Monedas de Ptolomeo III a nombre de la ‘Reina Berenice’

Abstract

The coinage struck by Ptolemy III Euergetes I in the name of Berenice traditionally assigned to Berenice II Euergetis is here reattributed, following the theory introduced by R. A. Hazzard (1995) supported by new arguments, to his sister Berenice Syra, wife of Antiochus II Theos. Also, the identification and organisation of two series (one struck in the Attic standard, the other in the local Ptolemaic standard) is reviewed, the issues dated and set in their relevant historical and geographical context, showing also that the largest silver coin minted in name of Berenice and described by Svoronos (1904) as an Attic dodekadrachm, and by Vagi (1999) as a «pentekaidekadrachm» of the local standard, is actually a piece of 12½ Attic silver drachms.

Keywords

• Ptolemy III Euergetes I
• Berenice
• Bérénice II Evergète
• Berenice Syra