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Obolos 6

20 November 2016
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A lustrous and sharply struck Oktodrachm struck in high relief

Starting Price: 7500 CHF
Hammer Price:  9500 CHF
Lot 625

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Period of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII, c. 180 - 116 BC. Oktodrachm (Gold, 27mm, 27.75 g 12), Alexandria, c. 134 (?). Head of Arsinoë II (?) to right, wearing diadem, stephane and ram’s horn, and with a lotos-tipped scepter behind her head; in field to left, Κ. Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopiae bound with fillet; border of dots. Du Chastel 298 (there dated to 134 BC). SNG Copenhagen 322. Svoronos 1498. Attractive. Some die rust on the obverse and a few modern scratches on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Chrysos Collection, acquired in Geneva in 1980.

Online bidding closes: 20 Nov 2016, 20:12:00 CET Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 09:13:58 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:9500 CHF by PASSPORT (4 bids)
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