The silphium motif adorning ancient Libyan coinage: Marketing a medicinal plant

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-143

  Koerper, Henry ^a   Kolls, A L ^b  

^a Cypress College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Cyrenaica; Ferula; Numismatics; Silphium

Indexed keywords

FERULA;

EID: 0032799540     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866492     Document Type: Article

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