Roma Numismatics

Auction XXX  –  21 March 2024

Roma Numismatics, Auction XXX

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Medieval and World Coins

Th, 21.03.2024, from 2:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

No Reserve

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Arsinoe II (wife of Ptolemy II) AR Dekadrachm. Alexandria, posthumous issue under Ptolemy II, circa 253-249 BC. Veiled head of deified Arsinoe with ram's horn to right, wearing diademed stephane, sceptre surmounted by lotus over left shoulder; KK in left field / Double cornucopiae, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; AΡΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY around. CPE 352; Svoronos 945 (dated 237 BC under Ptolemy III, 1 example listed) = BMC 25; Troxell, 'Arsinoe's Non-Era' in Museum Notes 28 (1983), p. 44 (7 examples, dated circa 253/2-246 BC). 35.00g, 33mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine; scuff to obverse. Very Rare.

Question about this lot?

Bidding

Price realized 4'600 GBP
Starting price 1'500 GBP
Estimate 2'500 GBP
The auction is closed.
Feedback / Support