A 40 drachma coin from Alexandria that dates between 51 and 30 BC features Cleopatra’s likeness.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/10/beauty-secrets-cleopatra/

… So regardless of the material a sculptor may have chosen to use to summon Cleopatra’s powerful visage, there is no meaningful sense in which she—or anyone else of her era—would have identified as white.

Source: https://vdare.com/posts/nyt-cleopatra-was-black-because-it-makes-us-feel-good-to-say-she-was-black

With this new production, could I find the answers about Cleopatra’s heritage and release her from the stranglehold that Hollywood had placed on her image?

Source: https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/queen-cleopatra-black-netflix-egypt-1235590708/