CNG 84, Lot: 761. Estimate $6000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (26mm, 27.64 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled and diademed head right, wearing stephane; I to left, lotus-tipped scepter behind / Double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 471; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 2 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, faint graffito below chin. Very rare with I control, 6 coins known to Troxell.