235, Lot: 294. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. 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” (27.68 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Veiled head right, wearing stephane, lotus scepter behind, horn of Ammon below ear; K behind / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 475; Troxell, Arsinoe, group 3, pl. 7, 3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA 2268. Good VF, a few light marks.