172, Lot: 77. Estimate $500. Sold for $777. 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. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.99 g). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 261/0-253/2 BC. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing stephane;
D(?) behind / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; X between legs. Troxell,
Arsinoe, Group 2, p. 43 and pl. 5, 3-4; Svoronos 435; SNG Copenhagen 139-140 var. (letter). Near VF, toned, porous with numerous light scratches.
From The John A. Seeger Collection.