455, Lot: 194. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AR Dekadrachm (33.5mm, 33.98 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2-250/49 BC. Diademed and veiled head right; lotus scepter in background; ΛΛ to left / Double cornucopia bound with fillet. CPE 353; Svoronos 946; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44; SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, some roughness and porosity, hairline edge split. VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased Summer 2007.