CAIRO — Archaeologists unearthed 383 bronze coins dating back to King Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C. and was an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra, the Egyptian antiquities authority announced Thursday.
The statement said one side of the coins were inscribed with hybrid Greek-Egyptian god Amun-Zeus, while the other side showed an eagle and the words Ptolemy and king in Greek.
Ptolemaic Coin Cache Found in Egypt
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Ptolemaic Coin Cache Found in Egypt
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Re: Ptolemaic Coin Cache Found in Egypt
So that confirms what we already knew about Ptolemaic Egypt. No really new revelations.
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Not every find will give evidence of something new.
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