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GREEK COINS. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT.
ARSINOE II, wife of Ptolemy II, died 270 BC. Mnaieion (octadrachm), gold, posthumous, about 252-249. AV 27.80 g. Veiled head of deified Arsinoe r., wearing ram's horn and diademed stephane, lotus sceptre at l. shoulder; in field l., control letter Λ. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ - ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornuacopiae bound with royal diadem, containing cakes and fruits. Lorber, CPE I, 330, 391; Svoronos, Pt. 476.
Rare. Pleasant style. Extremely fine
ARSINOE II, wife of Ptolemy II, died 270 BC. Mnaieion (octadrachm), gold, posthumous, about 252-249. AV 27.80 g. Veiled head of deified Arsinoe r., wearing ram's horn and diademed stephane, lotus sceptre at l. shoulder; in field l., control letter Λ. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ - ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornuacopiae bound with royal diadem, containing cakes and fruits. Lorber, CPE I, 330, 391; Svoronos, Pt. 476.
Rare. Pleasant style. Extremely fine