[presidio9]

Although it is interesting to note that there is not historical account of Cleopatra being exceptionally beautiful until Shakespeare thought it would sell more tickets a millenium and a half later

Cleopatra Coin

[peterpaul12345]

"Although it is interesting to note that there is not historical account of Cleopatra being exceptionally beautiful until Shakespeare thought it would sell more tickets a millenium and a half later."

If I remember correctly several ancient sources claim Cleopatra to be attractive. It was Roman sources sympathetic to Octavian who mostly painted her in a negative light. From the coins and busts that are claimed to be Cleopatra in her younger years, I always pictured her something like this.