I have only one ancient coin with an eagle on it and here it is. I recently purchased it from my favorite ancient coin dealer in Israel. I believe it's a silver Ptolemaic drachm. Does anyone have an ancient eagle they would like to show?
A few of my favorite eagles. A serrate denarius of A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, circa 81 B.C.: And another of Marc Antony, legion XV, circa 32-31 B.C.:
Nice eagle Deacon Ray! I have a few "king of the skies" and messenger of the gods Roman city coins. Alexandria, Egypt. Gallienus tetradrachm Caria, Ceramos. Antonininus Pius AE33 Zeus Chrysaoreus Cilicia, Antiocheia ad Cragum. Valerian AE32 Lydia, Thyateira. Pseudo-autonomus AE23 Artemis Boreitene
AEOLIS, KYME AR Hemiobol OBVERSE: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly off flan) REVERSE: Quadrapartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern Struck at Aeolis, 450BC .46g, 7mm SNG Cop 32 THRACE, ISTROS AR Drachm OBVERSE: Facing male heads, the left inverted (Polydeuces Castor and Pollucs (AKA Dioskuri) REVERSE: Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ISTRIH above, Q between wing and tail, K beneath dolphin Struck at Istros, 400-300BC 5.3g, 19mm AMNG 434 AEOLIS, KYME AE 11 OBVERSE: AΡIΣT-ANΔΡOΣ, eagle standing right REVERSE: K-Y, one-handled vase Struck at Aeolis, 300-200BC 1.36g, 11mm Sear #4187; SNG Copenhagen 41-3 PTOLEMY IV AE36 OBVERSE: Diademed head of Zeus Ammon right REVERSE: PTOLEMIAOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking back at cornucopiae under right wing Struck at Egypt 221-205 BC 46.4g, 36mm SNG Cop 221 PTOLEMY VI AE20 OBVERSE: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right REVERSE: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae before Struck at CYPRUS 180-176 BC 6.11g, 20mm Svoronos 1426, SNG Cop 315 M. PLAETORIUS M.F. CESTIANUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS PLAETORIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Bust of an Vacuna right, wearing a wreathed and crested helmet, bow and quiver on shoulder, cornucopiae below chin REVERSE: M PLAETORIVS M F AED CVR Eagle right, on thunderbolt, head left Rome 67 BC 3.7g, 18 mm Cr409/1; Syd 809; Plaetoria 4 ALEXANDRIA TROAS CIVIC ISSUE AE 19 OBVERSE: CO-L TRO, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right; vexillum behind REVERSE: CO-L AVG, TRO in exergue, eagle standing right on the forepart of a bull Struck at Alexandria Troas, Third Century AD 5.06g, 19mm SNG Cop 117 ELAGABALUS AE26 OBVERSE: AVT M AVRH ANTWEINOC, Laureate head right REVERSE: UP NOBIOU ROUFOU NIKOPOLITWN PROCI-CT-PO-N, eagle standing facing, wings open, head left with wreath in its beak Struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum, 218-222 AD 14.13g, 26mm Moushmov 1433
I love the Eagle on this one... cool history: The Revered Legio X from Caesar that Marc Antony inherited. Good eagle on the reverse, with a couple bankers marks... Does anyone know if the B on the reverse is a bankers mark? or is it Graffito? Roman Imperatorial Marc Antony 32-31 BCE AR Denarius Legio X (Caesar) B bankers mark, Eagle, Galley, Flanking Standards
Big Eagle on the left (Napoleon) defeated at Leipzig 1813 by the coalition forces. a prélude for the Battle at Waterloo in 1815
The only thing I see wrong with that thistle and friends is that it must make you really want a dekadrachm from the set. http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/Revie...-NAC-AG-CH-Zurich-17-October-2012/10?&id=1158