249, Lot: 203. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AR Dekadrachm (34mm, 33.20 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 261/0-253/2 BC(?). Veiled head right, wearing stephane; [letter or letters] behind, tip of lotus-tipped scepter in background / Double cornucopia bound with fillet. Cf. Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 2, and p. 42 for a list of controls. VF, toned, surface damage obliterating details of design.

An unusual coin, closest in style to Troxell’s Group 2 dekadrachms, but with a tiny “ς” before the eye. A die link is required to better place this coin in the Arsinoe series.