Lustrous Arsinoe Mnaieion

233, Lot: 256. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27mm, 27.79 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane, with horn of Ammon below ear; lotus scepter behind, Λ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, pl. 7, 4; Svoronos 476; SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA -. VF, minor metal flaws before face. Lustrous.