Triton XVII, Lot: 433. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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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.
Further selections from the Browndyke Collection will be available in Electronic Auction 318, running concurrently with this sale, opening 18 December 2013 and closing on 15 January 2014, on our website: www.cngcoins.com.