Greek Coins
Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 – 145 BC or Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, 145 – 116 BC
In the name of Arsinoe II. Octodrachm, Alexandria 180-116, AV 27.81 g. Diademed and veiled head of the deified Arsinoe II r.; in l. field, K. Rev. ΑΡΣIΝΟΗΣ ? ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae filled with fruit and bound with fillets. Svoronos 1499 and pl. 51, 18. SNG Copenhagen 322. Boston 2293.
In exceptional condition for the issue. Perfectly struck in high relief and of
lovely style. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc