Harvard University classicist Irene Soto Marín tells Hyperallergic’s Isa Farfan that the image minted on the coins is an ...

She may be one of the most recognizable figures in history, but we have little idea what Cleopatra actually looked like. Only her coin portraits—issued in her lifetime, and which she likely ...

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 ...

The narrative of Cleopatra displays the art of balancing being a woman in power while also managing public perception. Laurie ...

“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.