Ptolemaic Kingdom ~ AR Tetradrachm Ptolemy II ~ 285-246 BC ~ NGC ~ Fine ~ Tyre

Description

This is a Ptolemaic Kingdom Tetradrachm (AR+Silver) of Ptolemy II (285/4-246 BC); minted in year 32, in Tyre, Lebanon; Certified by NGC and graded as Fine, but cleaned.
My history notes:
285 - 246
PTOLEMY II, Philadelphus (Lover of his brother)
– Took over when his father abdicated
280
- The Pharos Lighthouse (Ancient Wonder) was built in the Alexandrine harbor and expanded library
- “Cleverest merchant to ever control Alexandria” (Caravan Cities, p. 57)
278
- Instigated the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek - The Septuagint (means 70)
274 - 271
- First Syrian War against Antiochus I
266 - 260
- Lost Cyrene and Libya to his half-brother Magas, thus making him King of Cyrene
260 - 253
- Second Syrian War against Antiochus II - Captured Cyprus, Tyre and Sidon from the Seleucids
259
- The Zenon Archive contains letters of his year spent in Palestine and Jordan
- Zenon was the agent of Apponius, the Finance Minister
- He settled his Greek war veterans in Faiyum and transformed its prosperity
- Built a great gate at the
Temple
of
Karnak
leading to the Sanctuary of Mut
- Built numerous sanctuaries, including the Temple of Isis, and repaired many others
- Extended a previous canal, from the
Med.
Sea
to the
Bitter
Lakes
, to the Red Sea
- Established on the Red Sea the port of Berenike, named for his daughter,
250
- Peace was made with the Seleucids, and he gave his daughter, Berenice, to Antiochus II
- Daniel 11:6 “
They will form an alliance… and the daughter of the king of the south
.”