Very Rare Arsinoe Tetradrachm - Alpha Issue
Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 874. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. Sold For $2450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.85 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 261/0-253/2 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane and horn of Hathor; lotus scepter behind head; A to left / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Troxell,
Arsinoe, Group 2, p. 43 and pl. 4, 5 (same obv. die as illustrated coin); Svoronos 421; SNG Copenhagen 139-140 var. (letter). Good VF, minor porosity. Very rare.