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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter, 305 - 282 B.C.
| The Apollo of Cyrene is a colossal Roman statue of Apollo found at the ancient city of Cyrene, Libya. This enormous sculpture was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century at the Temple of Apollo at Cyrene in Libya, where it was probably the main cult image. It was excavated by the British explorers and amateur archaeologists Captain Robert Murdoch Smith and Commander Edwin A. Porcher. The statue was found broken into 121 pieces, lying near the large plinth where it originally stood. The fragments were later reassembled in the British Museum to create a relatively intact statue with only the right arm and left hand missing. |  |
GP93781. Bronze hemiobol, Asolati 38A; Lorber CPE B141; Svoronos 66, pl. III, 7 (1 spec.); BMC Cyrenaica p. 74, 4 & pl. XXVIII, 13, aVF, mottled red-brown-black patina, Kyrenaica, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, weight 3.297g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 0o, 300 - 282 B.C.; obverse head of Apollo Myrtous right, wearing Myrtle wreath, hair long in back; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head left, wings open, monogram above silphium plant in left field; from the Errett Bishop Collection; extremely rare; SOLD
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