Cleopatra's ancestry was Macedonian (descended from Ptolemy, one of Alexander's generals), but one of her gradnmothers is unidentified, so some African American scholars have claimed Cleopatra as "black" on the assumption that the unknown grandparent was a native Egyptian (ergo "black"). This coin doesn't support the "Cleopatra was black" hypothesis.
It would support the hypothesis that the unknown grandparent was butt ugly, however.
Given the history of Egypt it is probable that she had an ancestor or two from what's now Ethiopia or The Sudan, but I'm sure she thought of herself as Greek-Egyptian considering the history and importance of those two lands.
I'm constantly butting heads with the Afrocentrists at work on the Black Cleopatra issue.They even put out a T-Shirt saying"Cleopatra,a Beautiful Black Woman"
I said what y'all need to do is rep Queen Ty,Tut's momma, on a T-shirt.She WAS black.
Sort of reminds me of Maxine Waters.