CLEOPATRA Egypt Queen Silver Palladium Gold Gemstone Coin 2 Oz 50$ Fiji 2012

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CLEOPATRA The coin is ennobled with pure palladium and gilded with 24-carat gold. Silver Gilded Coin CLEOPATRA 2012 with Palladium, Fiji - 2 oz Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator, known to history as Cleopatra, was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.She is by far one of the most ever famous queens of all times in ancient Egypt. Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria. Cleopatra originally ruled jointly with her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, and later with her brothers, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, whom she married as per Egyptian custom, but eventually she became sole ruler. As pharaoh, she consummated a liaison with Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne. She later elevated her son with Caesar, Caesarion, to co-ruler in name.She came to reign in 51 B.C.and was of 17 years of age. She was the only Ptolemic Pharoah to speak the Egyptian language. She also took on the Egyptian religion. She was very intelligent and was a shrewd politician with an extraordinary charisma. However, she was not beautiful and had a much masculine features.After Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, she aligned with Mark Antony in opposition to Caesar's legal heir, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (later known as Augustus). With Antony, she bore the twins Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios, and another son, Ptolemy Philadelphus.After losing read more

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