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Lot 1585    Session 6 (9.30am Thursday)    Ancient Gold

Estimate $9,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $9,000

EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy VI and VIII, (180-116 B.C.), gold oktadrachm, commemorative issue for Arsinoe II, (27.61 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). Very fine/nearly extremely fine and rare.

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