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862116. Sold For $8750

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Oktadrachm (26mm, 27.76 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled and diademed head right, wearing stephane; I to left, lotus-tipped scepter behind / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 471; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 2 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Noske -; Boston MFA -. Near EF, small nick at edge on obverse. Very rare with I control, 6 coins known to Troxell.