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ID number: BIRBI-G0009 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Magas; Cyrene Denomination: Didrachm Place made: Cyrene Culture: Greek Date made: 308 BC-277 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 7.78 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Bt 9.iv.1992 through P. D. Whitting Fund (PDWF no. 17bis). |

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Description: Obverse: horned head of Carneius l. Reverse: silphium plant dividing inscription, star in field upper r., monogram of Magas in field upper l.
Inscriptions: Reverse: KY PA (Cyrene).
Bibliography: Cf. Seaby 6320; BMC 238 ff.
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