Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 725. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $3600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinöe II, wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphos. Died 270 BC. AV Oktadrachm (27.72 gm, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, 253-246 BC. Diademed and veiled head right; lotus sceptre behind head; K to left / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 3; Svoronos 475; SNG Copenhagen -. VF. An inexpensive example of one of the largest Greek gold coins. ($3000)