Lot 4984

For Arsinoe II Philadelphos - AR Decadrachm (Alexandria, posthumous, struck under Ptolemy II c. 253-249 BC, 34.72 g) - Diademed and veiled deified bust of Arsinoe, control marks behind / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY Double cornucopia bound with fillet, containing several fruits and 2 bunches of grapes hanging on each horn (cf. Svoronos 943) - an impressive coin with small parts of corrosion, lovely patina and a bold portrait in good silver