PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (28.5mm, 27.64 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 38 of Ptolemy II (248/7 BC).

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Lot: 448. Estimated: $ 5 000

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Sold For $ 11 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (28.5mm, 27.64 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 38 of Ptolemy II (248/7 BC). Head right with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; ΛH (date) to lower left; below, Tyre monogram above Θ. CPE 632; Svoronos 696; Troxell, Arsinoe, p. 51, 10; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 9. Some scratches, scrape and trace deposits on reverse. Good VF. Very rare.


Closing Date and Time: 27 January 2021 at 12:29:00 ET.

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