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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |North Africa| > |Kyrenaica| > GS75115
Kyrene, Kyrenaica, North Africa, Ptolemaic Rule, c. 300 - 275 B.C.
|Kyrenaica|, |Kyrene,| |Kyrenaica,| |North| |Africa,| |Ptolemaic| |Rule,| |c.| |300| |-| |275| |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.
GS75115. Silver hemiobol, BMC Cyrenaica pl. XXV, 8 (plates only, missing from text); Müller Afrique -; SNG Cop -; SNG Milan -, gVF, toned, scratches, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, weight 0.419g, maximum diameter 9.3mm, Magas, as Ptolemaic governor, c. 300 - 275 B.C.; obverse diademed male head right; reverse star of eight narrow rays around central pellet; ex Roma Numismatics E-sale 17 (April 2015), lot 375; extremely rare; SOLD










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