227, Lot: 218. Estimate $7500. Sold for $5500. 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. AV Oktadrachm (27mm, 27.72 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled and diademed head right, wearing stephane; K to left, lotus-tipped scepter behind / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 475; Troxell,
Arsinoe, Group 3, pl. 7, 3; SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA 2268. VF.