Extremely Rare Gold Hemidrachm

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 420. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoë II, wife of Ptolemy II. Died 270 BC. AV Hemidrachm (1.53 g, 2h). Alexandreia mint. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing stephane / ARSINOHS FILADELFOU, two cornucopias. Svoronos 935; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Dewing -. EF. Extremely rare fractional issue.