Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3537 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $6,000
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SOLD $5,800
EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, (285-246 B.C.), silver decadrachm, (34.65 gm), Alexandria mint, obv. veiled head of Arsinoe to right, wearing stephane, behind **L*, rev. double cornucopiae, bound with fillet, around **ARSINOHS FILADELFOU*, (cf.S.7770, Svoronos 477, BMC 6.43). A spectacular portrait of the highest artistic merit, lightly polished, well centred, nearly extremely fine and rare.
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