| Auctiones GmbH > eAuction 82 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 25 Price realized: 8,000 CHF (Approx. 9,228 USD / 8,454 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Arsinoe II AV Mnaieion, Paphos Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II (died 270 BC). AV Mnaieion or Octadrachm (28, 27.74 g), struck under Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-180). Paphos, dated year 14 (=191 BC). Obv. Veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing stephane; lotos-tipped scepter in background. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ; Double cornucopiae bound with fillet and with two grape bunches hanging at sides; Π below, LIΔ in right field. Svoronos -, cf. 1319 (year 13) = JIAN 2 (1899), p. 208, 20 and pl. 10,3. Very rare and apparently unpublished. With a portrait of elegant style. The obverse about extremely fine, the reverse with some old cleaning scratches and very fine. From a Swiss Collection formed before World War II. Starting price: 6000 CHF |  |
