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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Ptolemaic Egypt| > SH30614
Arsinoe II, Wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C.
|Ptolemaic| |Egypt|, |Arsinoe| |II,| |Wife| |of| |Ptolemy| |II| |Philadelphos,| |285| |-| |246| |B.C.|, Exceptional quality early octadrachm. Egypt was neutral during the First Punic War. It is likely that the balance of trade favored Egypt. At the same time, Ptolemy II diverted the revenues from the temples of the Egyptian gods, to those of his deifed sister Arsinoe II. Massive gold coins such as this may have been the result of both political trends.
SH30614. Gold oktodrachm, Svoronos 460, SNG Cop 134, SGCV II 7768, EF, some minor marks, Alexandria mint, weight 27.799g, maximum diameter 28.0mm, die axis 0o, c. 260 B.C.; obverse diademed and veiled head or Arsinoe II right, Θ behind; reverse APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet and filled with fruits; huge gold coin!; SOLD











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