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

Alexander the Great, Alexander III, silver drachm, Abydus, Struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos
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Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, MI monogram in left field, Ivy Leaf beneath throne
Minted in Abydus mint. circa 310-301 BC. Struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos.
Reference:– Price 1527. Müller 254. Thomson ADM II series XIV, 247-65.


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Alexander the Great, Alexander III, silver drachm, Abydus, Struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos
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Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, lion right looking left in left field, Ivy Leaf beneath throne
Minted in Abydus mint. c. 310-301 BC. Struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos.
Reference:– Price 1554. Müller 327. Thomson ADM II series XIV, 206-215.


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Alexander III The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime Issue, Silver tetradrachm, Price 3599 (same dies)
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Silver tetradrachm
Obv:- Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:- ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, monogram and M below throne;
Price 3599 (same dies), Müller 67, 17.206g, 25.9mm, 255o, Babylon mint, lifetime issue, c. 325 - 323 B.C.;
EF, obverse off-center;

Dies by 'The Alexander Dekadrachm Master'. From the same highly-skilled hand as the famous dekadrachms, including Price 3598, with which this shares all symbols and their arrangement. A massive issue of coinage was struck for the mass-weddings of the soldiers of Alexander the Great to Persian women, and their subsequent return to Macedonia. The best style of the lengthy issue of Alexander coinage

 

Alexander the Great, Alexander III, silver tetradrachm, Marathus
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Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– BASILEOS ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, Anchor, EP monogram in left field, HD monogram beneath throne
Minted in Marathus mint.c. 323-300 BC
Reference:– Price 3438.

 

maridvnvm => I figured that you'd make a charge right at the end!! => awesome Alex III drachms!!)

:bow:

 

Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, Phaselis
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Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, IA/F in left field
Minted in Phaselis mint. Civic issue, dated CY 11 (208/7 BC).
Reference:– Price 2849

 

Just swinging in with some Tets....

 

Athens, Silver tetradrachm
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Obv:– Head of Athena right, droopy eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and bent-back palmette, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves.
Rev:– ΑΘΕ, right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square;
Minted in Athens from . B.C. 449 - 413.
Reference:– SNG Cop 31 ff., SGCV I 2526

Test cut on Athena's neck, bankers mark on jaw with graffiti on cheek. Small test cut through eye of owl and running in the field to the right of the owl through the leg.

17.06g, 23.32mm, 90o

 

Athens, Silver tetradrachm
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Obv:– Head of Athena right, droopy eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and bent-back palmette, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves.
Rev:– ΑΘΕ, right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square;
Minted in Athens from . B.C. 449 - 413.
Reference:– SNG Cop 31 ff., SGCV I 2526

 

Egypt, Athens Imitative, Silver tetradrachm
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Obv:– Head of Athena right, droopy eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and bent-back palmette, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves.
Rev:– ΑΘΕ, right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square;
Minted in Egypt from . B.C. 420 - 380.
Reference:– cf. SNG Cop 31 ff., SGCV I 2526 (Athens),

Ex- Forum Ancient Coins where they graded it VF. The metal did not fill the die completely on the obverse resulting in the rough flat high area near Athena's temple. A test cut on the reverse was filled with pitch in antiquity.

The silver is quite bright making it relatively tricky to photograph.

From the Harald Ulrik Sverdrup Collection. Ex CNG. From a small hoard of 5 Athenian and 4 Athenian imitative issues.

"Athenian tetradrachms with this droopy eye and bent back palmette have been identified as Egyptian imitative issues because they are most frequently found in Egypt and rarely in Greece.

Early in his reign the Egyptian Pharaoh Hakor, who ruled from 393 to 380 B.C., revolted against his overlord, the Persian King Artaxerxes. In 390 B.C. Hakor joined a tripartite alliance with Athens and King Evagoras of Cyprus. Persian attacks on Egypt in 385 and 383 were repulsed by Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries under the command of the Athenian general Chabrias. Perhaps these coins were struck to pay the general and his Greek mercenaries."

 

Athens, AR Tetradrachm, ca 393-350 BC
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Obv:– Head of Athena right with realistic profile eye, wearing crested Attic helmet, earring and necklace, bowl ornamented with spiral and three olive leaves .
Rev:– ATE, right, Owl standing right, head facing, crescent and olive sprig with berry behind
Minted in Athens from . c.393-350 B.C.
Reference:– SNG Cop 64, SGCV I 2537


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Right-on!! => the more the merrier!!

 

Julia Domna, AE23, Antioch Pisidia, Men
AE23
Obv:– IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right
Rev:– ANTIOC-H MENCIS, Mên standing right, holding sceptre and Nike with trophy in left hand, sceptre in right; rooster to left and bucranium at feet
Minted in Pisidia, Antioch

 

Rooster, huh => you're bringin' in the barn-yard fowl now, eh? (well played)

 

Septimius Severus, AE23, Pisidia, Antioch, Men
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Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP, Radiate bust right
Rev:– ANTIOCH COLONIA CCA, Mên standing facing, head right, wearing phrygian head, holding sceptre and Nike, left foot on bucranium (cowhead); to left, a rooster


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Sometimes it is asked if it might be appropriate to call Provincials by the names of similar Roman coins. In this case, the size and radiate crown looks like a dupondius. I'll add my AE31 'sestertius'.

 

Doug,
I have wanted a Sestertius size example for years. Such an impressive looking coin.
Martin

 

Macrinus, Billon Tetradrachm - Prieur 889
Obv:– AVT K MA OP CE MAKPEINOC CE, laureate draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:– DHMARC EX VPATOC D, eagle standing facing, feet set on letters B and E, wings open, head left with wreath in beak, palm to left, bird between legs
Minted in Beroea, Cyrrhestica, Syria.
Reference:– SGI 2945. Bellinger 88. Prieur 889

Weight 12.39g. 26.29mm.

 

Philip I, Billon Tetradrachm - SNGCop 269
Obv:– AVTOK K M IOVLI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:– DEMARC EXOVCIAC VPATO D, eagle standing right with wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA SC below
Minted in Antioch, Syria. Dated 4th consulship A.D. 249
Reference:– SNGCop 269

Weight 12.39g. 27.42mm

 

Trajan Decius, Billon Tetradrachm - Prieur 524
Obv:– AVT K G ME KY DEKIOC TPAIANOC CEB, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
Rev:– DHMAPX EXOYCIAC, Eagle standing left on palm branch, wings spread, wreath in beak; S C in ex.
Minted in Antioch.
Reference:– Prieur 524

Weight 10.04g. 24.88mm