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Ptolemaic Kingdom: Arsinoe II - 268-250 BC


Arsinoe II, AV Oktadrachm, 268-250 BC (Posthumous Issue), Ptolemaic Kingdom, Alexandria Mint
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Veiled head of Arsinoe II right, stephane in hair, tip of lotus scepter visible above head, K in left field, border of dots
ARSINOHS-FILADELFOU
Double cornucopiae bound with royal diadem, border of dots
28mm, 27.70g
Svoronos 475; Troxell, ANSMN 28 (1983), Group 3, Pl. 7, 3; Sear GCV II, 7768
Photo courtesy of Lawrence Woolslayer Collection