Martinez believes this piece depicts Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s last Ptolemaic ruler ... found a limestone bust of a king wearing the Nemes headdress, commonly associated with pharaohs.

The Roman period in Egypt began in 30 B.C. after Cleopatra's death ... of another bust depicting a king wearing the "Nemes" — a headdress that goes over the head and down to the shoulders ...

When archaeologist Kathleen Martinez led her Egyptian-Dominican ... statue of a king wearing the Nemes headdress of 337 coins — many of which featured Cleopatra’s image — oil lamps, a ...