CLEOPATRA & MARK ANTONY Victory in ARMENIA Roman Coin

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[ 1920]Certified Authentic Ancient Coin of: Mark Antony & Queen Cleoptra of Egypt Silver Denarius 20mm (3.62 grams) Struck 32-31 B.C. Reference: RSC 1; B. Antonia 95; B.M.C., East, 179; Syd. 1210; Craw. 543/1 CLEOPATRAE REGINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM, her diademed bust right, prow before. ANTONI ARMENIA DEVICTA, his head right, Armenian tiara behind. The principal events commemorated by this denarius are the conquest of Armenia by Antony in B.C. 34, his subsequent triumph at Alexandria, the honors he conferred on Cleopatra, and the assistance which eh received from her in the supply of the ships. Cleopatra was the last queen of Egypt. She is credited with having been the mistress of both Caesar and Antony, her association with the latter is certain. After the defeat at Actium she fled to Alexandria, where after Antony's death she ended her own life in B.C. 30, being then in her thirty-ninth year.Provided with certificate of authenticity. CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC by Sergey Nechayev, PhD - Numismatic Expert Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek , Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ ; (Late 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) was an ancient Greek queen and the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt .She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty , a Greek royal family which ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great 's death during the Hellenistic period . The Ptolemies, throughout their dynasty, spoke Greek and refused to learn Egyptian , which is the reason that Greek as well as Egyptian languages were used on official court documents like the Rosetta Stone . By contrast, Cleopatra did learn Egyptian and represented herself as the reincarnation of an Egyptian goddess Isis .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.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 . Her unions with her brothers produced no children. After losing the Battle of Actium to Octavian's forces, Antony committed suicide. Cleopatra followed suit, according to tradition killing herself by means of an asp bite on August 12, 30 BC. She was briefly outlived by Caesarion, who was declared pharaoh, but he was soon killed on Octavian's orders. Egypt became the Roman province of Aegyptus .To this day, Cleopatra remains a popular figure in Western culture. Her legacy survives in numerous works of art and the many dramatizations of her story in literature and other media, including William Shakespeare 's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra , Jules Massenet 's opera Cléopâtre and the 1963 film Cleopatra . In most depictions, Cleopatra is put forward as a great beauty and her successive conquests of the world's most powerful men are taken to be proof of her aesthetic and sexual appeal. In his Pensées , philosopher Blaise Pascal contends that Cleopatra's classically beautiful profile changed world history: "Cleopatra's nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed." Marcus Antonius (in Latin : M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ) ( c. January 14, 83 BC–August 1, 30 BC), known in English as Mark Antony , was a Roman politician and General . He was an important supporter and the loyal friend of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, being Caesar's second cousin, once removed, by his mother Julia Antonia . After Caesar's assassination , Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian ( Augustus ) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate .The triumvi... read more

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