Ptolemaic Kingdom
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The Ptolemaic Kingdom or Ptolemaic Empire was an ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, a companio
Ptolemy as Pharaoh of Egypt, British Museum, London
Hellenistic bust of Ptolemy I Soter, 3rd century BC, now in the Louvre
A bust depicting Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus 309–246 BC
Coin depicting Pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes. Ptolemaic Kingdom.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistus was the King of Ptolemaic Egypt from July or August 204 BC until his death in 180 BC.
Tetradrachm issued c. 200 BC
Silver coin of Ptolemy V. Obverse shows the king wearing a diadem. The reverse shows Zeus' eagle with Heracles' club on the left. Greek legend reads: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Basileо̄s Ptolemaiou, "of king Ptolemy."
Antiochus III of Syria
Philip V of Macedon