144, Lot: 148. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II. 285-246 BC. AV Oktadrachm (26mm, 27.65 g). 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 their heads /
QEWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 603; SNG Copenhagen 132; Dewing 2752. Good VF, rim bruise, a few scattered marks in fields.