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Berenice II Euergetis
Berenice II Euergetis (c. 267-221 BCE) was a pre-eminent Hellenistic queen, who ruled together with her husband Ptolemy III (r. 246-221 BCE), when the Ptolemaic kingdom was at the height of its power, dominating most of the eastern Mediterranean...
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Berenice II
Berenice II (c. 267-221 BCE), gold decadrachm, Egypt. (Numismatics Museum, Athens)
![Coin Portrait of Berenice II](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10778.jpg?v=1599158704)
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Coin Portrait of Berenice II
Silver coin (15-drachm) with the portrait of Berenice II on the obverse; the reverse illustrates an overflowing cornucopia between two wreathed caps with the legend naming Queen Berenice (Alexandria, ca. 246-204 BCE; CNG sale no. 83, Triton...
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Mosaic Portrait of Berenice II
Mosaic with square emblem depicting Berenice II as personification of naval prowess (Thmouis, ca. 245-200 BCE; Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, inv. 21.739). Photograph by A. Pelle © Centre d’Études Alexandrines/CNRS, courtesy of Jean-Yves...
![Ptolemy III & Berenice II, Euergetes Gate](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10742.jpg?v=1637189101)
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Ptolemy III & Berenice II, Euergetes Gate
Ptolemy III and Berenice II stand before Chonsu (their heads and feet vandalized by Christian iconoclasts) on a relief scene of the Euergetes Gate (Thebes, ca. 240-220 BCE). Photo courtesy of Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University.
![Wine Vase with Berenice II](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10744.jpg?v=1604980804)
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Wine Vase with Berenice II
Berenice II (c. 266 - 221 BCE) is represented as Agathe Tyche, the goddess of Good Fortune, on a type of faience wine vase called oinochoe (Alexandria, ca. 245-200 BCE, Getty inv. 96.AI.58).
![Ptolemy II Philadelphus](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13468.jpg?v=1708431383)
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ("The Sibling Loving", r. 282-246 BCE) was the second ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. He consolidated the kingdom conquered by his father Ptolemy I and presided over its golden age. Ptolemy II invested heavily in Alexandria...
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Arsinoe II Philadelphus
Arsinoe II (l. c. 318/311 - c. 270/268 BCE), daughter of Ptolemy I became one of the most enduring figures of the Lagid or Ptolemaic Dynasty and left an undeniable mark in the historical evidence. She was married three times; first to Alexander...
![Ptolemy I with Berenice I & Ptolemy II with Arsinoe II](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11738.jpg?v=1618828203)
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Ptolemy I with Berenice I & Ptolemy II with Arsinoe II
Gold octodrachm (mnaieion) with the draped and diademed jugate busts of siblings Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II on the reverse; Ptolemy I and Berenice I as their divine parents on the reverse. The legends over the portraits read Adelphōn (“of...
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Antioch
Antioch or Antiochia was an ancient city located on the Orontes River near the Amanus Mountains in Syria. The “land of four cities” - Seleucia, Apamea, Laodicea, and Antiochia - was founded by Seleucus I Nicator (Victor) between 301 and 299...