Ptolemaic Kingdom Arsinoe II Gold Octodrachm NGC XF 5x3 sold One of Rome's least impressive

One of Rome's least impressive emperors

75 grams of highly pure 91

these coins were often minted in the New World colonies under challenging conditions

died 283 BCE)

Ptolemaic Kingdom Arsinoe II Gold Octodrachm NGC XF 5x3 sold One of Rome's least impressivePTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Arsine II Philadelphus (died 270 268 BC) Gold octodrachm (27. 70 g) NGC XF Strike 5 5 Surface 3 5 Posthumous issue of Alexandria under Ptolemy II, ca. 251 0 BC. Diademed and veiled head of deified Arsine II right with horn of Ammon; lotus tipped scepter behind, K in left field, dotted border. Reverse APINOH IAEOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; dotted border. Arsinoe II was a Ptolemaic Greek