Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 581. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II. 285-246 BC. AV Oktadrachm (28.02 gm, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck after 265 BC. ADELFWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind / QEWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 603; BMC Ptolemies pg. 40, 2; SNG Copenhagen 132; Dewing 2752. Good VF, light reddish toning, attractive, smooth surfaces. ($7500)