Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 BC or Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, 145-116 In the name of Arsinoe II. Octodrachm, Alexandria circa 180-116, AV 27.84 g. Diademed and veiled head of the deified Arsinoe II r.; in field l., K. Rev. ΑΡΣIΝΟΗΣ – ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae filled with fruit and bound with fillets. Svoronos 1498. SNG Copenhagen 322. Boston, MFA 2293.
A portrait of excellent style struck in high relief. Almost invisible
marks, otherwise good extremely fine
Ex Ars Classica sale VII, 1924, Bement, 1835.
Graded Ch AU Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5, NGC certification number 6159319-006.
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