Cleopatra VII was the last of the Ptolemies. She became co-ruler of Egypt with Ptolemy XIII in 51 BC, but was driven out in 48 BC. Julius Caesar restored her to the throne and she bore him a child. She accompanied him to Rome in 46 BC where he was assassinated two years later. She then returned to Egypt where she met Mark Anthony and bore him twins. In 34 BC the formerly announced the division of Alexander the Great’s former empire between Cleopatra and her children. In 32 BC the Roman Emperor Octavian declared war on her, and in the following year the sea battle of Actium resulted in the collapse of her fortunes. Cleopatra committed suicide in 30 BC and Egypt passed to Roman hands.

This reproduction tetradrachm of Cleopatra is made from lead-free pewter. The information card is full colour on the front and has historical information on the reverse.