Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 379

Price realized: 11,000 USD   (Approx. 10,075 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaïeion – 'Oktadrachm' (29mm, 27.67 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy VI or Ptolemy VIII, circa 180-145 or 145-116 BC. Head right with ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, K to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Olivier Group 7, 3463–70 (obv. die D39); Svoronos 1499β (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 322; BMC 45; Boston MFA 2298; Hermitage Sale II 1577–8; Pozzi 3247. Slight wave in flan, minor scratches, edge bump. Good VF.

Ex Freeman & Sear inventory G8875 (ND; incorrectly as Svoronos 475).


Estimate: 7500 USD