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Pentekontadrachmon - Ptolemy II Philadelphus Alexandreia
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 282 BC - 272 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Lorber 1.1#308, PCO#cpe.1_1.308, SvoronosPt#616A |
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| Obverse lettering | AΔEΛΦΩN (Translation: Of brothers.) |
| Reverse description | Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I Soter and Queen Berenice I facing right in jugate arrangement, both diademed; Ptolemy I draped in himation, Berenice I veiled. The portrait style reflects the posthumous deification of the royal couple as Theoi, the Divine Gods. The legend ΘEΩN, meaning 'Of the Gods', occupies the field, designating the deified status of the founding royal pair. The reverse composition mirrors the obverse in artistic structure, reinforcing the dynastic continuity between the first and second generations of Ptolemaic rulers. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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