172, Lot: 77. Estimate $500. Sold for $777. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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.