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KYRENAICA. Kyrene (?). Circa 4th-3rd century BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.46 g, 2 h). Facing female head. Rev. Elephant walking right. BMC -. SNG Copenhagen -. Extremely rare and perhaps unpublished. Somewhat rough, otherwise, good fine.
Style and fabric of this enigmatic issue are vaguely reminiscent of a hemiobol in Paris, formerly in the Seyrig Collection and later attributed by Houghton and Lorbeer to an uncertain Seleukid mint (HGC 9, 457 = SC 1293), but the style and fabric of our piece are clearly different and much more in line with the coinage of the Greek cities in the Kyrenaika.
Style and fabric of this enigmatic issue are vaguely reminiscent of a hemiobol in Paris, formerly in the Seyrig Collection and later attributed by Houghton and Lorbeer to an uncertain Seleukid mint (HGC 9, 457 = SC 1293), but the style and fabric of our piece are clearly different and much more in line with the coinage of the Greek cities in the Kyrenaika.