104, Lot: 116. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinöe II, wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphos. Died 270 BC. AR Dekadrachm (36mm, 33.12 gm). Alexandria mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 261-252 BC. Diademed and veiled head right;
P behind / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Svoronos 495; Troxell,
Arsinoe Group 2; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, toned, surfaces corroded and porous with some smoothing.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Stack's (4 December 1976), lot 98.