I still say that Cleopatra was beautiful. I know there’s been disparaging remarks made about her nose before, but this coin reveals that she had a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp, aquiline nose. (Somewhat like myself in fact.)
Better than Marc Antony anyway, with his bulging eyes, thick neck and nasty-looking hook nose.
This tiny coin shows the head of Marc Antony, while Cleopatra is on the reverse. The image on the coin is far from being that of Elizabeth Taylor, but old Marc bears a strong resemblance to Richard Burton.
Roman writers merely said that Cleopatra was intelligent, sharp-witted, possessed of good humour and with a wonderful laugh. No one ever said she was beautiful.
How is beauty defined anyway? Would a voluptuous beauty like Hélène Fourment, wife of the artist Rubens, be judged less attractive than one of the emaciated super models of today? Is gaunt beautiful?
Can you spare a dime for an old dame?Tags: Beauty
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