Didrachm - Magas

Features

Issuer	Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Governor	Magas of Cyrene (300 BC - 275 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	300 BC - 275 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	6.9 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 439943
References	BMC Greek# 265 var. British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Soutzos# 1743 Eos Tsourti, Maria Daniela Trifiró; 2007. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece / Volume 5. National Numismatic Museum: the A.G. Soutzos Collection. Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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Obverse

(en) Laureate head of Apollo Myrtous to right.

Reverse

(en) Silphium plant with three pairs of leaves and five umbels; in the field to left, crab; in the right field, KE.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
KY PA
KE

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

Comments

(en)

BMC 265 var. (positions of the crab and the letters switched).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (300 BC - 275 BC)							$ 2800

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 28 Lot 1255	22 May 2023	VF	USD 3039.94 (CHF 2400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 296 Lot 107	13 Feb 2013	VF	USD 2200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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