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CNG 87, Lot: 699. Estimate $7500.
Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Mnaïeion – “Oktadrachm” (27mm, 27.75 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253/2-246 BC. Head right, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter behind, K to left / Double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 475; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, pl. 7, 3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA 2268. VF.