An octodrachm of Arsinoe II, cut almost in half
Lot 332
PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II, died 270 BC. Octodrachm (Gold, 27 mm, 16.85 g, 12 h), struck under Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII, 180-116, Alexandreia. Diademed and veiled head of Arsinoë II to right, wearing stephane; in field to left, [K]. Rev. [ΑΡΣ]ΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑ[ΔΕΛΦΟΥ] Double cornucopiae. SNG Copenhagen 322. Svoronos 1498. Cut almost in half in antiquity, otherwise, good very fine.

This octodrachm was cut almost in half in antiquity. The weight of 16.85 g of the present, larger fragment indicates, however, that the intention can not have been to create two gold tetradrachms - it amounts to roughly 60 % of the full octodrachm weight of 27.8 g.
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950 CHF
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Closing time: 03-Dec-17, 18:11:00 CET
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