=> Show us yer "Eagles & Owls" and/or any of dem other birds!!

Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 5, Eagle right
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Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Eagle standing right, head left with wreath in beak
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 5. (L in left field, E in right field). A.D. 279-280
Milne 4606. Emmett 3983(5) R1. Curtis 1859. BMC 2429.


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Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 6, Eagle left
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Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Eagle standing facing left, head right, with wreath in beak
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 6. (L in left field, S in right field). A.D. 280-281
Milne 4629. Emmett 3984(6) R1. Curtis 1863. BMC 2430

 

What's with all the Probus coins Martin?

 

Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 6, Eagle right
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Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Eagle standing facing right, wings open, with wreath in beak
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 6. (L in left field, S in right field). A.D. 280-281
Milne 4631. Emmett 3982 (6) R1. Curtis 1872. BMC 2435

 

Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 7, Eagle
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Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Eagle standing left, head right with wreath in beak
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 7. (L in left field, Z in right field)
Milne 4640. Emmett 3884(7) R1. Curtis 1864. BMC 2431. Köln 3155. Dattari 5555


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Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 7, Eagle
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Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Eagle standing right, head right, wings spread, wreath in beak
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 7. (L in left field, Z in right field)
Milne 4649. Emmett 3982(7) R1. Curtis 1873. BMC 2436

 

Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 7, Eagle
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Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 7. (L in left field, Z in right field)
Milne 4640. Emmett 3884(7) R1. Curtis 1864. BMC 2431

 

These are just my Probus Alexandrian eagles. My wider collection of Probus coins from Alexandria can be seen here:-

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1721

 

I know it's all ancients so far as I can see but I already set up these eagle images and I guess I'll post them anyway. Hope ya don't mind.
1813 1814 and 1815 Lower Canada Halfpenny Tokens.

 

We don't mind at all. The subject for the thread is "owls and Eagles and other birds. Nice coins btw.

 

Nice collection Martin. It must have taken a while to put that together. :thumb:

 

heres a couple of mine

 

I like these but know nothing about them. What circumstances caused tokens to be issued in this time and place? The obverse is related to standard British coins but why was the eagle used? It looks rather like something I would expect on a US coin.

 

Hi Wheezy ... nice of you to crash the ol' bird thread!!

Nice to be coinin' with you again!!

Cheers

 

Hey, maybe they're actually dirty ol' northern Canadian Ravens? .... man, those things are scary huge!!

=> I swear that I'm gonna see one flyin' away with the neighbor's cat in it's talons!! ... plus, they're pretty smart (they bounce up and down on the garbage can lids until they either tip over the cans, or the lid pops off)

... dirty ol' ravens!!

 

Glad you like it.
It took quite a few years to put together just the Alexandrian section but it was only a distraction from my other collections.

The only major type I think I am missing is the Emperor on horseback type, which is an R5 (only 1 example known) and so a tough ask. I do have one other R5 in there though. I haven't added anything to that section of my collection in a couple of years now.
Martin

 

Burmese Kiat 1851

 

i only have one ancient with a bird, and a claudius ii in pretty bad shape...so i'll post this one i got a couple days ago.

 

A man of many marks....more eagles

Germany, The Third Reich ,

1939 A - Berlin Mint - Silver 2 Reich Mark

1938 D - Munich Mint - Silver 2 Reich Mark

1936 D - Munich Mint- Silver 5 Reich Mark

1936 F - Stuttgart Mint - Silver 5 Reich Mark:devil:

 

They needed tokens due to a lack of official change (not enough was being sent from Britain) and a lack of other countries coins meant that the colonists needed to make tokens to be used.

I believe the Eagle was used as it was similar to other tokens (made in the US) that were in circulation in Canada at the time. The specific Colonial Token I think that it was copying the looks of is the Massachusetts Half Cent.