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Mnaieion (oktadrachm) of Kingdom of Egypt with head of Arsinoe II, struck under Ptolemy VI

Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 180–116 BC
Mint: Egypt (Kingdom), Alexandria

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 27.82 gm.
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number34.1404
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2293.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Arsinoe II to right, veiled and wearing crown.
Ram's horn beneath her ear. Behind her head the tip of her sceptre is visible.
Greek inscription in field at left.
All within beaded border.
Reverse: Double cornucopiae filled with fruits and bound with fillets.
Greek inscription around.
ProvenanceBy 1934: with Ars Classica S.A. (Naville & Cie), 31 Quai du Mont-Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland (auction 17 [collections of Sir Arthur J. Evans, et al.], Hôtel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 3ff., 1934); purchased at Ars Classica auction 17 by Spink & Son Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King St., St. James's, London, S.W. 1, England; October 12, 1934: sold by Spink & Son, Ltd. to a U.S. Private Collector; December 6, 1934: Anonymous gift to MFA in memory of Zoë Wilbour