PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (ca. 277-270/268 BC). AR decadrachm (34mm, 33.36 gm, 12h). NGC Fine 5/5 - 1/5, scratches. Posthumous issue of Alexandria under Ptolemy II, ca. 249/8-246/5 BC. Veiled head of deified Arsinöe II right, wearing diademed stephane and horn of Ammon, scepter surmounted by lotus over left shoulder; ΩΩ in left field, dotted border / APΣINOHΣ-ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet, containing pyramidal cakes, pomegranates, and other fruits, with grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn; dotted border. CPE 366. Svoronos 959. Troxell, Museum Notes 28 (1983), p. 45, 55g. Well-centered. Mottled toning. Although circulated, the portrait remains strong.

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