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 | Ptolemy XII Ptolemy XII, 61?-47 BC, king of ancient Egypt (51-47 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty; son of Ptolemy XI. |
 | Ptolemy II Ptolemy II (Ptolemy Philadelphus)tŏl´emē fĬledĕl´fes, c.308-246 BC, king of ancient Egypt (285-246 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy I and Berenice (c.340-281 BC). |
 | Ptolemy IV Ptolemy IV (Ptolemy Philopator)tŏl´emē fĬlŏp´eter, king of ancient Egypt (221-205 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy III and Berenice of Cyrene. |
| The Second-Century Apollo/Lion Issues (Ancient Coins of Miletos) (1875 words) |
 | In 133 BC the city formally became a part of the province of Asia under the control of Rome. |
 | Kinns initially dated the coinage of Phase I to about 200–190 BC (1998: 176–177), but he has since revised that opinion, suggesting that there may be “after all no appreciable interval between Phases I and II” (Ashton and Kinns, 2003: 23–24). |
 | Kinns dates the Phase II drachms and hemidrachms to about 170–150 BC on the basis of the related Attic-weight tetradrachms, which were struck in parallel with the early Phase II drachms and hemidrachms and which have been dated with some confidence to about 170–160 BC (Kinns, 1998: 180; Ashton and Kinns, 2003: 25–26). |