Extremely Rare M Control

Triton XIX, Lot: 2092. Estimate $15000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (27.5mm, 27.75 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2-246 BC. Head right with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, M to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 486; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/1; SNG Copenhagen –; Benha 8 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2269 (same obv. die). Superb EF, underlying luster. Extremely rare, apparently the sixth known--only five examples noted by Lorber, including the only one in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 912350 (September 2012).