230, Lot: 163. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Oktadrachm (29mm, 27.74 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane, with horn of Ammon below ear; lotus scepter behind, Λ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Troxell,
Arsinoe, Group 3, pl. 7, 4; Svoronos 476; SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA -. VF.