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Auction XVI  26 Sep 2018
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Lot 368

Estimate: 15 000 GBP
Price realized: 20 000 GBP
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II AV Mnaieon (Oktadrachm). Struck under Ptolemy V. Alexandria, circa 204-180 BC. Veiled head right wearing ram's horn and stephane; lotus-tipped sceptre in background, Λ to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiae bound with fillet, grape bunches hanging at sides. Svoronos 1165 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -; Athena Fund I 83 (Ptolemy IV); Boston MFA 2285-6 (Ptolemy IV); BMC 35; Consul Weber 4498; Hunterian 24. 27.79g, 28mm, 11h.

Near Mint State; wonderful lustre. Very Rare.

From a private North American collection;
Privately purchased from Freeman & Sear, 2009;
Sold privately by Numismatic Fine Arts (Beverly Hills, CA), 1990.
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