Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (28mm, 28.08 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy VI-VIII, circa 180-116 BC. Head right with ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, K to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 1242, 1374, and 1498–9; SNG Copenhagen 321–2; Boston MFA 2293 and 2298; Dewing 2762; Gulbenkian 1081–2. Superb EF, lustrous.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack's (8 April 1989), lot 13.