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Ptolemaic coinage. A silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator (r. 221 – 205 BC); an undated issue from the Arados royal mint, struck c. 214–212 BC, 26 mm in width, 14.10 gm in weight; the obverse shows a diademed head of Ptolemy I Soter wearing the aegis, while the reverse shows an eagle standing on a thunderbolt with a Greek inscription ...
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Volume 2 – The Coming of the Greeks: The Early Hellenistic Period (335 – 175 BC). T&T Clark. ISBN 978-0-567-03396-3. Grainger, John D. (2010). The Syrian Wars. Brill. pp. 281–328. ISBN 9789004180505. Hölbl, Günther (2000). A History of the Ptolemaic Empire. Translated by ...
e. The Ptolemaic dynasty(/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ. ɪk/; Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty(Λαγίδαι, Lagidai; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek[1][2][3][4][5]royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdomin Ancient Egyptduring the Hellenistic period.
Dynasty. Ptolemaic dynasty. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus(Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Νέος Διόνυσος, romanized: Ptolemaios Neos Dionysos, lit. 'Ptolemy the new Dionysus' c. 117– 51 BC)[nb 1]was a king of the Ptolemaic Kingdomof Egyptwho ruled from 80 to 58 BC and then again from 55 BC until his death in 51 BC.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Φιλάδελφος, Ptolemaîos Philádelphos, "Ptolemy, sibling-lover"; 309 – 28 January 246 BC) was the pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 284 to 246 BC. He was the son of Ptolemy I, the Macedonian Greek general of Alexander the Great who founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom after the ...
t. e. The reign of Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt began with the death of her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, by March 51 BC. It ended with her suicide in August 30 BC, [ note 1 ] which also marked the conclusion of the Hellenistic period and the annexation of Egypt into a Roman province. [ note 2 ] In the style of her Greek ...
Attic weight, or the Attic standard, also known as Euboic standard, was one of the main monetary standards in ancient Greece. As a result of its use in the coinage of the Athenian empire and the empire of Alexander the Great, it was the dominant weight standard for coinage issued in the Eastern Mediterranean from the fifth century BC until the ...
Arsinoë II (Koinē Greek: Ἀρσινόη, c. 316 BC – between 270 and 268 BC) was a Ptolemaic queen and co-regent of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ancient Egypt. She was given the Egyptian title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt ", making her pharaoh as well. [3] Arsinoe was Queen of Thrace, Anatolia, and Macedonia by marriage to King Lysimachus.