PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM EGYPT ARSINOE II 270BC OCTODRACHM NGC AU 5x2 EGYPTIAN GOLD COI

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Ptolemaic Kingdom Arsinoe II 270-68BC Octodrachm NGC AU 5x2
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Ptolemaic Kingdom Arsinoe II 270-68BC Octodrachm NGC AU 5x2!
Arsinoë II
was a
Ptolemaic queen
and co-regent of the
Ptolemaic Kingdom
of
ancient Egypt
. She was given the Egyptian title "King of
Upper and Lower Egypt
", making her pharaoh as well.
Arsinoe was Queen of
Thrace
,
Anatolia
, and
Macedonia
by marriage to King
Lysimachus
. She became co-ruler of the
Ptolemaic Kingdom
upon her marriage to her brother,
Pharaoh
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
.
Arsinoë was the first daughter of Pharaoh
Ptolemy I Soter
, founder of the Hellenistic state of Egypt, and his second wife
Berenice I of Egypt
.
She was maybe born in
Memphis
, but was raised in the new city of
Alexandria
, where her father moved his capital.
Nothing is known of her childhood or education, but judging from her later life as patron of scholars and noted for her learning, she is estimated to have been given a high education.
Her brothers were tutored by intellectuals hired by their fathers, and it is regarded likely that she attended these lessons as well: she corresponded with the intellectual
Strato of Lampsacus
later in life, and he may have previously been her tutor.32