Chaponnière & Firmenich SA
Auction 8 5 Jul 2017
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GREECE. Ptolemaic Kingdom.
Period of Ptolemy VI and VIII, 180-116 BC. Gold octadrachm, 170-116 BC, Alexandria. Posthumous issue in the name of Arsinoe II Philadelphos, died ca. 270 BC. Obv. Veiled head of Arsinoe II right, wearing stephane, K behind. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ - ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ. Double cornucopiae with grape bunches hanging at sides. Svoronos 1498-9; SNG Cop. 321-2. Gold. 27.79 g.
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Period of Ptolemy VI and VIII, 180-116 BC. Gold octadrachm, 170-116 BC, Alexandria. Posthumous issue in the name of Arsinoe II Philadelphos, died ca. 270 BC. Obv. Veiled head of Arsinoe II right, wearing stephane, K behind. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ - ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ. Double cornucopiae with grape bunches hanging at sides. Svoronos 1498-9; SNG Cop. 321-2. Gold. 27.79 g.
XF traces of mounting