Rare Late Issue under Ptolemy V

Triton XIX, Lot: 2094. Estimate $10000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (29mm, 27.73 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy V, circa 204-180 BC. Head right with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, Λ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 1165 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen –; Athena Fund I 83 (Ptolemy IV; same obv. die); Boston MFA 2285 (Ptolemy IV; same obv. die); BMC 35; Consul Weber 4498; Hunterian 24. EF, lustrous, faint mark on cheek, light cleaning marks in fields on reverse. Very rare late Arsinoe mnaïeion with lambda control.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 788.