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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 329

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 16 000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (29mm, 27.74 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 252/1-250/49 BC. Head right with ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, K to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 475ζ (same dies); Olivier & Lorber dies 1/7, 191 (this coin); Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Adams –; Boston MFA 2268 (same obv. die); BMC 10 (same obv. die); Pozzi 3223 (same obv. die). Light marks, hairline flan flaw on reverse. Near EF.

From the Guy Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear inventory G8875 (2007).
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