★ An exceptionally rare and attractive prow hemiobol from Kyrene ★

KYRENAICA. Kyrene. Magas, as Ptolemaic Governor, first reign, circa 300-282/75 BC. Hemiobol (Gold, 5.5 mm, 0.43 g, 4 h), Attic standard. Prow to right. Rev. Silphium plant with three pair of leaves and fruits; all within shallow incuse. BMC pl. XX, 24 G. Leu Web Auction 17 (2021), 1465. SNG Copenhagen -. Of the highest rarity. Perfectly struck and in exceptional condition for the issue, arguably the finest known example. Good extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.