227, Lot: 217. Estimate $7500. Sold for $5500. 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, 27.67 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled and diademed head right, wearing stephane; Θ to left, lotus-tipped scepter behind / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 460; Troxell,
Arsinoe, Transitional to Group 3, p. 43 and pl. 6; SNG Copenhagen 134; Boston MFA -. VF, scratches on reverse.