World Coins, Banknotes & Medals
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October 23, 2025 – 17:00 CET
2014
Illyria, Dyrrhachion, c. 200-150 BC, drachm 2.71 g. (18 mm), Philos and Meniskos magistrates. Obverse: cow to the right
with a calf below and head of Helios above. Reverse: ΔYP / ME / NI / ΣΚΟY around stellate pattern within linear borders.
VF
CHF 40 - 80
250%
2015
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Arsinöe II, wife of Ptolemy II, died 270 BC, Alexandria c. 250, AV mnaieion or octodrachm
27.67 g. (22 mm). Obverse: Veiled head of deified Arsinöe II right, wearing diademed stephane and horn of Ammon, II
or Ξ in left field. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ-ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet, containing pomegranates
and other fruits, grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn; dotted border. A bright specimen with careful
attention to the portrait and devices struck in particularly high relief.
VF, evidence of prior jewellery mounting.
CHF 4’000 - 7’000