CYRENE (KYRENE) SILVER DIDRACHM – ISSUE OF MAGAS WITH ZEUS HEAD AND SYLPHIUM PLANT – VF GREEK CYRENAICA COIN (Inv. 19874)

$950.00

19874. CYRENAICA. CYRENE. Ca. 300–282/275 BC.
Silver Didrachm, 7.33 g, 21 mm. Issue of Magas, ca. 294–275 BC.
Obv. Head of Zeus Carneios right. Rev. KY–P[A], silphium plant, monogram in left field, crab in right field.
BMC Cyrene 257 (same obverse die); SNG Copenhagen 1243 (variant monogram).
Ex Central Texas Collection, acquired from Nilus Coins, inv. 32440 (with old dealer’s ticket); ex Harlan J. Berk (with his ticket notated 5–18–1984) and a Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Bern) ticket.
VF, gray toning, minor surface roughness (may be encapsulated upon request).