Arsinoe III of Egypt
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Arsinoe III Philopator was Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt in 220 – 204 BC. She was a daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II and spouse of her brother Ptolemy IV. She was the first Ptolemaic queen to bear her brother's child.
Obverse of coin depicting Arsinoe III
Berenice II of Egypt
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Berenice II Euergetis was queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 to 246 BCE and co-regent queen of Ptolemaic Egypt from 246 to 222 BCE as the wife of Ptolemy III.
Octodrachma of Berenice II
Coin of Berenice II
A mosaic from Thmuis (Mendes), Egypt, created by the Hellenistic artist Sophilos (signature) in about 200 BCE, now in the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, Egypt; the woman depicted is probably Berenice II. Her crown showing a ship's prow and her anchor-shaped brooch symbolised the Ptolemaic Empire's naval prowess.
A seated woman in a fresco from the Roman Villa Boscoreale, dated mid-1st century BCE, that likely represents Berenice II of Ptolemaic Egypt wearing a stephane (i.e. royal diadem) on her head