Cleopatra
Perhaps the only known image of Egyptian queen Cleopatra is found on a tiny 2,000-year-old silver coin, and depicts her with a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose.
Anthony, her Roman lover, had bulging eyes, thick neck and a hook nose.
The size of a modern 5p piece (18mm or 0.7in), the artefact from 32BC was in a collection belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, which is being researched in preparation for the opening of a new Great North Museum.
The silver denarius coin would have been issued by the mint of Mark Antony.
On one side is the head of Mark Antony, bearing the caption "Antoni Armenia devicta" meaning "For Antony, Armenia having been vanquished".
Cleopatra appears on the reverse of the coin with the inscription "Cleopatra Reginae regum filiorumque regum", meaning "For Cleopatra, Queen of kings and of the children of kings".