CNG 100, Lot: 119. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Ophellas. Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 322-313 BC. AV Drachm (15mm, 4.28 g, 11h). Chairios, magistrate. Horseman, petasos hanging from neck, riding right; XAIPIOΣ above / Silphion plant; K-Y/P-A in two lines across field, cicada to lower left. Naville 106; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 131; Boston MFA 1328; McClean 9943; Pozzi 3275; Weber 8438 (all from the same dies). VF, light deposits and a few tiny marks on reverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Goldberg 26 (6 September 2004), lot 2140.