Ancient Gold
Lot 3143 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $11,000
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EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.), gold oktadrachm, commemorative issue for Arsinoe II, after 268 B.C., (27.88 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing stephane, rev. double cornucopiae bound with fillet, around **ARSINOHS FILADELFOU*, (S.7768, Sv. 408, BMC 12 [p.43]). Extremely fine and very rare.
Svronos knew of on seven examples of this type.
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