The Beauty of Cleopatra...

[sechan19]

...has apparently been called into question by the discovery of an ancient Roman denarion that features her image on its face. This coin languished in obscurity in a bank for years before being displayed by the University of York in Britain.

The coin shows a supposedly ugly Cleopatra and has caused many in the field to re-evaluate the traditional image of Cleopatra as one of the world's great beauties. Some are championing the notion that the great queen was loved for her mind rather than her face, a nice concept. Of course, I'm not certain that a two-thousand-year-old coin is a solid enough piece of evidence to base such a judgment on, but it's intriguing nonetheless.

Egyptian Queen Cleopatra Was No Stunner, Coin Shows (Yahoo! News)

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[alonewolverine.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I only said beauty shmooty cause it rhymed. It's true, that coin is a mess, and probably not a very accurate representation of the Ms'. Who knows how many bankers hands its taken a turn with after so many years.