285 BC - 246 BC

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Ptolemaeus II / Πτολεμαίος B'

 Oktadrachm / Οκτάδραχμον AV 28
 SHH 745

745 Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemy II Oktadrachm AR

Parameter
Obverse

Reverse

Notes
Reference


Provenance
 27.80 g   28 mm   ?:?? o'clock   EF
Veiled head of Arsinoe II wearing stephane; lotus tip of sceptre above head;
Ammon's horn below ear; behind K; border of dots.
ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ either side of double cornucopiae bound with fillet;
bunches of grapes hanging on either side; border of dots.
Alexandria mint.
Copenhagen 134; Dewing 2762 (Ptolemy VI 180-145); Gulbenkian 1080/1082;
Hart ---, Manchester ---; Sear Greek 7768 (Ptolemy II 285-246 AD);
Svoronos Ptolemaic 1374
Ex Jean Elsen 8/317, 12.6.2004