Watch List notes:

Ptolemaic Empire, Ptolemy II (283-246 BC), gold mnaieion (octadrachm), Salamis (Cyprus), c. 261/0-253/2 BC, diademed and veiled head of Arsinoe II right, lotus-sceptre over far shoulder, rev., ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, double cornucopia bound with royal diadem; below, caduceus and ΣΑ monogram, 27.57g, die axis 12.00 (CPE 484, this piece; Svoronos ─; Troxell p. 63, 10, this piece), slight edge marks, high relief, good extremely fine and the only recorded example. Provenance: Bank Leu 25, 23 April 1980, lot 199 (as Ptolemy V).

(15000-20000 GBP)