Harvard University classicist Irene Soto Marín tells Hyperallergic’s Isa Farfan that the image minted on the coins is an “official” portrait of Cleopatra; currency like this helped cement ...

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...

“MARBLE PORTRAIT OF CLEOPATRA VII,” CA 50-30 B.C.; CHRISTOPH GERIGK, AT ALTES MUSEUM, BERLIN From that moment Martinez resolved to learn everything she could about the queen. She pored over ...

Cleopatra was the last of the Egyptian Pharaohs. This bronze coin, from the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Museum, is one of the best surviving examples of the rare portraits of Cleopatra.