Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II, died 270 BC. Mnaeion or Oktadrachm (Gold, 28 mm, 27.80 g, 11 h), Alexandria, struck under Ptolemy VI-VIII, circa 180-116. Veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing stephane and ram's horn and with a lotos-tipped scepter over her left shoulder; behind, K. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae bound with fillet and with two grape bunches hanging at sides. Dewing 2762. Gulbenkian 1080-1082. SNG Copenhagen 321-322. Svoronos 1242, 1374 and 1498-9. The obverse struck from a somewhat worn die and slightly brushed, otherwise, extremely fine.


From a German collection, formed in the early 2000s.