Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Ptolemaic Kingdom. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. Gold Mnaieion (27.36 g), died. Alexandria, under Ptolemy VI-VIII, ca. 180-116 BC. Diademed and veiled head of Arsinöe II right; above, tip of a lotus scepter; behind, K. Reverse: APΣINOH ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Svoronos 1242, 1374, and 1498-9; Troxell p. 67, 8; SNG Copenhagen 321-2. Mount marks on the rims. Extremely Fine.
Arsinöe II, the wife of Ptolemy II, died ca. 270-268 BC, and was deified upon her death. These large gold coins, mnaieions or octadrachms, continued to be struck in her name over the course of the next 150 years or so. Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000