Joppa Mint

Triton XIX, Lot: 2099. Estimate $15000. 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’ (29.5mm, 27.55 g, 12h). Joppa mint. Dated RY 3 of Ptolemy III (249/4 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; Γ (date) to lower left; below, Joppa monogram above Θ. Svoronos 1040; Troxell, Arsinoe, p. 53, 39 = BMC p. 42, 6; DCA 22. Good VF, minor double strike on reverse. Extremely rare, only the BMC example published, none in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 13 (February 2008), no. 27.