Ancient Egypt AE16 (Ptolemy IX & Cleopatra III) 116-81 BC 

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• Egypt (ancient) 
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• Ptolemaic in Egypt 305-30 BC 

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Ancient Egypt AE16 (Ptolemy IX & Cleopatra III) 116-81 BC

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PTOLEMAIOY BASILEWS

Svoronos 1716; SNG Cop. 666

Obv; Eagle standing left, wings open. Rev; Diademed bust of Zeus-Ammon right Ptolemy IX (Soter II or Lathyros) was king of Egypt three times: 116-110, 109-107, and 88-81 BCE. Intervening periods were ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X, Alexander. At first he was chosen by his mother Cleopatra III to be her co-regent (his father Ptolemy VIII wished that she would rule with one of her sons), though she was more forced to choose him by the Alexandrians. He married his sister Cleopatra IV, but his mother pushed her out and replaced her with his younger sister Cleopatra Selene. Later, she claimed that he tried to kill her, and successfully deposed him, putting her favorite son Alexander on the throne as co-regent with her. However, she later grew tired of the now Ptolemy X and deposed him, putting Ptolemy IX back on the throne. She was soon murdered by Ptolemy X, who took the throne again. He was then killed in battle, and Ptolemy IX reigned until his own death.