fruit flanked by two dolphins within incuse square.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
1969 Asyut Hoard. [Harlan Berke Chicago IL ?-2010] sold; to The Harvard Art Museums.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Mary S. Watkins in memory of her brother Frederick W. Watkins by exchange
Title: Tetradrachm of Barke, Kyrenaika, from the Asyut Hoard 1969
Description:
Obv.
: Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves and crowned by umbel; traces of legend BAR KA.
Rev.
: Silphium fruit flanked by two dolphins within incuse square.
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