Ancient Gold
Lot 4520 Session 15 (7.30pm Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $8,000
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SOLD $7,600
EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy VI and VIII, (180-116 B.C.), gold oktadrachm, commemorative issue for Arsinoe II, (27.42 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. diademed and veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, lotus tipped sceptre over shoulder, K behind, within dotted border, rev. double cornucopiae bound with fillet, around **ARSINOHS FILADELFOU*, (S.7888A, Sv. 1499, SNG Cop. 321). Good very fine and rare.
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Estimate $8,000
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