Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt
Ptolemy I Soter, c. 367-282 BC, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty. From a bronze coin. Tolomeo. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699
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14010322
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45803224
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5019px x 6193px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Giovanni Angelo Canini





























