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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C.
After her husband Lysimachus was killed in 281 B.C., Arsinoe II married her half-brother Ptolemy Keraunos. When he immediately killed two of her sons, she fled to her full-brother Ptolemy II of Egypt. Ptolemy II repudiated his wife Arsinoe I to marry his sister (a pharaonic custom). The Greeks of Alexandria promptly nicknamed them Philadelphoi (brother-loving). Since Arsinoe II was the widow of Lysimachus, through the marriage, Ptolemy II gained her Aegean territories. She died sometime after July 270 B.C. After her death, Ptolemy II continued to refer to her on official documents, as well as supporting her coinage and cult. Establishing her worship as a Goddess was a clever move, because it also established his own worship as a god.GP72318. Bronze AE 17, cf. Svoronos 383, SNG Cop 101, Malter 58, BMC Ptolemies -, SNG Milan -, Noeske -, Weiser -, aF, green patina, a little rough, Alexandria mint, weight 3.776g, maximum diameter 16.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 280 - 260 B.C.; obverse head of Arsinoe II right, wearing stephane and veil; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left, head left, wings open, ΔI over star on left; very rare; SOLD
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