Apama II
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Apama II, sometimes known as Apame II was a Syrian Greek princess of the Seleucid Empire, queen of Cyrenaica by marriage to King Magas of Cyrene.
Berenice II, daughter of Apama II, on a coin from the ring of Ptolemy III.
Berenice II
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Berenice II Euergetis was queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 to 246 BCE and queen of Ptolemaic Egypt from 246 to 222 BCE as the wife of Ptolemy III. She is sometimes considered co-regent of her Ptole
Octodrachm 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