The Ancient Greek Silver Cyrene Coin

More than 2,000 years old!

• Struck in Cyrene, the silver didrachm depicts the mysterious silphium plant — a long-lost herb worth its weight in gold and the source of the ancient Greek colony’s wealth.

• The other side features the god Apollo, the son of Zeus who was worshipped in Cyrene because it was believed that he gave the city the gift of silphium.

• By the 1st century A.D., the silphium herb that was once highly valued as a medicine, food seasoning and aphrodisiac was thought to have gone completely extinct and its identity remains a mystery to this day — but it is forever immortalized on this silver didrachm, one of the few images that has survived through the millennia!

• Struck by hand by skilled craftsmen in the 4th-3rd centuries B.C., with images hand-carved into coin dies, making each a distinctive work of art different from all others.

• Certified in Circulated-Choice Fine or better condition by NGC, one of the world’s most trusted names in the numismatic industry.

• Sealed in an archival-quality holder that allows for the safe examination of both sides without fear of damage from dust, dirt and fingerprints.

• Accompanied by a handsome wooden Display Chest (measuring 5⅜" x 4⅜" x 1½").

• Comes with a Collector’s Guide, which recounts the fascinating story of the coin and its remarkable designs, and a magnifying loupe for easier viewing of the coin’s spectacular design details.

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