Ptolemy IX replaces the sarcophagus of Alexander…

81 BCE

Ptolemy IX replaces the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great with a glass one, and melts the original down in order to strike emergency gold issues of his coinage.

The citizens of Alexandria are outraged at this and soon after, Ptolemy IX is killed.

His strong-willed daughter and widow Berenice III, as his sole successor, takes the throne after his death.

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Alexandria > Al-Iskandariyah Al-Iskandariyah Egypt View →

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Berenice III View → Ptolemy IX Lathyros View →

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Greeks, Hellenistic View → Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom of View →

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