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CYRENE (KYRENE) GOLD HEMIDRACHM – RARE ISSUE OF OPHELLAS WITH ATHENA HEAD AND SYLPHIUM PLANT – CHOICE FINE GREEK CYRENAICA COIN (Inv. 19890)

$2,500.00

19890. CYRENAICA. CYRENE. Ca. 322/1–308 BC.
Gold Hemidrachm, 2.10 g, 12 mm. Issue of Ophellas, 322/1–313 BC, signed by magistrate Chairi(os).
Obv. XAIPI, helmeted head of Athena left. Rev. K–Y–P, three silphium plants extending outward from a central pellet.
L. Naville, Les monnaies d’or de la Cyrénaïque, 111; BMC Cyrene 135a, pl. XV, 3; Traité II, 3, 1860.
Ex Central Texas Collection (with anonymous dealer’s ticket).
CHOICE FINE, some circulation marks, extremely rare with some 12 specimens on CoinArchives (may be encapsulated upon request).

 

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