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The Ptolemaic Kingdom did not use the Attic weight, or Attic standard, which was very common in other contemporary Hellenistic states such as the Seleucid Kingdom. Instead, the Ptolemaic Kingdom used Phoenician weight, which was smaller than the Attic weight. Consequently Ptolemaic coinage was smaller than coins used by other Hellenistic states ...
Most coins only circulated within the region they were created in, and there was no universal standard. However, more than half the known Greek city-states do not have evidence of minting coins. [13] Fractions and multiples of the drachma were minted by many states, most notably in Ptolemaic Egypt, which minted large coins in gold, silver and ...
ɪ k /; Koinē Greek: Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία, Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) [6] or Ptolemaic Empire [7] was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. [8] It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter , a companion of Alexander the Great , and ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty until ...
Contemporaries describe a number of the Ptolemaic dynasty members as extremely obese, [23] while sculptures and coins reveal prominent eyes and swollen necks. Familial Graves' disease could explain the swollen necks and eye prominence ( exophthalmos ), although this is unlikely to occur in the presence of morbid obesity.
Cyrene coin struck under Ophellas as Ptolemaic governor. Circa 322–313 BC. Æ 19mm (8.14 gm). Horse running right; star above / NIKWNOS, six-spoked wheel. Cyrene coin struck under Ophellas as Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 322–313 BC. Æ Unit (25mm, 11.14 g, 9h). Head of Ammon right / Wheel in perspective. Ophellas, Ptolemaic Governor.
Coin of Arsinoe II (struck under the rule of her husband-brother Ptolemy II Philadelphus) Ptolemy was born and raised in Ephesus , which was renamed for a time Arsinoea after his mother. [ 13 ] In 282 BC, his mother accused his half-brother Agathocles of treason and his father ordered the execution of Agathocles.
The português, portuguez, [citation needed] or golden Portuguese, was a high-value 16th century Portuguese gold coin, in fact the most valuable coin in Europe at the time it was issued. [ 1 ] Commissioned by King Manuel of Portugal to commemorate the Portuguese Empire and Discoveries, it was first minted shortly before the voyage of Vasco da ...
Ptolemaic Kingdom; Ptolemaiida, a taxon of extinct wolf-like mammals This page was last edited on 13 January 2025, at 07:57 (UTC). Text is available under the ...