Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (29mm, 27.67 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated RY 2 of Ptolemy III (246/5 BC). Head right with ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; B (date) to lower left; below, Ptolemaïs monogram above A. CPE 856; Svoronos 1034; Troxell, Arsinoe –; SNG Copenhagen –; Adams –; BMC 5; Boston MFA –; Noeske –. Some light scratches and marks. Good VF. Very rare.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Christie's New York (13 September 1990), lot 15.