Triton XIV, Lot: 389. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. 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, 27.76 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Head right, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter behind, Θ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. Troxell, Arsinoe, Transitional to Group 3, p. 43 and pl. 6, 3 (same obv. die as illustrated coin); Svoronos 460; SNG Copenhagen 134; BMC 9; Noske -; Boston MFA -; Dewing ; Triton XII, lot 386 (same obv. die); CNG 76, lot 875 (same obv. die). Choice EF, underlying luster.