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Coins of Ancient Egypt
10 Billon Tetradrachms, Roman Provincial Egypt, c. 275 - 310 A.D.
These coins are unattributed by emperor and reversetypeand may include scarcer types. Counting them we saw the group includes Probus, Carinus, Diocletian, Maximian,Constantius I, and possibly other emperors.
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These coins are unattributed by emperor and reversetypeand may include scarcer types. Counting them we saw the group includes Probus, Carinus, Diocletian, Maximian,Constantius I, and possibly other emperors.
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy X Alexander I, 110 - 109 B.C. and 107 - 88 B.C. | |
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Alexander was the son of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III. In 110 B.C., his mother deposed his brother Ptolemy IX and he became King with his mother as co-regent. In 109 B.C. Ptolemy IX took back the throne but in 107 B.C. Alexanderagain became King with his mother as co-regent. In 101 B.C. he had his mother killed, and then ruled either alone or with his niece and wife, Berenice III. When he died, Ptolemy IX regained the throne. When Ptolemy IX died, Ptolemy X's wife Berenice III took the throne for six months. |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221 - 204 B.C. |
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Ptolemy IV's surname, Philopator, means father lover, ironic since according to some authorities he poisoned his father. Ptolemy IV is a major protagonist of the apocryphal 3 Maccabees, which describes events following the Battle of Raphia, in both Jerusalem and Alexandria. He was a cruel and evil monarch. |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), Second Reign, 145 - 116 B.C. |
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Many (perhaps most) examples of this type are especially crude and seem to be from another mint or possibly ancient counterfeits or imitatives. This example is clearly struck with fine style dies from the Alexandria mint. |
| Lucius Verus, 7 March 161 - February 169 A.D; Roman Provincial Egypt | |
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Lucius Verus coins struck at Alexandria coins are scarcer than might be expected based on the availabliltiy of his coins struck at Rome. |
| Otho, 15 January 69 - 17 April 69 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt | |
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Otho ruled for just a few months. The mint of Alexandriastruck coins with his name, though the portrait bears little resemblance to those of the other mints. It is possible thatAlexandria produced coins without having an image of the new emperor. |
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