Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1077. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinöe II, wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphos. Died 270 BC. AR Dekadrachm (35.25 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253-246 BC. Diademed and veiled head right; KK behind / ARSINOHS FILADELFOU, double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 6, 6; Svoronos 945; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 25. VF, toned, light scratches under tone, scuff on edge. Rare. ($2000)