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Auction 106  9-10 May 2018
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Lot 349

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 12 000 CHF
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Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 – 145 BC or Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, 145 – 116 BC. In the name of Arsinoe II. Octodrachm, Alexandria 180-116, AV 27.07 g. Diademed and veiled head of the deified Arsinoe II r.; in l. field, K. Rev. ΑΡΣIΝΟΗΣ – ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae filled with fruit and bound with fillets. Svoronos 1374 and pl. XLVII, 1-3. Boston 2293. Dewing 2762.
A magnificent specimen of this desirable issue. Struck in high relief on a very large flan.
Minor marks on edge, otherwise good extremely fine.
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