PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphus (died 270/268 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (26mm, 27.57 gm, 12h). NGC VF 4/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Posthumous issue of Paphos under Ptolemy V, dated Year 12 (193/2 BC?). Veiled head of the deified Arsinöe II right, wearing stephane, lotus-tipped scepter over far shoulder; dotted border / ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ-ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging from sides, bound with fillet; L IB (date) in right field, Π• between cornucopia and fillet. Apparently unpublished. Cf. DCA 38 var. (Ptolemy VI, different dates). Svoronos -, cf. 1319 and pl. XLIV, 16 for Year 13.

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