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Also Known As Physcon
Died 116 BCE
Title / Office king (145BC-116BC), Egypt

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Cleopatra
queen of Egypt
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Arsinoe II
queen of Thrace, Macedonia and Egypt
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucid king
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy VI Philometor, portrait on a silver tetradrachm; in the British Museum
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy IX Soter II
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy X Alexander I
Ptolemy X Alexander I
king of Egypt
Berenice III
queen of Egypt
Ptolemy XI Alexander II
king of Egypt
Mother and son
Caesarion
king of Egypt
Berenice IV
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Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
king of Egypt
Arsinoe IV
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queen of Egypt

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