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Nomos 15

22 October 2017
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 7500 CHF
Hammer Price:  8500 CHF
Lot 197

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II, died 270 BC. Mnaeion or Octodrachm (Gold, 28 mm, 27.78 g, 11 h), Alexandria, 253/2-246. Veiled head of Arsinoe to right, wearing stephane, with horn of Ammon below her ear and with the tip of a lotos-tipped scepter visible behind the top of her head; behind her neck, Λ. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae filled with fruits and bound with fillet. SNG Lewis 1181 (same obverse die). Svoronos 476. Troxell, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 4. Attractive and of good style. Some minor deposits on the reverse edge, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ex Nomos 8, 22 October 2013, 207 and from an American collection, Triton XVI, 8 January 2013, 595.

Online bidding closes: 22 Oct 2017, 12:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 10:43:50 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:8500 CHF

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