Æ, 37-34 BC, CYRENE
Collection Dr. W. R. - From the Civil Wars of the Late Roman Republic to the Beginnings of the Roman Empire
CYRENAICA
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32 mm, 17.29 g.
Head of Zeus Ammon r. letter B (retrograde)//ΛΟΛΛΙΟΥ, sella castrensis, letter Δ between legs.
Müller, Afrique, 385; RPC 911 (not with this letter); Sear 577; SNG Cop. 1305-6 (not with this letter).
R Very fine
Ex Pecunem 32, Munich 2015, lot 366.
The head of Zeus Ammon points to Libya, where the god was highly revered (cf. Montanari, M.: Libi e Greci: Zeus Ammon, in: Purcaro, V./Mei, O. (Hrsg.): Cirene greca e romana II (Cirene “Athene d'Africa” 9 = Monografie di archeologica libica 44), Rom 2016, 15-26).
Der Kopf von Zeus Ammon weist auf Libyen, wo der Gott große Verehrung genoss (vgl. Montanari, M.: Libi e Greci: Zeus Ammon, in: Purcaro, V./Mei, O. (Hrsg.): Cirene greca e romana II (Cirene “Athene d'Africa” 9 = Monografie di archeologica libica 44), Rom 2016, 15-26).