Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
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Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator was, ostensibly, a Ptolemaic king of Egypt. His identity and reign are controversial, and it is likely that he did not reign at all, but was only granted royal dignity post
Ptolemy Memphites on a relief from the Temple of Edfu
Head of a statue of Ptolemy VII made of granite in the National Archaeological Museum of Greece
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon, nicknamed Physcon, was a king of the Ptolemaic kingdom. He was the younger son of King Ptolemy V and Queen Cleopatra I. His reign was characterised by fierce politic
Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
…granted royal dignity posthumously. Depending on the historical reconstruction, he was a son of Cleopatra II of Egypt by either Ptolemy VI Philometor or Ptolemy VIII Physcon, with current scholarship leaning toward the second option. The identity and role of the person usually designated Ptolemy Neos Philopator are unclear…
Bust of a Ptolemaic king, most likely Ptolemy VIII.
Coin of Ptolemy V, father of Ptolemy VIII
Antiochus IV
Ring of Ptolemy VI as Egyptian pharaoh, Louvre