Auction 88 Part I
Greek Coins
Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 – 145 BC or Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, 145 – 116 BC
In the name of Arsinoe II. Octodrachm, Alexandria circa 180-116, AV 27.78 g. Veiled and diademed head of Arsinoe II r., behind, K. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ – ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae filled with fruit and bound with fillet. Svoronos 1499 and pl. 51, 18. SNG Copenhagen 322. Boston 2293.
Light reddish tone and extremely fine