Ex Peyrefitte Collection

CNG 108, Lot: 391. Estimate $20000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (26.5mm, 27.81 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II or III, circa 249/8-242/1 BC. Head right with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, Ξ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 489; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/4, 307 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen –; Du Chastel 293 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 1576 (same obv. die); Hunterian 13 (same obv. die). EF, underlying luster, mark at edge on obverse. Scarce obverse letter.

Ex Roger Peyrefitte Collection (Vinchon, 29 April 1974), lot 121.