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	7.57 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 549373
References	BMC Greek# 255-258 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 1243 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Müller Cyrénaique# 161-165 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. , SNG Lockett# 3477 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. , McClean# 9953 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

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Obverse

Head of Apollo-Carneius right, with horn of Ammon.

Reverse

Silphion plant; monogram to left, crab to right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: KYPA

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (300 BC - 275 BC)							$ 550

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Didrachm - Magas

BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 54, 255

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 55, 256

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 55, 257

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 55, 258

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Gorny & Mosch Auction 306 Lot 340	15 Oct 2024	VF	USD 698.50 (EUR 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	CNG Electronic Auction 536 Lot 234	12 Apr 2023	VF	USD 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 124 Lot 345	19 Sep 2023	VF	USD 650.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 540 Lot 245	14 Jun 2023	VF	USD 350.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 123 Lot 263	23 May 2023	VF	USD 650.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 538 Lot 294	10 May 2023	VF	USD 425.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 535 Lot 131	29 Mar 2023	VF	USD 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 534 Lot 241	15 Mar 2023	VF	USD 425.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 532 Lot 311	8 Feb 2023	VF	USD 900.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 530 Lot 408	4 Jan 2023	VF	USD 400.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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