CNG 100, Lot: 120. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Ophellas. Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 322-313 BC. AV Hemidrachm or Triobol (10mm, 2.14 g). Polianthes, magistrate. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; ИAIΛ[OΠ] to right / Three silphium plants arranged around central dot; K-Y-P around. Naville 112; SNG Copenhagen 1211 = Traité III 1859, pl. CCLXV, 22; BMC –; Boston MFA 1331 = Warren 1354. VF, a few marks. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from David Vagi, April 2000. Ex George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 159.