Book Title: Parergon, siue, Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae

Author: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Image Title: Coins of Ptolemy

Description: An image of two coins bearing the name Ptolemy, the name of several rulers of Egypt after the conquest of Alexander the Great. The first coin bears the head of Zeus or one of the Ptolemies on the obverse and an eagle standing on a thunderbolt on the reverse.

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