PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285/4-246 BC), with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenice I. AV mnaieion or octodrachm (27mm, 27.78 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, marks. Alexandria, ca. 285-272 BC. AΔEΛΦΩN, jugate right busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled, Galatian shield to left, dotted border / ΘEΩN, jugate right busts of Ptolemy I and Berenice I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenice is diademed and veiled, dotted border. CPE 313. Svoronos 603. Sharply struck from fresh high relief dies on bright flan. Remarkable eye appeal. From the Paramount Collection. Ex de Guermantes Collection (Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 86, 5 May 2003), lot 455; Monnaies et Médailles, Auction XI (23 January 1953), lot 90 The first mnaieions carried four royal portraits: Ptolemy II and his sister-wife on the obverse with the epithet adelphon ("sibling lovers"), backed with the portraits of his parents, Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I, now identified as theon ("gods").

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