cc808 Cyrene, AE17, Sylphium Plant, aVF
$208.50
Nov-23-00
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Cyrene, Cyrenaica, AE17, (6.30g) .. Magus as Governor, c. 300-277
BC, 

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon rght. / 
K-Y PA-K Palm tree, with small sylphium plant at base. 
F / VF, tan tone. 
BMC 317

The sylphium plant which appears frequently on the coins of 
Kyrene had fruits which were an aphrodiasic and a contraceptive. 
It became extinct in c. 1st century AD.