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Cleopatra Not hot?

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iambrutus

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    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Shakespeare wrote that "age cannot wither her", but a 2,000-year-old Roman coin has shown that the Egyptian queen Cleopatra was by no means the fabled beauty of legend.
    Her image on a small silver denarius found by Newcastle University shows her with a pointed chin, thin lips and a sharp nose, according to British newspaper reports on Wednesday.
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    I think this is the coin:

    cleopatracoinft1.jpg


    And I also think it's safe to say that iambrutus would have hit it :biggrin:
     
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    BUCKYLE;751282; said:
    The other side looks to show a horse with wings. Maybe the depiction isn't all that accurate. :tongue2:
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    Heh good call, I reread the article, did a more refined search, then went to "The British Musem" website and found this:

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    Who would have thought that she'd be on more than one coin, gah.

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Mark Antony and Cleopatra [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
    Roman, 32 BC
    Issued in the eastern part of the Empire
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    OCBucksFan;751292; said:
    Heh good call, I reread the article, did a more refined search, then went to "The British Musem" website and found this:


    Who would have thought that she'd be on more than one coin, gah.
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    Yikes. Wich one is her?

    Seriously, that one looks like she has an addams apple.
     
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