Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt,ruling from 51 BC-30 BC. She was born in Alexandria,Egypt somewhere between 69 BC and 68 BC(the exact year is unclear) and ascended to power in 51 BC as a co-ruler of Egypt along with her brother Ptolemy XIII when their father Ptolemy XII died. She was a highly intelligent personable woman with a seductive voice and was politically astute but was she as beautiful and alluring as history has sometimes thought of her as and more specifically Hollywood has portrayed her as? By all accounts she wasn't and a Coin dating from the period when Cleopatra ruled over Egypt seems to re-enforce that opinion. The coin was discovered in Newcastle,England by Melanie Reed from Newcastle University, whose archaeology museum found the 5p-sized coin while researching a forgotten 18th century hoard left for years in a local bank. The two sided coin was in remarkable condition con...