Ancients
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (277-270/268 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (28mm, 27.79 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, brushed, edge cuts. Posthumous issue of Alexandria, under Ptolemy VI-VIII, after 193/2 BC. Veiled head of deified Arsinöe II right, wearing diademed stephane and horn of Ammon, scepter surmounted by lotus over far shoulder; K in left field, dotted border / APΣINOHΣ-ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet, containing pyramidal cakes, pomegranates and other fruits, grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn; dotted border. Svoronos 1498. SNG Copenhagen 321-2. Boldly struck on shimmering flan with brilliant flow lines in the fields.
From the Paramount Collection. Ex Numismatica Genevensis 1 (27 November 20000), lot 128; Hess-Divo, private sale with old dealer tag
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Estimate: 10000-20000 USD