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Lot 169 - Auction 37

Ptolemaic kings of Egypt, Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II (282-246), Ake Ptolemais, Octodrachm, c. 251-250 BC
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14.000,00 GBP
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34

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Description

Ptolemaic kings of Egypt, Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II (282-246), Ake Ptolemais, Octodrachm, c. 251-250 BC; AV (g 27,71; mm 27; h 12); Veiled head, with ram's horn, wearing stephane; in background, lotus-tipped sceptre, Rv. APΣINOHΣ - ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiade decorated with grape bunches and fillets; on l., ΛΕ (year date); below, ΕΘ (Ptolemais monogram). Svoronos pl. 25, n. 14; Troxell pl. 25, n. E 251/1 (this coin).
Extremely rare, only very few specimens known. A very attractive portrait struck in
high relief, extremely fine.

Ex M. Jean Vinchon, Paris 2 December 1975, lot 180.
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