Extremely rare and of great interest
Lot 1030
KYRENAICA. Kyrene. Magas, as Ptolemaic Governor, circa 308-305 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.36 g, 12 h). Female head facing slightly to right. Rev. Elephant walking right. BMC -. Boston MFA -. Buttrey -. Leu Web Auction 7 (2019), 588. Obolos 39 (2025), 462. SNG Copenhagen -. Extremely rare and of great interest. Somewhat rough and with light deposits and traces of horn silver, otherwise, very fine.

Ex Obolos 41, 22 February 2026, 378.


Style and fabric of this enigmatic issue are vaguely reminiscent of a hemiobol in Paris, formerly in the Seyrig Collection and later attributed by Houghton and Lorbeer to an uncertain Seleukid mint (HGC 9, 457 = SC 1293), but the style and fabric of our piece are clearly different and much more in line with the coinage of the Greek cities in the Kyrenaika.
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Closing time: 27-Jun-26, 20:34:30 CEST
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