Arsinoe II AV Mnaieion, PaphosPtolemaic Kings of

Arsinoe II AV Mnaieion, Paphos

Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II (died 270 BC). AV Mnaieion or Octadrachm (28, 27.74 g), struck under Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-180). Paphos, dated year 14 (=191 BC).
Obv. Veiled head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing stephane; lotos-tipped scepter in background.
Rev. ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ; Double cornucopiae bound with fillet and with two grape bunches hanging at sides; Π below, LIΔ in right field.
Svoronos -, cf. 1319 (year 13) = JIAN 2 (1899), p. 208, 20 and pl. 10,3.

Very rare and apparently unpublished. With a portrait of elegant style. The obverse about extremely fine, the reverse with some old cleaning scratches and very fine.

From a Swiss Collection formed before World War II.