Rare Control

261, Lot: 157. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27mm, 27.71 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2-246. Veiled head right, wearing stephane; I to left, lotus-tipped scepter in background / 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 field scratches along edge on obverse. Rare with this control.