Egypt
Ptolemy II, ruled 285-246 BC, portrait of Arsinoe II, died 270 BC
AV octadrachm 27.7821 g, 28.7 mm
Alexandria 253/2-246 BC
1. Troxell, Hyla A. 1983. Arsinoe's Non-era. In The American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 28. Page 67 and Plate 7 #3. New York: The American Numismatic Society. 2. Poole, Reginald Stuart. 1883. Catalogue of Greek Coins. The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt. Page 43 #10 and Plate VIII #4. London: The Trustees of the British Museum. 3. Svoronos, J. N. 1904. Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion, Meros Deuteron. Page 73 #475 and Plate XV #14, same obverse die. Athens: P. D. Sakellariou 4. MacDonald, George. 1905. Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection University of Glasglow. Volume III. Page 363 #12. Glasglow: James MacLehose and Sons.
Obverse
Head of deified Arsinoe right in diadem, stephane with zigzag pattern, ram's horn of Ammon below ear, veil, lotus tipped sceptre behind head. Border of dots.
Κ - die sequence letter
Reverse
Double cornucopiae filled with fruits, on both sides hang grapes and fillets with fringes. Round incuse.
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