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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 (28mm, 27.66 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. 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. A highly attractive piece, presents more as an AU than XF, with considerable luster in fields.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 8000-11000 USD
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (died 270/268 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (28mm, 27.66 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. 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. A highly attractive piece, presents more as an AU than XF, with considerable luster in fields.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 8000-11000 USD