| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 270 Price realized: 4,800 GBP (Approx. 6,081 USD / 5,598 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Arsinoe II (wife of Ptolemy II) AR Dekadrachm. Alexandria, posthumous issue under Ptolemy II, circa 261-252 BC. Veiled head of deified Arsinoe with ram's horn to right, wearing diademed stephane, sceptre surmounted by lotus over left shoulder; P in left field / Double cornucopiae, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; AΡΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY around. CPE 335; Svoronos 496 (dated 254 BC); BMC 17; SNG Copenhagen 135; Troxell, 'Arsinoe's Non-Era' in Museum Notes 28 (1983), p. 42. 34.82g, 35mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare; six examples known to Svoronos and only two on CoinArchives. Estimate: 2000 GBP |  |
