Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27.5mm, 27.81 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II or III, circa 249/8-242/1 BC. Head right with ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, Ξ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 489; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/2; SNG Copenhagen –; Du Chastel 293 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 1576 (same obv. die); Hunterian 13 (same obv. die). Near EF, lustrous, a few light cleaning marks in fields, minor edge nick on reverse. Rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 420.