Ptolemaïs (Ake) Mint

Triton XIX, Lot: 2100. Estimate $15000. Sold for $27500. 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, 27.73 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated RY 5 of Ptolemy III (247/6 BC). Head right with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background / (retrograde APΣINOHΣ) ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; E (date) to lower left; below, Ptolemaïs monogram above Θ. Svoronos –; Troxell, Arsinoe –; DCA 23 (this coin referenced); NAC 72, lot 393 = Spink 110, lot 69 (same obv. die). Good VF, a couple light scratches in field on obverse. Extremely rare, one of two known.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Frank Kovacs, January 2006. Ex Kovacs FPL 29 (June 1997), no. 25.