Didrachm - Magas

Features

Issuer	Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Governor	Magas of Cyrene (300 BC - 275 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	308 BC - 277 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	7.83 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 548678
References	BMC Greek# 238-241 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 1238 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 3475 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Traité III# 1892 Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Müller Cyrénaique# 156 Christian Tuxen Falbe, Jacob Christian Linberg, Ludvig Müller; 1860. Numismatique de l'ancienne Afrique / Volume 1. Les monnaies de la Cyrénaique = Numismatics of ancient Africa. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Weber# 8450 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Bement# 1879 William S. Kundig (ed.); 1924. Collection Clarence S. Bement / Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Naville & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (2 volumes). , Hirsch# 1854 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes). , Jameson# 1356 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Nanteuil# 440 Henri Joseph de la Barre de Nanteuil, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.); 1925. Collection de monnaies grecques H. de Nanteuil. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (2 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Head of Apollo-Carneius left, with horn of Ammon.

Reverse

(en) Silphium plant with four leaves; to left, monogram and to right, star.

Script: grecki

Lettering: KYPA

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (308 BC - 277 BC)						$ 300	$ 840	$ 4600

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Didrachm - Magas

BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 52, 238

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 52, 239

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 52, 240

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 53, 241

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 416 Lot 1298	29 Oct 2024	XF	USD 4649.37 (EUR 4000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Hirsch Nachf. 196, Munich 1997, lot 503
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 280 Lot 480	11 Oct 2021	XF	USD 3022.09 (EUR 2600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 333 Lot 872	16 Mar 2020	XF	USD 11 623.43 (EUR 10 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 219 Lot 314	10 Mar 2014	XF	USD 3719.50 (EUR 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 129 Lot 220	8 Mar 2004	XF	Unsold
Ex Leu 2, 1972, 317
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	CNG Triton VII Lot 385	12 Jan 2004	XF	USD 1800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Leu 7 (9 May 1973), lot 309
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Nomos AG obolos 40 Lot 687	14 Dec 2025	VF	USD 3295.82 (CHF 2600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex SKA Monetarium FPL 53, Spring 1990, 106
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 576 Lot 253	4 Dec 2024	VF	USD 475.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 229 Lot 425	19 Nov 2024	VF	USD 750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Schenk-Behrens 50, 1965, lot 145
© Harlan J. Berk, LTD
	CNG Electronic Auction 570 Lot 204	11 Sep 2024	VF	USD 475.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.