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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1281

Kingdom of Egypt, Arsinoe II (wife of Ptolemy II, deified 270 BC), AV Oktodrachm, 27.96g, Alexandria, issue of Ptolemy VIII, 145-116 BC, diademed and veiled bust of Arsinoe II right, k behind, rev. apinoh iaeoy, double cornucopia bound with fillet (Troxell, Museum Notes 28, group 3, pl. 7, 3; SNG Copenhagen 322; Svoronos pl. LI, 17-21), minuscule nick on edge of reverse, lustrous, good extremely fine Estimate £ 7,500-10,000 provenance Sotheby, 7 March 1996, lot 126

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