Triton XIX, Lot: 2089. Estimate $15000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (28mm, 27.66 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy V, circa 204-180 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, monogram to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped (thunderbolt ornament on diadem), Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above, spearhead to left. Svoronos 1247; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC p. 40, 8; Boston MFA –; Dewing –; Gulbenkian –. Good VF, slight roughness, a few faint scratches. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXVI (Summer 2001), no. 70 (incorrectly attributed to Svoronos 1248).