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Lot 6 47 | day. The court astronomer Konon of Samos investigated the matter and found the following explanation: The curl had been moved among the stars by the gods, for it could be seen as a new asterism in the night sky. This constellation was then given the name Coma Berenices = Curl of the Berenice, which is still used today. Literature on Berenice II: B. van Oppen de Ruiter, Berenice II Euergetis: Essays in Early Hellenistic Queenship (2016). P rovenance : From a private collection in South Germany. Acquired in the 1980s in Munich. 255871 II + € 10.000 Lot 11