452, Lot: 486. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AR Dekadrachm (33mm, 34.33 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint, Group 2. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 261/0-253/2 BC. Head right, with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, Ψ to left / Double cornucopia with grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. CPE 341 (Ptolemy II); Svoronos 517; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 2, p. 42 and pl. 4, 4; SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, some porosity and roughness on obverse, redeposited silver on reverse. In NGC encapsulation 2401826-010, graded XF. Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, edge cut.