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PTOLEMY II (EGYPT) BRONZE COIN - III CENTURY BC (285-246 BC)
 

PTOLEMY II (EGYPT) BRONZE COIN - III CENTURY BC (285-246 BC)

€239.00Price

  • Original Egyptian coin of Alexander the Great during Ptolemy II reign, in bronze from III Century BC (285-246 BC).

    Necklace made of sterling silver. Coin in bronze.

    Chain length : 50cm 

    Coin diameter : 2 cm

     

     

    Made in Georgia

  • Obverse :  Head of Alexander The Great, wearing elephant scalp headdress and aegis.

     

    Reverse :  ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy), eagle standing left on fulmen (thunderbolt), head left, wings open, ∆ between legs

     

    Ptolemy II encouraged education, commerce, industry, immigration and trade resulting in a prosperous growing economy. He was the richest monarch of his age.

     

    Constantius II was Roman emperor from 337 to 361. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders against the Sasanian Empire and Germanic peoples, while internally the Roman Empire went through repeated civil wars, court intrigues, and usurpations. His religious policies inflamed domestic conflicts that would continue after his death.

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