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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |North Africa| > |Kyrenaica| > GB65215
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Magas in Kyrene, c. 277 - 249 B.C.
|Kyrenaica|, |Ptolemaic| |Kingdom| |of| |Egypt,| |Magas| |in| |Kyrene,| |c.| |277| |-| |249| |B.C.|, Magas was the stepson of Ptolemy I, the son of Berenice I, and half-brother to Ptolemy II. In 276 B.C., he crowned himself King in Kyrene, married the daughter of Antiochos I and invaded Egypt with his Seleukid allies. The Seleukid army was defeated by Ptolemy II and Magas faced an internal revolt of Libyan nomads. Still, Kyrene remained independent as long as he lived.
GB65215. Bronze obol, Lorber CPE B346; Svoronos 324; Noeske 112; SNG Cop 431; SNG Milan 443; Malter 54; BMC Cyrenaica p. 76, 14; Weiser -, VF, porous, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, weight 7.158g, maximum diameter 22.7mm, die axis 0o, c. 277 - 261 B.C.; obverse diademed bust of Ptolemy I right; reverse ΠTOΛEM BAΣIΛ MAΓ, horizontal winged thunderbolt, monogram above; rare; SOLD










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