CLASSICAL COINS
PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT
ARSINOE II, wife of Ptolemy II, +270 BC. Decadrachm, posthumous, about 261-253 BC. AR 33.92 g. Veiled head of Arsinoe r., wearing stephane, scepter at l. shoulder; in field l., F Rev. ARSINOHS - FILADELFOU Double cornuacopia bound with fillet. Svoronos, Pt. 512. H.A. Troxell, Arsinoe's Non-Era, ANS MN 28 (1983), p. 42. Rare . Good style. Light tone.
Very fine Provenance: Auction Münzenhandlung G. Hirsch Nachf., Munich 281 (2012), 528
Price realized | 2'400 CHF |
Starting price | 1'000 CHF |
Estimate | 1'250 CHF |