Third Known

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 236. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Oktadrachm (27.73 g, 11h). Paphos mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 261/0-253/2 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet; Π below. Troxell, Arsinoe, p. 63, 7-8; Svoronos 520; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Noske -; Boston MFA -; Numismatic Fine Arts X, lot 254 = Pozzi 3227. VF. Extremely rare, only two examples listed by Troxell.