Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes, AE Dichalkon - 246 to 222 BCE - Ptolemaic Egypt
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes, AE Dichalkon - 246 to 222 BCE - Ptolemaic Egypt
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- Origin: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
- Authority: Ptolemy III Euergetes
- Date: 246 - 222 BCE
- Denomination: AE (bronze) dichalkon
- Mint: Cyrene, Cyrenaica
- Size: 17.5mm, 3.54g
- Type Number: CPE Vol. I, Part II, no. B488
- Obverse: Diademed Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, dotted border
- Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on l., ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ on r. - Head of Lybia right, wearing taenia, dotted border Cornucopiae right in right field.
- Notes: The Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals, after Alexander's death in 323 BCE. As a significant Hellenistic kingdom based in Alexandria, it became a center of culture and learning, famously housing the Great Library, and melded Egyptian traditions with Greek practices and language.
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