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Auction 96  6 October 2016
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Lot 1140

Estimate: 12 000 CHF
Price realized: 15 000 CHF
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Greek Coins
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 285-246, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenice I. Octodrachm, Alexandria after 265 BC, AV 27.80 g.

Description

ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ Jugate busts r. of Ptolemy II, draped and diademed, and Arsinoe II, diademed and veiled; in l. field, shield. Rev. ΘΕΩΝ Jugate busts r. of Ptolemy I, draped and diademed, and Berenice I, diademed and veiled.

References
Svoronos 603 and pl. XIV, 16
SNG Copenhagen 132
Boston 2274 (Ptolemy III Euergetes)
Condition
Perfectly struck and centred in high relief, extremely fine
Provenance
Ira & Larry Goldberg sale 69, 2012, 3211.

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