318, Lot: 356. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Magas. As Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 300-282/75 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.53 g, 12h). Head of Karneios left / Silphion plant; coiled serpent to left, I and monogram to right. SNG Copenhagen 1239; BMC 244-5. VF, toned, minor roughness on obverse.

From the Browndyke Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 43 (11 October 2005), lot 2111; Gorny & Mosch 122 (10 March 2003), lot 1629.