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731570. Sold For $6750

EGYPT, Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AV Oktadrachm (27.45 gm). Struck after 265 BC. ADELFWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind their heads / QEWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 603; SNG Copenhagen 132; Dewing 2752. Nice VF, light marks in fields, especially well-centered reverse. $6,750.

CNR XXVII, June 2002, lot 47.

Circa 265/264 BC a spectacular commemorative coinage was introduced, bearing the portraits of Ptolemy I and Berenike, his wife, on one side and Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II, his wife and sister, on the other side. This coinage is commonly referred to as the 'Theon Adelphon' series, a name derived from the inscription found on the coins. The 'Theon Adelphon' coinage consists of oktadrachms, tetradrachms, didrachms and drachms, much of which was produced by removing earlier gold coinage from circulation and melting it down for striking.