Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 234. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Oktadrachm (27.78 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane; I to left, lotus-tipped scepter in background / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, 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 -. Near EF, underlying luster. Charming portrait. Very rare with I control, 6 coins known to Troxell.