A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...
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B.C. 400-336. 63<br />
41. Carthage. JR. Obv. Female head, wearing tiara <strong>of</strong> Phrygian<br />
form ; perhaps Dido, or a form <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> moon-goddess. Bev. Lion<br />
<strong>and</strong> palm-tree. In exergue, SMm-machanat, " <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
camp." Wt. 265 grs.<br />
The finest known coin <strong>of</strong> Carthage. By a Greek<br />
engraver.<br />
42. Carthage. M. Similar <strong>to</strong> preceding. Wt. 265*2 grs.<br />
The style <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se Carthaginian <strong>coins</strong> shows<br />
that <strong>the</strong>y are <strong>the</strong> works <strong>of</strong> Sicilian artists. Some may<br />
have been struck at Carthage itself, o<strong>the</strong>rs in <strong>the</strong> Carthaginian<br />
possessions in Sicily. It is a curious fact that<br />
<strong>the</strong>re are no Carthaginian <strong>coins</strong> before <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fifth<br />
century.<br />
43. Cyrene. Af. Obv. KYPANAION. Nike driving quadriga.<br />
Bev. Zeus Ammon sacrificing before an incense-altar (thymiaterion).<br />
Magistrate's name, POAIAN0EYZ. Wt. 133-7 grs.<br />
44. Cyrene. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Zeus Ammon, facing. J^et;. KYPANA<br />
(boustrophedon). Silphium plant. Wt. 203-8 grs.<br />
The worship <strong>of</strong> Zeus Ammon was derived by <strong>the</strong><br />
Greeks <strong>of</strong> Cyrene from <strong>the</strong> famous oracle <strong>of</strong> that god in<br />
<strong>the</strong> oasis <strong>of</strong> Ammon in <strong>the</strong> Libyan Desert. The silphium<br />
plant was <strong>the</strong> chief article <strong>of</strong> commerce between Cyrene<br />
<strong>and</strong> Greece.