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It was always clear that Keraunos was to succeed king Ptolemy, but towards the end of his reign, he started to prefer Philadelphus. The reason that is usually given is a court intrigue in which Eurydice and Berenice played a role, and this may or may not be true. Anyhow, Philadelphus became heir apparent and is mentioned in several papyri from the years 285-283 as king Ptolemy's co-ruler. He was crowned as pharaoh on 7 January 282.
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Ptolemy in Egypt solidified control before Seleukos did in Syria and took control of Judaea and Jerusalem. Ptolemy produced the coin below which is the first coin in history to unambiguously represent the portrait of a ruler. Prior to this all, only gods and deities were presented on portrait form.
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In his cosmogonic depiction of the universe, Ptolemy referred to an extensive system of aeons, emanated from a monadic spiritual source. Thirty of these, as he believes, rule the higher world, the
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