Watch List notes:

KYRENAICA, Barke. Circa 480-435 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20mm, 17.11 g, 3h). Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves; fruit left and right; B[APKA] above / Silphium fruit flanked by two dolphins; all within incuse square. Müller, Afrique –; Asyut 848 (this coin); BMC 16 (Kyrene); SNG Copenhagen 1163 (Kyrene); Traité III –. VF, lightly toned, partial flat strike. Very rare.


From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 999; Triton VI (14-15 January 2003), lot 498; 1968/9 Asyut Hoard (IGCH 1644; CH III 17).