Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AR Dekadrachm (34mm, 35.42 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 261/0-253/2 BC. Head right, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, P to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 496; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 2, p. 42; SNG Copenhagen 135; Noeske –; Du Chastel 290 (same obv. die). Near EF, lightly toned, a touch of die wear on obverse. Well centered.


From the RAJ Collection. Ex Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 462; Michael F. Price Collection (Stack's, 3 December 1996), lot 84; Athos D. Moretti Collection (Leu 30, 28 April 1982), lot 221; J. Schulman 235 (5 June 1961), lot 61; R. de Castro Maya Collection (Bourgey, 18 November 1957), lot 147.