Ptolemy II, Gold Oktodrachm

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    Ptolemy II (285-246 BC), gold Oktodrachm, Alexandria.

    Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II, diademed and draped, and Arsinoe II, diademed and veiled, right; shield, behind, legend, above, reverse, Legend above, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I, diademed and draped and Berenike I, diademed and veiled, right.

    SNG Copenhagen 132; Svoronos 603.

    Provenance: UBS 78, 9 November 2008, lot 1072.