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=Titles=
=Titles=
After assuming the purple, Ptolemy clad himself with the vestments of Egypt's traditional customs and religion bearing the title of Pharaoh. While the colloquial "Soter" (saviour) was coffered after a military victory.
[[Image:Ptolemy I Soter Coin Side A Bust.jpg|200px|right|Coin of Ptolemy I Soter]][[Image:Ptolemy I Soter - Coin - Side B - ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - Eagle clutches Lightning.jpg|200px|right|Coin of Ptolemy I Soter]]
After assuming the purple, Ptolemy clad himself with the vestments of Egypt's traditional customs and religion bearing the title of Pharaoh. While the colloquial "Soter" (saviour) was coffered after a military victory. Yet despite taking the title of Pharaoh, the coin shown still is classically greek in style.
The reverse of the coin on the right depicts the sacred bird of Zeus, the Eagle of the State cluching or perched on the sacred lightning of Zeus Kataibates, "Zeus who descends in lightning" declaring: "He who rules by Zeus' permission and will".
Meanwhile the coin reads in [[Greek]] ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ: "of King Ptolemy" or "of Ptolemy the King".
=Wars of the Successors=
=Wars of the Successors=