Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers
Auction 93 6-7 September 2016
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Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC. Gold Mnaieion Choice VF. (Gold Octadrachm) 27.66 g. Struck at Alexandria 253/2-246 BC. In the name of Arsione II. Diademed and veiled head of the deified Arsinoe II facing right; in left field Λ. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ - ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY Double cornucopiae filled with fruit and bound with fillets. Svoronos 476. Troxell pl. 7, 4. Some traces of luster still visible and remarkably free from noticable marks and edge bumps. Many times scarcer than the normaly seen K variety. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000