Illustration
Gold octodrachm (mnaieion) with the draped and diademed jugate busts of siblings Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II on the reverse; Ptolemy I and Berenice I as their divine parents on the reverse. The legends over the portraits read Adelphōn (“of the siblings”) and Theōn (“of the gods”) respectively (Alexandria, ca. 275-260 BCE).
(British Museum)
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