Berenice II Euergetis (Ptolemaic queen and co-regent, 267/266-221 BC)

Mints

Berenice II Euergetis (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC) was ruling queen of Cyrenaica from around 250 BC and queen and co-regent of Ptolemaic Egypt from 246 BC to 222 BC as the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes.

Die Studies

Item	Metal	Weight
Euhesperides (Ptolemy III), silver, didrachms (Berenike/club) (246-222 BCE)	Silver	2,430 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy IV), silver, decadrachms (35.5g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (211-210 BCE)	Silver	831 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms (14.1g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (211-210 BCE)	Silver	1,830 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), silver, 2 1/2 drachms (10.5g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Silver	49,411 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), silver, pentadrachms (20.5g) (Berenice/cornucopia between two pilei) (246-222 BCE)	Silver	5,912 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), silver, 15 drachms (53g) (Berenice/cornucopia between two pilei) (245 BCE)	Silver	3,371 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy IV), gold, octadrachms (27.8g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (211-210 BCE)	Gold	45,370 kg
Ephesus (Ptolemy III), gold, octadrachms (27.8g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (245 BCE)	Gold	12,955 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, pentadrachms (21.4g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Gold	57,224 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, decadrachms (42.8g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Gold	18,981 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, 2 1/2 drachms (10.7g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Gold	9,823 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, drachms (4.3g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Gold	2,193 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, hemidrachms (2.15g) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Gold	3,595 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, quarter drachms (1.05) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Gold	916 kg
Coele-Syria (uncertain Ptolemaic mint) (Ptolemy III), gold, tetartai (1.55) (Berenice/cornucopia) (246-222 BCE)	Gold	2,341 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coin	Metal	Date	Overstruck type
SO 956 - Ras Ibn Hani (Herakleia?) over Antioch		Bronze	267 BC ^JL
3069 - Seleuceia Pieria (Berenice II) (dichalkon Berenice/eagle) over Antioch (Antiochus II) (Apollo/Apollo) (MacDonald)		Bronze	267 BC ^JL