Ptolemy I Soter
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Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered in Egypt. Ptolemy was king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic
Bust of Ptolemy I.
Ptolemaic coin showing Alexander the Great wearing an elephant scalp, a symbol of his conquest in India
Coin of Ptolemy I, British Museum, London
Ptolemy I gold stater with elephant quadriga, Cyrenaica
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus was the pharaoh and basileus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 284 to 246 BC. He was the son of Ptolemy I, the Macedonian general of Alexander the Great who founded the Ptolemaic K
Ptolemy I Soter
…Macedon. Ptolemy's final marriage was to Eurydice's cousin and lady-in-waiting, Berenice I. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his son with Berenice, Ptolemy II. Ptolemy was a Macedonian Greek, born between 369 and 368 BC. His mother was Arsinoe. According to Satyrus the Peripatetic, Arsinoe was a descendant…
Bust of Ptolemy II, National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II depicted on the Gonzaga Cameo in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
Coin of Antiochus I
Coin of Antigonus II