KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. As Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 300-282/75 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.58 g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing myrtle wreath / Silphion plant; KY-PA across upper field, [ΣΩ to lower left], mouse to lower right. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1245; BMC p. cvi, 262a, pl. XXIV, 11 (same dies); Pozzi 3286 var. (wreath on rev.). Good VF, lightly toned, scratches. Very rare.
From the Browndyke Collection.