Watch List notes:

Ptolemaic Empire, Ptolemy II (283-246 BC), gold mnaieion (octadrachm), Tyre, 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; in lower field, ΛΓ monogram (year 33), monogram for Tyre and Ν in circle, 27.80g, die axis 12.00 (CPE 594, this piece cited; Svoronos ―; Troxell p. 51 and pl. 9, C, this piece), slight scrape above cornucopia, two edge marks, extremely fine and rare. Provenance: Bank Leu 25, 23 April 1980, lot 199.

(7000-10000 GBP)