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| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 106 BC - 105 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Cleopatra III was the dominant political force in this joint reign — she had already co-ruled with one son (Ptolemy IX) before engineering his expulsion from Egypt in 107 BC and replacing him with her younger, more malleable son Ptolemy X Alexander I. Ancient sources, particularly Justin, portray her as unusually aggressive in wielding maternal authority over the throne. The coins of this brief co-regency reflect that political instability; the pairing lasted only two years before the dynastic maneuvering resumed.
Struck at Alexandria. The series is catalogued under Svoronos 1728 with limited die variation documented.