The Bird Thread - Let's celebrate our flying, feathered friends!

Alright, then:


Paulina, wife of Maximinus Thrax
Roman AR Denarius
Rome mint, AD 235-238
3.30 g, 21.1 mm
Obv: DIVA PAVLINA, veiled and draped bust, right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, Paulina seated to left on peacock flying right.
Refs: RIC 2; BMCRE 127; RCV 2369

 

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Lots of bird lovers here, that's great. I'll start with our bird that escaped one day and was exploring the house.


Nero
Year 110, 60/61 AD
Antioch Mint
AR Tetradrachm
Obvs: NEPΩNOΣ KAIΣAP OΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, Nero laureate right wearing aegis
Revs: Eagle left on thunderbolt; palm branch before. H IP to right
23x27mm, 14.8g

Antiochos VIII
Mint: Antioch
AE 19
121 to 113 BC
Obvs: No inscription. Antiochos radiate head right, within dotted border.
Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Eagle w/scepter facing left. Palm in ex.
19mm, 7.2g

Ptolemy III
246 to 222 BC
Mint: Alexandria
AE 42
Obvs: Zeus Amon right wearing tainia.
Revs: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle on thunderbolt. Cornucopia in field to left, Chi-Rho between legs.
42mm, 69.07g

Aretas IV
Mint: Petra
2 to 16 AD
Obvs: H monogram within laurel wreath.
Revs: Eagle standing left, H to right. Within dotted border.
AE 10x11mm, 1.2g

 

I forgot Domitian. There is an owl on the reverse next to Minerva's feet.



Anyway, I wish I were a bird today instead of an attorney. I spent all morning hunched up over a bunch of metal pieces and parts, taking photos and listening to forensic investigators and engineers, and trying to comprehend the jargon spewing from their mouths.

 

Wow, love those devices!

 

Great write-up @ValiantKnight ... Yeah, 25yo is an ENORMOUS responsibility to be running an Empire...

I have a few more Birds:


Egypt Ptolemy II 285-274 BC AE Obol 20mm 6.7g Alexander III Eagle Tbolt SV 601


My VERY FIRST coin from when I was 9 years old...


I enjoy a CONVOCATION of these...


Eagles on Makedonwn Coins are a little harder to find:

Makedon Amyntas III 393-369 BC Herakles lion skin Eagle Serpant SNG ANS 100ff O-R.jpg


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 16 Eagle Tbolt Crescent


Pre-Denarii Roman Republic:

RR Anon AE Sextans 217-215 BCE She-Wolf Twins Eagle
Syd 95 Craw 39/3 Sear 609

 

Those bird photos are beautiful! The pileated woodpecker images are fascinating.

 

Some very Hard-to-Find OWLS:


Athens 224-198 BC AE 12 Athena 2 Facing Owls RARE Agora 71


Sicily Kalakte AE unit 2nd C BCE Head Athena in Helmet - RARE

 

Great coins! Interesting to see all the different types. I only have a couple with Eagles, and some bird drawings I have done. Ptolemy IV Philopater 222-205 bc Perseus Ae 196-168 bc

 

nice coin...and cute feathered friends!

i have dad in syrian tet flavored....

 

How about a peacock?

 

Now that's a funny little video Chris.

 

I remember a Pileated Woodpecker landing in our Orchard when I was a kid. Incredible, dinosaur looking...and surprisingly large. My mother took pictures from our window. I looked it up (yeah, encyclopedia at the school library - this was B.C. you know...), and was amazed how scarce they were.

 

Here are some different birds.

 

Like others I havve several coins depicting birds. So here's one like yours:


Herennius Etruscus, AD 251
Tetradrachm, 27mm, 11.7g; 12h; Antioch, Syria
Obv.: EPENNE TPOY ME KY ΔEKIOC KECAP; bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, three dots beheath bust (=officiana 3)
Rev.: ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC; eagle standing right on palm branch, head right, tail left, wreath in beak
In Ex.: SC

Here's one I'm not sure if I've shared before:


Caracalla
AR tetradrachm, 27mm, 12.53g; 11h; Antioch AD 215-217
Obv.: ANTΩNEINOC CE AVT KMA; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind
Rev.: (dot) ΔHMAPX (dot); Eagle standing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head right, wreath in beak

 

Roman wall painting of a bird pecking at cherries from Herculaneum.

 

Time to bring back this hand drawn masterpiece by award-winning classical painter, Sallent.

 

Bro's birdie:



My birdie:



Me as a birdie:



Erin

 

CRAZY and beautiful birds!

 

I love that bird and remember it! I'm going to save a copy.

And hey - he's just big boned!

 

A lil bird -

A bigger Bird -

two NBA greats, too bad they played for other teams... Go Rockets