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The largest denominations of Ptolemaic bronze coinage weighed up to 100 grams. [3] Artistically, Ptolemaic coinage closely followed contemporary Greek currencies. A commonplace symbol of the Ptolemaic dynasty is an eagle standing on a thunderbolt, first adopted by Ptolemy I Soter. The more peculiar Ptolemaic coinage include so-called "dynastic ...
The Ptolemaic standard was used by the Ptolemaic Kingdom for its silver coinage from 294 BC. It was based on a tetradrachm of 14.26 g and a drachma of 3.55 g. [19] It was equivalent to the reduced Phoenician standard used in Ptolemaic Coele-Syria and Seleucid Phoenicia. [2] [17] [18]
Ptolemy was most probably born in Caesaria, the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania (modern Cherchell, Algeria) in the Roman Empire. He was named in honor of his mother's ancestors, in particular the Ptolemaic dynasty. In choosing her son's name, Cleopatra Selene II created a distinct Greek-Egyptian tone and emphasized her role as the monarch ...
The Ptolemaic Kingdom (/ ˌ t ɒ l ɪ ˈ m eɪ. 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 ]
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Vol. 4: The coinage of Egypt under the Fatimee Khaleefehs, the Ayyoobees and the Memlook Sultans, classes XIVa-XV (1879) Vol. 5: The coins of the Moors of Africa and Spain and the kings of the Yemen in the British Museum, classes XIVb-XXVII (1880) Vol. 6: The coins of the Mongols in the British Museum, classes XVIII-XXII (1881)
Reigning for 275 years, the Ptolemaic was the longest and last dynasty of ancient Egypt from 305 BC until its incorporation into the Roman Republic in 30 BC. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Ptolemy , a general and one of the somatophylakes (bodyguard companions) of Alexander the Great , was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 BC.
This category contains articles related to the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BCE−30 BCE), one of the Hellenistic kingdoms. It was centred in Ancient Egypt but periodically extending over large parts of the Levant , southern Asia Minor , and the Aegean islands , ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty .