Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Didrachm. Time of Magas, as Ptolemaic governor, circa 300-275 BC. Horned head of Zeus Karneios to right / Silphium plant; KY-PA across upper fields, tripod and monogram flanking below. BMC 252; SNG Copenhagen 1242 var. (position of controls); CNG E-519, lot 267 (same dies); Roma 64, lot 439 (same dies). 7.57g, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare with head to right.
From the JTB Numismatic Collection - collector's ticket included;
Acquired from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung.
Magas received the governorship of Kyrenaika from his stepfather, Ptolemy I, in circa 300 BC, when he was just twenty years old, as a reward for having assisted the reconquest of the region following a five-year revolt. Following Ptolemy's death in 283, however, Magas attempted to wrestle Kyrenaika from Ptolemaic control, eventually succeeding in 275 and declaring himself king.
Very Fine. Rare with head to right.
From the JTB Numismatic Collection - collector's ticket included;
Acquired from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung.
Magas received the governorship of Kyrenaika from his stepfather, Ptolemy I, in circa 300 BC, when he was just twenty years old, as a reward for having assisted the reconquest of the region following a five-year revolt. Following Ptolemy's death in 283, however, Magas attempted to wrestle Kyrenaika from Ptolemaic control, eventually succeeding in 275 and declaring himself king.