Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Quarter Mnaieion – 'Didrachm' (16.5mm, 6.94 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 272-261/0 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, shield to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above. Svoronos 605; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/1, 393 = Hunt IV 507 (this coin, illustrated); SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; Boston MFA –; Dewing –. EF, a few surface marks. Extremely rare denomination, one of only five noted by Olivier.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 656; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby's, 19 June 1991), lot 507; Roger Peyrefitte Collection (Vinchon, 29 April 1974), lot 119.