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BARCE.
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country to the condition of a Roman province (b. c. 74). Henceforth
bronze coins only were issued in Cyrenaica, and these bore the names of
the Roman governors under Augustus, L. Lollius, A. Pupius Rufus, L.
Fabricius Patellius, Scato, Palicanus, and Capito, with various titles
in Greek or Latin characters, such as T AMI AC ANTI CTP A'THTOC],
PROCOS, or Q_[VAESTOR].
Among the types may be mentioned the heads of Ammon, Apollo,
Artemis, or the Emperor, a curule chair, camel, stag, ram, caduceus,
wreath, serpent, etc.
There are also later Imperial coins of Titus, Trajan, Faustina Senior,
M. Aurelius, and Severus Alexander, attributed conj ecturally to Cyre-
naica (Muller, i. p. 171), but these may have been struck at Alexandria.
Barce was founded from Cyrene about the middle of the sixth century.
Its coinage down to the age of the Ptolemies falls into the same periods
as that of Cyrene. In the archaic period it is generally impossible to
distinguish the issues of Barce from those of Cyrene, as they are, as a
rule, uninscribed. In the fifth century (b. c. 480-431) while Barce, like
Cyrene, was governed by kings, its coinage consists of Euboic tetra-
drachms (370 grs.), and of Phoenician drachms and drachms (52 and
26 grs.) Inscr., BAP, BAPKA, BAPKAION; obv. Silphium or Silphium
fruits, rev. Head of Zeus Ammon, or Head of ram in incuse square. In the
Republican period, b.c. 432-321, Barce, like Cyrene, abandoned the
Euboic tetradrachm for the Phoenician of about 200 grs.
Gold. Circ. b.c. 431-321.
Silphium. ’ Head of Zeus Ammon . . A 26-4 grs.
This gold coin is attributed to Barce simply on account of the style of
the head of Ammon, which closely resembles that of some of the inscribed
tetradrachms of the town.
Silver. Inscr. BAPKAI or BAPKAION on one or other side.
Head of Zeus Ammon in profile.
Head of Zeus Ammon facing.
Young head with ram’s horn.
(Fox, Gr. C., Pt. II. Pl. VIII. 167.)
Id.
Id.
Silphium, sometimes accompanied by
two jerboas (Muller, 318) or by a
gazelle recumbent (M., 322), or an
owl (M., 324) /R Tetradr. 200 grs.
Single or triple silphium, the lattei’
accompanied by accessory symbols,
chameleon, owl, and jerboa, in field .
tR-Tetradr. 198-3 grs.
Silphium.YR 160 grs.
Id.2R 49-5 grs.
Id.211 24.4 grs.
Magistrates’ names on the coins of Barce, AKE£IO£ (Doric genitive of
’Axecrias), <t>AlN, KAINIH, KYYEAD. TH 0IAHN (=KYYEAOY TOY
<fil AHN LOS]).
733
country to the condition of a Roman province (b. c. 74). Henceforth
bronze coins only were issued in Cyrenaica, and these bore the names of
the Roman governors under Augustus, L. Lollius, A. Pupius Rufus, L.
Fabricius Patellius, Scato, Palicanus, and Capito, with various titles
in Greek or Latin characters, such as T AMI AC ANTI CTP A'THTOC],
PROCOS, or Q_[VAESTOR].
Among the types may be mentioned the heads of Ammon, Apollo,
Artemis, or the Emperor, a curule chair, camel, stag, ram, caduceus,
wreath, serpent, etc.
There are also later Imperial coins of Titus, Trajan, Faustina Senior,
M. Aurelius, and Severus Alexander, attributed conj ecturally to Cyre-
naica (Muller, i. p. 171), but these may have been struck at Alexandria.
Barce was founded from Cyrene about the middle of the sixth century.
Its coinage down to the age of the Ptolemies falls into the same periods
as that of Cyrene. In the archaic period it is generally impossible to
distinguish the issues of Barce from those of Cyrene, as they are, as a
rule, uninscribed. In the fifth century (b. c. 480-431) while Barce, like
Cyrene, was governed by kings, its coinage consists of Euboic tetra-
drachms (370 grs.), and of Phoenician drachms and drachms (52 and
26 grs.) Inscr., BAP, BAPKA, BAPKAION; obv. Silphium or Silphium
fruits, rev. Head of Zeus Ammon, or Head of ram in incuse square. In the
Republican period, b.c. 432-321, Barce, like Cyrene, abandoned the
Euboic tetradrachm for the Phoenician of about 200 grs.
Gold. Circ. b.c. 431-321.
Silphium. ’ Head of Zeus Ammon . . A 26-4 grs.
This gold coin is attributed to Barce simply on account of the style of
the head of Ammon, which closely resembles that of some of the inscribed
tetradrachms of the town.
Silver. Inscr. BAPKAI or BAPKAION on one or other side.
Head of Zeus Ammon in profile.
Head of Zeus Ammon facing.
Young head with ram’s horn.
(Fox, Gr. C., Pt. II. Pl. VIII. 167.)
Id.
Id.
Silphium, sometimes accompanied by
two jerboas (Muller, 318) or by a
gazelle recumbent (M., 322), or an
owl (M., 324) /R Tetradr. 200 grs.
Single or triple silphium, the lattei’
accompanied by accessory symbols,
chameleon, owl, and jerboa, in field .
tR-Tetradr. 198-3 grs.
Silphium.YR 160 grs.
Id.2R 49-5 grs.
Id.211 24.4 grs.
Magistrates’ names on the coins of Barce, AKE£IO£ (Doric genitive of
’Axecrias), <t>AlN, KAINIH, KYYEAD. TH 0IAHN (=KYYEAOY TOY
<fil AHN LOS]).