{"product_id":"the-silphium-bracelet","title":"The Silphium Bracelet","description":"\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"olfyxm\" data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"614\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"614\"\u003eA Lost Plant. An Ancient Coin. A Story Preserved for More Than Two Millennia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"713\"\u003eThere are few objects that preserve a lost world as beautifully as the coinage of ancient Kyrene. Struck over 2,300 years ago, this silver didrachm bears the image of silphium, a remarkable plant that once grew only along the coast of modern-day Libya. Celebrated throughout the ancient Mediterranean as a prized spice and medicine, silphium became so valuable that it transformed the fortunes of the city itself. The people of Kyrene chose it as their emblem, engraving it onto their silver coins generation after generation. Then it disappeared. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"c. 400–345 BC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51124612792356,"sku":"0-2","price":1495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/2766\/5444\/files\/DSCF1675.jpg?v=1784672549","url":"https:\/\/www.peregrinependants.com\/products\/the-silphium-bracelet","provider":"Peregrine Pendants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}