β186Βάττου σίλφιον
Battos' silphium, Battus' silphium
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those receiving rare honors. For the Cyrenaeans gave a special silphium to one of the Battoi, and on one side of the coin they stamped [a picture of] Ammon, on the other [a…
Βάττου σίλφιον· ἐπὶ τῶν σπανίους τιμὰς λαμβανόντων. οἱ γὰρ Κυρηναῖοι ἑνὶ τῶν Βάττων ἐξαίρετον ἔδοσαν τὸ σίλφιον, καὶ τοῦ νομίσματος ἐπὶ μὲν θατέρου Ἄμμωνα, ἐπὶ δὲ θατέρου σίλφιον…