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Electronic Auction 401  12 July 2017
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Lot 223

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 60 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (12mm, 1.84 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Thrace. Struck 254-253 BC. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoe II right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos –; Arslan & Ozen Group III, 8–12 (O4/R5 [Ptolemy Keraunos]); SNG Copenhagen –. Fine, red-brown patina. Rare.

For the reattribution of this coinage to Ptolemy II, see S. Psoma, "Numismatic Evidence on the Ptolemaic Involvement in Thrace" in AJN 20 (2008).
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