Paphos Mint

Triton XIX, Lot: 2097. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (28.5mm, 27.72 g, 11h). Paphos 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 / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; Π below. Svoronos 520α (same rev. die); Troxell, Arsinoe, p. 63, 7–8 (same rev. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA –; Kraay & Hirmer 802 (same rev. die); Pozzi 3227. VF. Extremely rare, only three examples published, two in public collections (Athens and Berlin).

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 236.