Triton XIX, Lot: 2096. Estimate $20000. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Half Mnaieion – ‘Tetradrachm’ (23mm, 13.86 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy VI–VIII, circa 180-116 BC. Head right with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, K to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 1500; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 40; Boston MFA –; Consul Weber 4511; Hirsch 1829; Gulbenkian 1085 (same obv. die); Hunterian p. 391, 5. Choice EF, toned. High relief. Rare as a half mnaïeion.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 12 (Winter 2007), no. 114; Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 463; Giessener Münzhandlung 73 (11 October 1995), lot 54.