228, Lot: 164. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Oktadrachm (28mm, 27.48 g). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 253/2-246 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane, lotus scepter behind, horn of Ammon below ear; K behind / Double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 475; Troxell, Arsinoe, group 3, pl. 7, 3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA 2268. VF, some minor marks.