Rare Control
226, Lot: 305. Estimate $6000. Sold for $8000. 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. AV Oktadrachm (27mm, 27.76 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane; I to left, lotus-tipped scepter in background / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 2 (same dies); Svoronos 471; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Noske -; Boston MFA -. Good VF, a few minor scratches. Rare with this control.