Saturday, 14 December 2019

GREEK PTOLEMAIC COINS IN ISRAEL

Silver Tetradrachms with the vessel in which they were found at Tel Dor, Israel. Dating from the Ptolemaic Period, 3rd century BCE.

Ptolemy I Soter (367-283 BCE) Greek General of Alexander the Great and Pharaoh of Egypt and Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309-246 BCE) King of Egypt. Now in the Mizgaga Museum, Nahsholim, Israel. Photo: Zev Radovan


SOURCE : egyptblog

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