Eagle of Judaea

HAPPY 4th, Forum Friends!

I thought an eagle coin would be an appropriate posting today. Here's my rare (well-worn and handled by many ancient hands) Herod the Great (Graven Image) eagle lepton.

Feel free to post any of your eagles or well-worn coins.

 

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Here's my eagle (well, one of a few) Alexandria tet of Maximianus Herculis, 22mm 8.2 grams.

 

Nice Lepton @Deacon Ray ! I really enjoy the clean, simple graphics... it really shows off the message well.

Unfortunately, I cannot offer any of Herod. I am not a collector of Iudaen or Biblical coins like you are.

However, I like Eagles and have several.

Here is a harder one to get:

Alex III's Grandpappy:


Makedon Amyntas III 393-369 BC Herakles lion skin Eagle Serpent SNG ANS 100ff

 

I like how happy Zeus looks on this coin.

 

Happy 4th @Deacon Ray . Nice coin and graphics as always!

Here are a few eagles in my collection. The eagles that were shown on Greek, Egyptian and Levantine coins were probably Golden Eagles.

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Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt
Ptolemy I Soter, (305-282 BC)
AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, struck ca. 300-285 BC
Dia.: 26 mm
Wt.: 14.13 g
Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Δ behind ear
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt. P above monogram ΠΑΡ
Ref.: Noesje 41-42. SNG Copenhagen 70-71. Svoronos 255
Ex W.F. Stoecklin, Ex Karl Steiner (1940s), signed by Delta.
Write up:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/curtisimos-2017-an-overview-and-top-10.307792/


Seleucid Empire
Antiochos VII Sidites, 138-129 BC
AR Tetradrachm, Tyre mint, struck ca. 131-130 BC (SE 182)
Wt.: 13.47 g
Dia.: 28 mm
Obv.: Antiochus VII Diademed and draped bust right
Rev.: Eagle standing left on prow left; palm frond behind; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above BΠP (date); monogram between legs
Ref.: SC 2109.10c; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198
Write up:
The First Jewish Coin and its Modern
Descendant


Roman Empire
Constantine I, AD 306-337
AE Follis, Cyzicus mint, 6th officina, struck ca. 313-315
Dia.: 21 mm
Wt.: 3.8 g
Obv.: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; Laureate head right
Rev.: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI; Jupiter standing left, holding globe surmounted by Victory in right hand, holding scepter in left hand; eagle holding wreath in beak at left; S // SMK
Ref.: RIC VII 3
Ex JAZ Numismatics
Write up:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/jupiter-the-preserver.310491/

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Of course the eagle associated with the United States is the Bald Eagle



My bald eagle friend from a work trip a few months ago.

 

This one qualifies for the Eagle Reverse but the Obverse would take a lot of circulation to be called Worn.
Trajan, Gabala - Syria.
Weight 4.41g, Size 16.5mm

I have always liked this coin because of the bust being struck in high relief.

 

Great Graven Image!

In honor of July 4th, I will show an eagle picnic from Akragas. Rabbit and crab and shrimp, oh my!

 

Awesome lepton, Deacon Ray!

Here is my favourite well worn and rare eagle. You can't really see it, but it's there:



This is an AE Shekel of Jerusalem. There is only a small handful of these known to exist. Their existence is a mystery. There's no trace of silver, so they aren't fourees. David Hendin wrote an article about them in 1992.

I really hope that David, or someone else, revisits these funky oddities.

I got it from our good friend Warren a couple of years ago. I had to sell my silver shekel to my bro to get $$ to pay bills, but, this was a fantastic replacement at a small fraction of the cost of the original.

Happy 4th of July errbody!

Erin

 

What a great coin, @Deacon Ray ! Not an easy coin to come by either

@Alegandron, killer Amyntas III.

@Curtisimo, what a fantastically detailed Ptolemy I portrait tet!

Here's a well-worn eagle from the 87th Olympiad, 432 BCE.


ELIS, Olympia. 87th Olympiad, 432 BCE
AR hemidrachm, 16 mm, 2.7 gm
Obv: eagle, with wings displayed above, flying left, holding hare by its back and tearing at it with his beak
Rev: thunderbolt, with wings above and volutes below, within circular incuse; to right, A.
Ref: BCD Olympia -; BCD Peloponnesos -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Traité -; SNG Delepierre -; Pozzi -; Weber -; McClean -. The obverse type, combined with the form of the thunderbolt, with its broad, splayed wings, and the A on the reverse, is most similar to the stater of BCD 50.
ex Frank James Collection
ex Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Sale 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2216
ex BCD Collection (not in LHS or Leu sales)
ex Spink 90, 16 March 1992, lot 761 (part of)

 

WoWiE! Beautiful coin and wonderful presentation @Deacon Ray!!
Happy B Day Murica! Here's 4 eagles for the 4th...

 

God bless America, the greatest country in the entire universe. Yeah, even the Klingon Empire and the Vulcan Empire wishes they were American.



So Happy "Say Goodbye to Mad King George" day to all my fellow Americans, and everyone else here who secretly wishes they were American too. USA, USA, USA!

Here's an eagle....

 

Rare one Deacon Ray! Congrats and happy 4th!

Here a well worn AE
Cilicia, Antiocheia ad Cragum. Valerian I AE32

and a new AR.
Syria, Cyrrhestica, Hierapolis. Diadumenian AR Tetradrachm

 

Here come my judean eagles:

Herod the Great (37-4 BC).
Bronze lepton, Hendin 1190, Meshorer 23, RPC I 4909, 0.795g, 12.7mm, 270o, Jerusalem mint, obverse HRWD BASIL, cornucopia; reverse eagle standing.


Temple Tax. KP type. Silver half shekel, Hendin 920, SGICV 5209, very rough obverse, 5.900g, 19.3mm, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, 18 B.C. - 69 A.D.; obverse laureate head of Melqart right, lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TUROU IERAS KAI ASULOU, eagle standing left, right foot on ship's ram, palm frond behind, uncertain date & club left, KP and monogram right, Aramaic letter between legs.


Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 245, 168, rough, 12.235g, 26.9mm, Tyre mint, 47 - 46 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Melqart right, lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TUROU IERAS KAI ASULOU (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle left, right foot on ship's ram, palm frond under wing, date P (year 20) over club left, ODImonogram right, Phoenician letter beth between legs.

The coins are very far from being beautiful, but they have their great historical value and fit in my budget...

 

HowI wish I had the same sense of pride in my country ...
Here we live at “Panis et circensis” politics. Just thinking in soccer. Very sad...

 

The only eagle I have (other than modern coins) is this one. He lives near the house. He flies over fairly regular but in this photo he's on the ground eating his lunch. All I had was my cell so enlarged and you can see him. Wish I had a nice eagle ancient. One day.

 

I see him. He looks like a bald eagle. That's beautiful farmland!

 

That video is hilarious and moving at the same time.

 

The funny thing is that you don't have to go too many years back before this commercial was made to disprove the notion that America got cars right. While American cars today are ok, there was a time within most of our lifetimes that America made some real lemons in the car department. Perhaps none worse than the 1990 Chrysler Imperial.



You'd be forgiven for thinking you were staring at a mid-1970's vehicle instead of something from the 1990s. Hard to believe the nation that produced this vehicle was putting men on the moon as recently as 18 years previously. If the tired design didn't get you, the horrible suspension, non-existent breaks, or unresponsive steering would probably ensure you'd end up rolled over in a ditch sooner or later. That is provided the car actually worked in the first place, and provided the body panels didn't simply fall off or rust to oblivion before you had a chance to take it for it's first spin around the block.



This was supposed to be a luxury sedan, but the interior screamed OLD AND CHEAP. No tree or animal died to make that interior, instead it is a triumph of man-made synthetics. I think any poor unfortunate soul that was unlucky enough to be gifted one by their loved ones would have worn a paper bag over their heads as they drove this around town, less they be recognized and have their reputation ruined forever. Anyone under 55 years of age would sooner have walked or ridden a horse and wagon to work than be seen near this thing.

 

I chose an eagle with a curved thick beak on reverse of a coin under Caracalla which was struck in Cyprus. For the 4th of July I could find a paper bill with a red star to the left of the great man who made the most honorable Declaration in the history of America and Mankind.

 

Yes it's a young but mature Bald Eagle. He is so graceful yet soaring as if he owns this area. Than you and yes to beautiful farm land here.