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CILICIA, Soloi AE25
Circa 100-30 BC
Diameter: 25 mm
Weight: 9.30 grams
Obverse: Aegis with winged facing gorgoneion in center
Reverse: Aphrodite riding galloping bull right; monogram to upper left
Reference: SNG France 1195 var. (owl to right); SNG Levante 870 var. (same)
Other: 12h, VF, dark green patina

 

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L Papius AR denarius serratus
79 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.40 grams
Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goatskin, snake behind (bankers marks on portrait?)
Reverse: Gryphon dancing right, Snake / dog. Symbol 122 (Rare and unusual symbol), L PAPI (exergue)
Reference: Syd 773, Cr384/1. Symbol 122
Other: nice silver tone … Better in hand!!

 

Ok then....

More owls....

 

An Egyptian imitative of an Athenian owl

 

Some Egyptian Eagles

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I Soter founder of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, 294 B.C., Silver Tetradrachm
Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
Rev:– ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram left
Minted in Alexandria, B.C. 294
Reference:– Svoronos 236, SNG Cop 75
14.379g, 29.9mm, 0o

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Soter (285 - 246 B.C.), Tetradrachm, Svoronos 774
Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY [SOTERWS], eagle standing left, head left, on thunderbolt, wings closed, PT and ME monograms left, date AL and Q right
Minted in Galilee, Ake Ptolemais, Year 31. B.C. 255
Reference:– BMC.112 var. Svoronos 774 pl. XXV/10 (4 ex.) SNG Cop.470. Delepierre- Gülnar 2/4074 pl. 129(6 ex.)

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-221 B.C., AE42
AE42
Obv:– Diademed head of Zeus Ammon right
Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS, eagle standing left, head left, on thunderbolt, wings closed, GreeK_Sigma between legs
Minted in Alexandria under Ptolemy III Euergetes or Ptolemy IV
Reference:- Svoronos 992

70.23g, 41.93mm, 0 degrees

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy IV Philopator (221 - 204 B.C.), AE Hemidrachm , Svoronos 1127

Obv:- Horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia;
Rev:- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, filleted cornucopia left, ∆Ι between eagle's legs
Minted in Alexandria
References:- Svoronos 1127; SNG Cop 202; Noeske 145; BMC Ptolemies p. 57, 109 - 110; Weiser 50 (Ptolemy II, 253 - 249 B.C.)

33.40 g. 33.72 mm

 

I'm sorry, I thought someone said fried chicken.......:devil:


You guys are posting some stellar stuff!

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 B.C., Tetradrachm, Svoronos 1489
Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS, eagle standing left, head left, on thunderbolt, wings closed
Minted in Alexandria, B.C. 180-145
Reference:– Svoronos 1489, SNG Cop 262

14.031g, 27.3m, 0o

 

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X Soter, 110 - 109 B.C. and 107 - 101 B.C., Tetradrachm
Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, L I (year 10 of Cleopatra's reign) left, PA right;
Minted in Paphos, B.C. 110
Reference:– Svoronos 1668, SNG Cop -, Noeske -,

14.258g, 24,1mm, 0o

 

Vespasian AR-Denarius
(69-79 AD) - Rome 76 AD
Weight: 3.4 grams
Obverse: Laureate head right, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Reverse: eagle standing facing on garlanded base, hd. l., COS VIII

 

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm
478-466 BC
Struck circa 478-475 BC
Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 16.90 grams
Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses
Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around
Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)
Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse
From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132




... ummm, I guess Nike flying above counts, eh?

 

Athenian Attic Owl AR Tetradrachm
Mint: in imitation of the contemporary coinage of Athens (Egypt or Syria)
Date: after circa 413 BC
Diameter: 26.4 mm x 22.2 mm
Weight: 15.2 grams
Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves along the front edge, palmette on bowl, and spiral behind ear, her hair drawn across forehead in parallel curves
Reverse: AOE (the first letter represented as a triangle) before owl standing right, head facing, in erect posture, olive sprig and lunar crescent in upper field to left, all within incuse square
Other: two deep test-cuts on owl's head and wing

 

Macedon Eion
460-400 BC
Diameter: 12 mm
Weight: 0.87 grams
Obverse: Goose standing right, head left; lizard above, H below
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square

 

SICILY, Akragas Æ Cast Onkia
Circa 450-440 BC
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 4.62 grams
Obverse: Eagle's head left
Reverse: Crab claw left
Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020
Other: 6h ... Near VF, brown patina
=> almond shaped cast bronze ... sometimes referred to as the first bronze coin

 

Bronze AE 12, SGCV I 2647; cf. BMC Corinth p. 53, 423 ff., aF, Corinth mint, weight 2.041g, maximum diameter 12.2mm, die axis 165o, c. 368 - 248 B.C.; obverse Pegasos flying left, koppa below; reverse ornate trident-head, uncertain symbols left, right or both; ex BCD Collection with his hand-written round tag, Ex Forvm

 

Moesia, Istrus AR Drachm
400-350 BC
Diameter: 19.52 mm
Weight: 4.75 grams
Obverse: two male heads facing, the left inverted
Reverse: Sea eagle flying left, attacking a dolphin

 

Cimmerian Bosporus, Pantikapaion Æ20 / GriffinDate: 4th Century BC
Measure: 20.06 mm
Weight: 6.85 grams
Obverse: Head of Pan right
Reverse: Π-A-N, Forepart of griffin left, sturgeon below
Attribution: MacDonald 69
Grade: Very Fine
Notes: A nice example with bold detail

 

Neapolis AR Nomos
320-300 BC
Diameter: 20.6 mm
Weight: 7.4 grams
Obverse: Diademed female head right (Parthenope, nymph)
Reverse: Man-headed bull walking right; Nike flying above, crowning bull, DI below