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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 8500 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 271

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Arsinoe II, deified wife of Ptolemy II, died 270 BC. Mnaeion or Octodrachm (Gold, 25 mm, 27.82 g, 12 h), Ptolemais - Ake, year 30 = 256/5. 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. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae filled with fruits and bound with a fillet; below, in field to left, Λ; below, in field to right, monogram of ΠΤ over Θ. Unpublished and hitherto unknown, but cf. Lorber 645 = Svoronos 770 for silver tetradrachms with both Λ and Θ. Extremely rare. Toned and with an elegant portrait of the deified Arsinoe. Traces of mount marks and scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 11:14:16 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold

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