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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26253366, member: 92212&quot;]As with the nice Ptolemy II example in the OP, my representative tetradrachm of Ptolemy II carries the interesting titulature of &#039;savior&#039; rather than the more prevalent &#039;king&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1677018[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ptolemy II (285-246 BC). AR tetradrachm (13.89 gm). </p><p>Mint of Joppa (in modern day Israel), dated RY 35 (251/0 BC). </p><p>Diademed head of Ptolemy I right.</p><p>Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; Joppa monogram and MT monogram to left, ΛE (date) and Θ to right.</p><p>(Heritage Auction 3040, September 2015.) </p><p><br /></p><p>It was under Ptolemy II that the Septuagint was initiated and completed.&nbsp; Some sources cite its completion as being in the same year my example is dated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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