| Nomos AG > obolos 33 | Auction date: 8 September 2024 |
| Lot number: 429 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 653 USD / 588 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: IONIA. Ephesos (as Arsinoeia). Circa 290-281 BC. Octobol (Silver, 18 mm, 5.37 g, 1 h), Bloson, magistrate. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoe to right. Rev. BΛOΣΩN Bow and quiver, monogram to left and bee to upper right. BMC -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Kayhan 279. CNG e161, 2007, 62 (same dies). Toned. Very rare magistrate. Some delamination, minor porosity and marks, otherwise, very fine. Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 BC and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter. After the death of Lysimachos in 280 BC, Arsinoë married her half brother Ptolemy Keraunos and finally her full brother Ptolemy II Philadelphos. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess," and was revered by the later Ptolemies. Starting price: 300 CHF |  |
