Ptolemaic Kingdom Ptolemy II 285/4-246 BC AR tetradrachma NGC VF 4/5 3/5

  

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I always make it right for every customer at the end of the day. I'd be especially grateful to you. K/; Koin Greek: , romanized: Ptolemaïk basileía[3] was a Hellenistic kingdom based in ancient Egypt.

It was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty, which started with Ptolemy I Soter's accession after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and which ended with the death of Cleopatra and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. The Ptolemaic Kingdom was founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter, a diadochus originally from Macedon in northern Greece who declared himself pharaoh of Egypt and created a powerful Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled an area stretching from southern Syria to Cyrene and south to Nubia. Scholars also argue that the kingdom was founded in 304 BC because of different use of calendars: Ptolemy crowned himself in 304 BC on the ancient Egyptian calendar, [4] but in 305 BC on the ancient Macedonian calendar; to resolve the issue, the year 305/4 was counted as the first year of Ptolemaic Kingdom in Demotic papyri. [5] Alexandria, a Greek polis founded by Alexander the Great, became the capital city and a major center of Greek culture and trade.

To gain recognition by the native Egyptian populace, the Ptolemies named themselves as pharaohs. The later Ptolemies took on Egyptian traditions by marrying their siblings per the Osiris myth, had themselves portrayed on public monuments in Egyptian style and dress, and participated in Egyptian religious life. The Ptolemies were involved in foreign and civil wars that led to the decline of the kingdom and its final conquest by Rome. Their rivalry with the neighboring Seleucid Empire of West Asia led to a series of Syrian Wars in which both powers jockeyed for control of the Levant.

Hellenistic culture continued to thrive in Egypt throughout the Roman and Byzantine periods until the Muslim conquest. The item "Ptolemaic Kingdom Ptolemy II 285/4-246 BC AR tetradrachma NGC VF 4/5 3/5" is in sale since Sunday, May 24, 2020. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Ancient\Greek (450 BC-100 AD)". The seller is "redoubt_numismatics" and is located in San Antonio, Texas.

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1. Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
2. Certification Number: 4285123-003
3. Certification: NGC
4. Grade: VF
5. Year: 285 BC
6. Composition: Silver
7. Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
8. Denomination: Tetradrachm
9. KM Number: Svoronos 826
10. Strike: 4/5
11. Surface: 3/5