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The Ptolemaic Kingdom was an Ancient Greek state based in Egypt during the Hellenistic Period. It was founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander the Great, and lasted until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Ruling for nearly three centuries, the Ptolemies were the longest and most recent Egyptian dynasty of ancient origin.
Ptolemy I Soter ("Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – 282 BC) was an Ancient Macedonian general, historian and companion of Alexander the Great of the Kingdom of Macedon in northern Greece who became ruler of Egypt, part of Alexander's former empire. Ptolemy was pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 305/304 BC to his death. He was the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt until the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, turning the country into a Hellenistic kingdom and Alexandria into a center of Greek culture.
First reduced standard, plain series.
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Depicts horned head of deified Alexander III right, wearing elephant headdress, mitra and scaly aegis tied before neck; dotted border. |
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Reverse
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Depicts Athena advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on left arm; HP monogram in inner right field, helmet right above eagle standing right on thunderbolt in outer right field, dotted border. AΛEΞANΔPOY |
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