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Ancients: Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II (285-246 BC). AV mnaieion or oktadrachm (28.01 gm). ...
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Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II (285-246 BC). AV mnaieion or oktadrachm (28.01 gm). Alexandria, after 265 BC. AΔEΛΦΩN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II, diademed and draped, and Arsinöe II, diademed and veiled, right; behind, Gallic shield ΘEΩN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I, diademed and draped, and Berenike I, diademed and veiled, right. Svoronos 603. SNG Copenhagen 132. Small rim bruise. A lovely specimen, well-struck and lustrous. Extremely fine.These pieces were first struck under Ptolemy II (282-246 BC), a brilliant ruler who built the famous Library of Alexandria and towering Pharos lighthouse. In 279 BC he married his sister, the beautiful and ambitious Arsinöe, in the manner of the old Egyptian pharaohs. While the marriage scandalized the Greeks, Ptolemy declared that he and his sister were gods, and not subject to the taboos of mere mortals. To mark the occasion, he introduced the largest gold denomination yet seen in the Greek world, the mnaieion, so called because it was worth one mina (100 drachms) of silver, an enormous sum in ancient times. The typology of this dynastic gold issue celebrates the divine status of the deceased Ptolemy I and his wife, Berenike I, and by allusion, the divine status of the living sibling gods, Ptolemy II and his sister-wife Arsinöe II, as well.
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These pieces were first struck under Ptolemy II (282-246 BC), a brilliant ruler who built the famous Library of Alexandria and towering Pharos lighthouse. In 279 BC he married his sister, the beautiful and ambitious Arsinoe, in the manner of the old Egyptian pharaohs. While the marriage scandalized the Greeks, Ptolemy declared that he and his sister were gods, and not subject to the taboos of mere mortals. To mark the occasion, he introduced the largest gold denomination yet seen in the Greek world, the mnaieion, so called because it was worth one mina (100 drachms) of silver, an enormous sum in ancient times.
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2011 January New York Signature World & Ancient Coins Auction #3012 (go to Auction Home page)
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