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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenice II and Ptolemy III, 244 - 221 B.C.
Berenice II (267/666 B.C. - 221 B.C.) was a ruling queen of Cyrene by birth, and a queen and co-regent of Egypt by marriage to her cousin Ptolemy III Euergetes, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. She was the daughter of Magas of Cyrene and Queen Apama II. She was the granddaughter of Berenice I. Soon after her father died, and she became queen, Berenice was married to Demetrius the Fair, a Macedonian prince. After Demetrius came to Cyrene, he became the lover of her mother, Apama. In a dramatic event, Berenice had him killed in Apama's bedroom. Berenice stood at the door and instructed the hired assassins not to hurt her mother. Apama lived on afterward. Although there were many plots to assassinate her, all hired assassins became fearful of her "exceptional courage." After the death of Demetrius, Berenice married Ptolemy III. In "The Ptolemaic mint of Ras Ibn Hani," INR 2, pp. 63 - 75, Catherine Lorber identifies the mint as Ras Ibn Hani "a Ptolemaic stronghold on the Syrian coast near Lattaqiyah (ancient Laodicea ad Mare)."
GP71897. Bronze dichalkon, Svoronos 1056 (Gaza or Joppa), Noeske 131 (Gaza), Cox Curium 83 (Uncertain mint), Paphos II 57, SNG Cop -, SNG Milan -, Weiser -, Hosking -, F, glossy dark patina with earthen highlighting, tiny pitting, uncertain Phoenician mint, weight 3.754g, maximum diameter 18.0mm, die axis 0o, 244 - 221 B.C.; obverse BAΣIΛIΣΣΩΣ BEPENIKHΣ, diademed and draped bust of Berenice II right, hair in melon coiffure; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, head left, EY left, two oval countermarks; SOLD
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