Greek: PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (277-270/268 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (29mm, 27.97 gm, 12h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5, ...

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PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (277-270/268 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (29mm, 27.97 gm, 12h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5, brushed. Posthumous issue under Ptolemy VI-VIII, Alexandria, after ca. 193/192 BC. Veiled head of deified Arsinöe II right, wearing diademed stephane and horn of Ammon, scepter surmounted by lotus over left shoulder; K in left field, dotted border / APΣINOHΣ-ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with royal diadem, containing pyramidal cakes, pomegranates, and other fruits, grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn; dotted border. CPE II K54.

From The Peh Family Collection, Part IV. Ex Spink, Auction 1012 (2 December 2010), lot 1281; Sotheby (7 March 1996), lot 126.

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