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ANA Signature Sale 3033 8 August 2014
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PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphus (277-270 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (28mm, 27.66 gm, 12h). Alexandria, under Ptolemy II, ca. 253/2 BC. Veiled head of the deified Arsinoe II right, wearing stephane, lotus-tipped scepter behind, Λ left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 476. Troxell Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 4 (same obverse die). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 7000-10000 USD
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphus (277-270 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (28mm, 27.66 gm, 12h). Alexandria, under Ptolemy II, ca. 253/2 BC. Veiled head of the deified Arsinoe II right, wearing stephane, lotus-tipped scepter behind, Λ left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 476. Troxell Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 4 (same obverse die). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 7000-10000 USD