Silver Money Clip - Cleo

CLEO'S MONEY CLIP
Solid Silver 'Cleopatra' Money Clip - unique and 'one of a kind'

This item is truly a piece of art, handcrafted to perfection and very practical to safely hold your notes in your pocket.
An unusual item of beauty and sound investment, makes a great gift for anyone to treasure.

Total silver weight = 21.4 g
Length = 5.5 cm
Width = 2.5 cm

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Both the (Cleo and Ankh) money clips are featured together to simply illustrate their differences in size.

About Cleopatra: Late 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC, was the last active pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, only shortly survived by her son, Caesarion as pharaoh. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Ptolemaic Egypt after Alexander the Great's death during the Hellenistic period. The Ptolemies, throughout their dynasty, spoke Greek and refused to speak Egyptian, which is the reason that Greek as well as Egyptian languages were used on official court documents such as the Rosetta Stone. By contrast, Cleopatra did learn to speak Egyptian and represented herself as the reincarnation of an Egyptian goddess, Isis.

Cleopatra originally ruled jointly with her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, and later with her brothers, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, whom she married as per Egyptian custom, but eventually she became sole ruler. As pharaoh, she consummated a liaison with Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne. She later elevated her son’s status to that of Caesar, hence ‘Caesarion’, to co-ruler in name.

After Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, she aligned with Mark Antony in opposition to Caesar's legal heir, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (later known as Augustus). With Antony, she bore the twins Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios, and another son, Ptolemy Philadelphus (her unions with her brothers had produced no children). After losing the Battle of Actium to Octavian's forces, Antony committed suicide. Cleopatra followed suit, according to tradition, killing herself by means of an asp bite on August 12, 30 BC. She was briefly outlived by Caesarion, who was declared pharaoh by his supporters but soon killed on Octavian's orders. Egypt became the Roman province of Aegyptus.

To this day, Cleopatra remains a popular figure in Western culture. Her legacy survives in numerous works of art and the many dramatisations of her story in literature and other media, including William Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, Jules Massenet's opera Cléopâtre and the 1963 film Cleopatra. In most depictions, Cleopatra is portrayed as a great beauty, and her successive conquests of the world's most powerful men are taken as proof of her aesthetic and sexual appeal.

Cleopatra was a Ptolemaic (Greek) regent of Egypt who was famous for consolidating power between Hellenistic Egypt and the waxing Roman Empire. She was incredibly intelligent and was famed for her ability and willingness to translate sex appeal into political prowess.
The usual historical interpretation is that her physical attractiveness was exaggerated in latter-day imagery as a way to short-sell her as a sex object, rather than just conceding that she was desirable (by none less than Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony) because of her brilliance and power. That is, her sexiness didn't make her powerful, her power made her sexy. She didn't have an afro, but her trademark look was supposedly black-painted upper eyelids and turquoise lower eyelids.