Triton XX, Lot: 386. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (27.5mm, 27.74 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, I to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 471; Olivier & Lorber dies 2/4; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA Supp. 320; de Luynes 3562 (same obv. die); Triton XIX, lot 2091 (same obv. die); Triton XIII, lot 234 (same obv. die). VF, a few light marks on obverse. Rare.