409, Lot: 319. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (26mm, 27.74 g, 11h). 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, Θ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 460; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/26, 120 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 134 (same dies); Hirsch 1808 (same obv. die); Jameson 1811 (same obv. die); Noeske 39 (same obv. die); Pozzi 3221–2 (same obv. die). Good VF, underlying luster.