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Coin portraits in particular show how Cleopatra wanted to be presented. Though varied in their facial features, her portraits emphasize her position of power as Ptolemaic queen.
Sculptural portrait attributed to Cleopatra (Gregorian Profane Museum, Vatican Museums, Rome, inv.no. 38511; CC BY-SA 4.0); Silver denarius with the diademed portrait of Cleopatra “Queen of Kings, and Sons of Kings” (Numismatica Ars Classica 106, 9-10 May 2018, lot 524); bronze 80-drachmae, struck in Alexandria (Triton V, 15 Jan 2002, lot 574); background relief scene depicting Cleopatra and her son Ptolemy Caesarion before the gods of Dendera, Upper Egypt (mirrored).
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