PTOLEMY IX - XII EGYPT BRONZE AE20______Zeus-Ammon & Two Eagles______CORNUCOPIA

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20S13
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE COIN OF THE PTOLEMY EMPIRE OF EGYPT (PTOLEMY IX TO PTOLEMY XII) FROM 116 - 51 BC.
The Ptolemies were the longest-lived dynasty in Egyptian history, as well as the last.
THE SIZE IS 20.3 MM AND 9.30 GRAMS.
Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII)
OBVERSE – Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right
REVERSE – Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left
PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM
The Ptolemaic was a Hellenistic state based in ancient Egypt. It was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty, which was founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter, and lasted until the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC. The Ptolemies were the longest-lived dynasty in Egyptian history, as well as the last.
Alexander the Great of Macedon conquered Persian-controlled Egypt in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Achaemenid Empire. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, his empire quickly unraveled amid competing claims by the diadochi, his closest friends and companions. Ptolemy, a Macedonian Greek who served as one of Alexander's most trusted generals and confidants, won control of Egypt from his rivals and declared himself pharaoh. Alexandria, a Greek polis founded by Alexander, became the capital city and a major center of Greek culture, learning, and trade for the next several centuries.
To gain recognition from the native Egyptian populace, the Ptolemies named themselves pharaohs, although the monarchy otherwise rigorously maintained its Hellenistic character and traditions. They also established a complex government bureaucracy that exploited the country’s vast economic resources to the benefit of a Greek ruling class. Later Ptolemies began to adopt Egyptian customs, such as marrying their siblings, having themselves portrayed on public monuments in Egyptian style and dress.
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