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Auction 123  23-24 May 2023
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Lot 253

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 11 000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27.5mm, 27.65 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 272-261/0 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, shield to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above. CPE 313; Svoronos 603α (same dies); Olivier & Lorber dies 14/52, 125 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 132; Adams III 2083; Boston MFA 2274; Dewing 2752; Kraay & Hirmer 801; Noeske 37. Lightly toned, a few light scratches and marks, minor edge marks from prior bezel. VF.

From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Birger Bentsen Collection (Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16, 22 May 2021), lot 48; Nomos Obolos 14 (15 December 2019), lot 323; Stack's Bowers & Ponterio 174 (11 January 2013), lot 304.
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