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THE PTOLEMIES.
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Ptolemy VIII (Euergetes), surnamed Physcon, b. C. 170-117. Besides
the coins which this king struck in Cyprus, Egypt, and Cyrenaica,
jointly with his brother Philometor, he also issued money as king in
Cyrenaica (b. c. 164-146), and after his brother’s death as sole king of
Egypt down to B. c. 127, and from B. C. 127 to 117. zR and zE, the latter
often with the heads of his successive wives, Cleopatra II, his brother’s
widow, and her daughter Cleopatra III, covered with elephant’s skin.
Inscr., BAZIAIZZHZ KAEOfTATPAZ. Some of his large zE coins bear the
inscr., BAZIAEHZ FTTOAEMAIOY EYEPTETOY.
Ptolemy IX (Neos) (Philopator II), was co-regent with his father,
B. c. 121-117. Al of the usual types.
Ptolemy X (Soter II), surnamed Lathyrus, B. C. 117-81.
Ptolemy XI (Alexander I), and
Ptolemy (Apion), king of Cyrene.
These three, sons of Physcon, struck money in various parts of the
empire of the ordinary types, sometimes in conj unction with their mother,
Cleopatra III (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXVI. 7).
Ptolemy XII (Alexander II) reigned only 19 days, B.O. 81.
Ptolemy XIII (Neos Dionysos), surnamed Auletes, B. C. 81-58 and
55-52. The coinage of this king is not difficult of attribution. It is
characterized by the base quality of the metal, and it falls into two dated
Fig. 385.
series with a break of four years between them, corresponding with the
period of his exile, B. c. 58-55. Fig. 385 belongs to the second series,
the date KI corresponding with b. c. 55-54.
Ptolemy, king of Cyprus, b. c. 81-58, younger brother of Auletes. To
this king M. Feuardent has attributed a series of dated coins of Cyprian
fabric, running parallel with the Egyptian coins of his brother down to
b. c. 58.
Cleopatra VII (Philopator), b. c. 52-30. Of this illustrious princess
there are Egyptian silver drachms and Cyprian and Egyptian bronze
coins with her portrait and the reverse inscr., BAZIAIZZHZ KAEOTTA-
TPAZ (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXX. 7). Sometimes she is in the character of
Aphrodite bearing the infant Ptolemy XVI (Caesar) as Eros in her arms
(B. M. Cat., Pl. XXX. 6).
717
Ptolemy VIII (Euergetes), surnamed Physcon, b. C. 170-117. Besides
the coins which this king struck in Cyprus, Egypt, and Cyrenaica,
jointly with his brother Philometor, he also issued money as king in
Cyrenaica (b. c. 164-146), and after his brother’s death as sole king of
Egypt down to B. c. 127, and from B. C. 127 to 117. zR and zE, the latter
often with the heads of his successive wives, Cleopatra II, his brother’s
widow, and her daughter Cleopatra III, covered with elephant’s skin.
Inscr., BAZIAIZZHZ KAEOfTATPAZ. Some of his large zE coins bear the
inscr., BAZIAEHZ FTTOAEMAIOY EYEPTETOY.
Ptolemy IX (Neos) (Philopator II), was co-regent with his father,
B. c. 121-117. Al of the usual types.
Ptolemy X (Soter II), surnamed Lathyrus, B. C. 117-81.
Ptolemy XI (Alexander I), and
Ptolemy (Apion), king of Cyrene.
These three, sons of Physcon, struck money in various parts of the
empire of the ordinary types, sometimes in conj unction with their mother,
Cleopatra III (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXVI. 7).
Ptolemy XII (Alexander II) reigned only 19 days, B.O. 81.
Ptolemy XIII (Neos Dionysos), surnamed Auletes, B. C. 81-58 and
55-52. The coinage of this king is not difficult of attribution. It is
characterized by the base quality of the metal, and it falls into two dated
Fig. 385.
series with a break of four years between them, corresponding with the
period of his exile, B. c. 58-55. Fig. 385 belongs to the second series,
the date KI corresponding with b. c. 55-54.
Ptolemy, king of Cyprus, b. c. 81-58, younger brother of Auletes. To
this king M. Feuardent has attributed a series of dated coins of Cyprian
fabric, running parallel with the Egyptian coins of his brother down to
b. c. 58.
Cleopatra VII (Philopator), b. c. 52-30. Of this illustrious princess
there are Egyptian silver drachms and Cyprian and Egyptian bronze
coins with her portrait and the reverse inscr., BAZIAIZZHZ KAEOTTA-
TPAZ (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXX. 7). Sometimes she is in the character of
Aphrodite bearing the infant Ptolemy XVI (Caesar) as Eros in her arms
(B. M. Cat., Pl. XXX. 6).