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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: EgCollector on January 26, 2008, 09:05:00 AM

Title: Egypt 50 Piastres (2005)
Post by: EgCollector on January 26, 2008, 09:05:00 AM

Egypt 50 Piastres (2005) Cleopatra
(http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/eg_collector/2008126163531_Cleo.jpg)

Title: Re: Egypt 50 Piastres (2005)
Post by: EgCollector on January 26, 2008, 10:12:44 AM

(http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/eg_collector/200812617160_Cleo1.jpg)

Cleopatra was 17 or 18 when she became the queen of Egypt. She was far from beautiful, despite her glamorous image today. She is depicted on ancient coins with a long hooked nose and masculine features. Yet she was clearly a very seductive woman. She had an enchantingly musical voice and exuded charisma. She was also highly intelligent. She spoke nine languages (she was the first Ptolemy pharaoh who could actually speak Egyptian!) and proved to be a shrewd politician.

(http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/eg_collector/2008126171738_cleostat.jpg)

Title: Re: Egypt 50 Piastres (2005)
Post by: scottishmoney on January 26, 2008, 01:10:45 PM

Whatever her misgivings with feminine attraction, she surely made an impression on Marc Antony :o