CNG 87, Lot: 697. Estimate $10000. Sold for $23000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AR Dekadrachm (34mm, 35.50 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 285-246 BC. Diademed and veiled head right; lotus-tipped scepter in background; BB to left / Double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 938; Troxell, Arsinoe, Transitional and Group 3, p. 43 and pl. 6, 6; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC p. 44, 20. Near EF, attractively toned, hairline flan crack.

Ex Millenia Collection (Goldberg 46, 26 May 2008), lot 68 (hammer $15,500); Garth R. Drewry Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 584; Dr. J.S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter 49, 15 November 1992), lot 976.