Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1073. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II. 285-246 BC. AV Oktadrachm (27.42 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck after 265 BC. ADELFWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind / QEWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 603; SNG Copenhagen 132; BMC p. 40, 2; Dewing 2752. Good VF, a few marks on rim. ($6000)

Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXVII (Summer 2002), no. 47.