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	Silver
Weight	6.74 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 550408
References	BMC Greek# 264-265 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Müller Cyrénaique# 180-181 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. , Hunterian# 44-45 George MacDonald. Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection, University of Glasgow. James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Rhousopoulos# 4606 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Traité III# 1906-1907 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. , SNG Delepierre# 769 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France.

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Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Silphium plant; to left, KE or KE monogram and to right, crab.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
KYPA
KE

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Didrachm - Magas

BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 56, 264

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 56, 265

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger Auction 275, lot 4152

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Picture 2 of the example of Didrachm - Magas

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 1. Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre 769

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 102 Lot 347	28 May 2001	XF	USD 1187.44 (DEM 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From W. Niggeler Collection; ex Münzen und Medaillen AG / Bank Leu AG, Auction 3-4 December 1965 (Basel), No. 536; Bank Leu AG, Auction 33 (3 May 1983, Zurich), No. 456
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	CNG Triton XVIII Lot 796	6 Jan 2015	VF	USD 8000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From collections of MoneyMuseum (Zurich); Ward, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Arthur Evans; ex Leu 74 (19 Oct 1998), 300; Schweizerischer Bankverein 21 (24 Jan 1989), 77; Sotheby's Zurich, 4 Apr 1973, 75; Sotheby, Wilkinson&Hodge, 20 Jan 1898, 144
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