CNG 102, Lot: 660. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. 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, 27.65 g, 12h). Alexandreia 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, Λ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 476; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/1; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 4 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA –; BMC 11 (same obv. die); Hunt IV 500 (same obv. die); Pozzi 3224 (same obv. die). VF, a few marks, bump on potrait.