EGYPTIAN COINS FEATURE CLEOPATRA

Once again, a find of coins is helping to identify the age of an archaeological dig site. A recent discovery at the Temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria in Egypt, includes 337 coins on which Cleopatra VII is depicted. Cleopatra VII (69–31 B.C.) is the famous Cleopatra of history, movies, and books. She was the final active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, Cyrene, and Cyprus, ruling between 51 and 30 B.C. Her father, Ptolemy XII, struggled to hold onto power as Rome pressed its influence over Egypt. Ptolemy XII was exiled and replaced by Cleopatra Tryphaena, who died soon after and was succeeded by Berenice IV. Ptolemy XII regained the throne alongside his daughter Cleopatra VII as co-ruler in 55 B.C. with the help of Rome. This Cleopatra’s brother, Ptolemy…

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World Coin News (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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