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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (died 270/268 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (29mm, 27.71 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, marks. Alexandria, under Ptolemy II, ca. 253/2 BC. Veiled head of the deified Arsinöe right, wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter behind, Θ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 460. Troxell, Arsinoe, Transitional to Group 3, p. 43 and pl. 6, 2-3 (same obverse die). SNG Copenhagen 134. Dig on the side of the queen's neck and on back of veil, otherwise an attractive piece struck from dies of fine style.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (died 270/268 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (29mm, 27.71 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, marks. Alexandria, under Ptolemy II, ca. 253/2 BC. Veiled head of the deified Arsinöe right, wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter behind, Θ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 460. Troxell, Arsinoe, Transitional to Group 3, p. 43 and pl. 6, 2-3 (same obverse die). SNG Copenhagen 134. Dig on the side of the queen's neck and on back of veil, otherwise an attractive piece struck from dies of fine style.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD