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A work made of bronze.

Coin Portraying Queen Cleopatra I as the Goddess Isis

146-127 BCE, issued by Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II

Greek; minted in Paphos, Cyprus

Egypt

The front of this coin depicts the queen Cleopatra I as the goddess Isis.

On the back, an eagle is shown standing on a thunder bolt.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium