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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OutsiderSubtype, post: 6643138, member: 112457&quot;]To add to what [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] said the closed monetary system where only Ptolemaic coins of a unique standard were allowed to circulate was a deliberate strategic choice by the kings.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the profit potential from confiscation / re-minting, the system ensured that Cyrenaica, Phoenicia, Cyprus etc. could only trade their strategic natural resources to Egypt. Timber for shipbuilding for example. The Ptolemies saw it as a &quot;national security&quot; concern to maintain their supplies of timber and metals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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