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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 783

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 9000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Half Mnaïeion – 'Tetradrachm' (20mm, 13.81 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. Svoronos 604; Olivier & Lorber 194–384 var. (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 133; Noeske 38; Boston MFA 2275; Dewing 2753-4. Good VF, a few marks, tiny die break on obverse.

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