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Electronic Auction 409  8 Nov 2017
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Lot 321

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 5500 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (29.5mm, 27.65 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2-246 BC. Head right with ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, Λ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 476; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/– (unlisted rev. die); Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 4 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Adams –; Boston MFA –; BMC 11 (same obv. die); Hunt IV 500 (same obv. die); Pozzi 3224 (same obv. die). Good VF, surfaces have been brushed, scratch in field in obverse.

Ex Palombo 12 (6 December 2013), lot 48; Monnaies d'Antan 6 (27 November 2009), lot 15.
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