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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8067330, member: 110350"]My favorite Greek bird:</p><p><br /></p><p>Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, AΛEXANDROU. Price 2121 [Price, M., <i>The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus</i> (London, 1991)]; Pella database at <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;</a> Müller 847 [Müller, L., <i>Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque</i> (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. <i>Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, 21 Feb. 1986. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Roman Republican bird:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Q. Cassius Longinus, AR Denarius, 55 BCE [<i>Crawford</i>] or 53 BCE [<i>Harlan</i>], Rome Mint. Obv. Young male head of Genius Populi Romani [<i>Crawford & RCV</i>] or Bonus Eventus [<i>RSC & RRM II</i>] right, with flowing hair, scepter behind, border of dots / Rev. Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt, lituus [<i>curved augural staff used in reading auspices</i>] to left and capis [<i>jug used in same rituals</i>] to right, border of dots; Q • CASSIVS in exergue. Crawford 428/3, RSC I Cassia 7 (ill.), Sydenham 916, Sear RCV I 391 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 23 at pp. 180-187, BMCRR Rome 3868. 19 mm., 3.77 g., 6 h. [Footnote omitted]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398640[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus these little birds on an anonymous issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Anonymous AR Denarius, 115-114 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged Corinthian helmet; below, ROMA; behind, X [<i>despite earlier change from 10 to 16 asses in value</i>] / Rev. Roma, wearing Corinthian helmet, seated right on pile of shields, holding spear in left hand; helmet on ground between pile of shields and her right foot; before her, she-wolf right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus; on either side, birds flying. Crawford 287/1, RSC I 176 (ill.), Sear RCV I 164 (ill.). 20 mm., 3.07 g. <i>Ex. Silbury Coins, UK, Jan. 3, 2019. </i>[Footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398652[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Imperial birds:</p><p><br /></p><p>Divus Marcus Aurelius, AR Denarius, 180 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, DIVVS M AN-TONINVS PIVS / Rev. Eagle standing right on globe, head left, wings raised, CONSECRATIO. RIC III 273 (Commodus), RSC II 91 (MA), Sear RCV II 5974 (Commodus), BMCRE 20 (Commodus). 19 mm., 3.32 g. [<i>Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 214th Buy or Bid Sale, Dec. 2020, Lot 242</i>.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398641[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diva Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, after 175 AD, Rome mint. Obv. Draped bust right, DIVA FAV-STINA PIA / Rev. peacock standing right, CONSECRATIO. RIC III 744, RSC II 71. 19.18 mm., 3.23 g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398644[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Divus Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 211 AD, Rome Mint (struck under Caracalla). Obv. Bare head right, DIVO SEVERO PIO / Rev. Eagle standing three-quarters right on globe, head left, with wings spread and tail showing beneath wings to left, CONSECRATIO. RIC IV-1 Caracalla 191C, RSC III Severus 84a, Sear RCV II 7051 (ill. at p. 545). 19 mm., 3.28 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398642[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diva Mariniana (deceased wife of Valerian I), Silvered Billon Antoninianus. 254-258 AD, Viminacium [Rome?] Mint. Obv. DIVAE MARINIANAE, Veiled and draped bust right on crescent/ Rev. CONSECRATIO, Peacock standing, head right, tail in splendor. RSC IV 4, RIC V-1 4, Sear RCV III 10068. 21.5 mm., 3.9 g. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398643[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Roman Provincial birds:</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I Billon Tetradrachm, 247 AD [Year 3], Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Eagle standing right, wings spread with left wing behind leg, head right and holding wreath in beak, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Γ [= Year 3]; in exergue in two lines: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ/ S C. RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. VIII Online 29005 [temporary ID number] (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29005" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29005" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29005</a> ); Prieur 368, McAlee 908 (Series 4, Group (b), Type 2). 26.5 mm., 10.40 g., 7 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398645[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip II, billon Tetradrachm, 248-249 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, AYTOK K M IOΥΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB / Rev. Eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread, holding wreath in its beak, ΔHMAΡX EΞ OYCIAC YΠATO Δ [<i>4th consulship</i>]; ANTIOXIA / S C in two lines below eagle. Prieur 474 [Michel and Karin Prieur, <i>Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms</i> (London, 2000)]; BMC 20 Syria 560 [Warwick Wroth, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 20, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria</i> (London, 1899) at p. 218]; McAlee 1042 [Richard McAlee, <i>The Coins of Roman Antioch</i> (2007)]; RPC VIII No. 29020 <i>(<a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29020" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29020" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29020</a>)</i>. 27.15 mm., 14.00 g. <i>Ex. CNG Electronic Auction 466, April 22, 2020, part of Lot 728.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius, billon Tetradrachm, 249-251 AD, Syria Coele, Antioch Mint. Obv. Radiate bust right, three pellets below (•••), ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Eagle standing left on palm branch, wings spread, wreath in beak, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ [= Tribunicia Potestas], in exergue: S C. [Group II, Officina 3.] RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online IX 1644 (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644</a> ); Prieur 540 (11). McAlee 1120c. 24 mm., 12.85 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398647[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I admit that all the eagles and peacocks get repetitive, but I like them anyway! I've never eaten either, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Thanksgiving to all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8067330, member: 110350"]My favorite Greek bird: Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, AΛEXANDROU. Price 2121 [Price, M., [I]The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus[/I] (London, 1991)]; Pella database at [URL]http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;[/URL] Müller 847 [Müller, L., [I]Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque[/I] (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. [I]Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, 21 Feb. 1986. [/I] [ATTACH=full]1398649[/ATTACH] My favorite Roman Republican bird: Roman Republic, Q. Cassius Longinus, AR Denarius, 55 BCE [[I]Crawford[/I]] or 53 BCE [[I]Harlan[/I]], Rome Mint. Obv. Young male head of Genius Populi Romani [[I]Crawford & RCV[/I]] or Bonus Eventus [[I]RSC & RRM II[/I]] right, with flowing hair, scepter behind, border of dots / Rev. Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt, lituus [[I]curved augural staff used in reading auspices[/I]] to left and capis [[I]jug used in same rituals[/I]] to right, border of dots; Q • CASSIVS in exergue. Crawford 428/3, RSC I Cassia 7 (ill.), Sydenham 916, Sear RCV I 391 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 23 at pp. 180-187, BMCRR Rome 3868. 19 mm., 3.77 g., 6 h. [Footnote omitted] [ATTACH=full]1398640[/ATTACH] Plus these little birds on an anonymous issue: Roman Republic, Anonymous AR Denarius, 115-114 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged Corinthian helmet; below, ROMA; behind, X [[I]despite earlier change from 10 to 16 asses in value[/I]] / Rev. Roma, wearing Corinthian helmet, seated right on pile of shields, holding spear in left hand; helmet on ground between pile of shields and her right foot; before her, she-wolf right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus; on either side, birds flying. Crawford 287/1, RSC I 176 (ill.), Sear RCV I 164 (ill.). 20 mm., 3.07 g. [I]Ex. Silbury Coins, UK, Jan. 3, 2019. [/I][Footnote omitted.] [ATTACH=full]1398652[/ATTACH] My favorite Imperial birds: Divus Marcus Aurelius, AR Denarius, 180 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, DIVVS M AN-TONINVS PIVS / Rev. Eagle standing right on globe, head left, wings raised, CONSECRATIO. RIC III 273 (Commodus), RSC II 91 (MA), Sear RCV II 5974 (Commodus), BMCRE 20 (Commodus). 19 mm., 3.32 g. [[I]Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 214th Buy or Bid Sale, Dec. 2020, Lot 242[/I].] [ATTACH=full]1398641[/ATTACH] Diva Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, after 175 AD, Rome mint. Obv. Draped bust right, DIVA FAV-STINA PIA / Rev. peacock standing right, CONSECRATIO. RIC III 744, RSC II 71. 19.18 mm., 3.23 g. [ATTACH=full]1398644[/ATTACH] Divus Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 211 AD, Rome Mint (struck under Caracalla). Obv. Bare head right, DIVO SEVERO PIO / Rev. Eagle standing three-quarters right on globe, head left, with wings spread and tail showing beneath wings to left, CONSECRATIO. RIC IV-1 Caracalla 191C, RSC III Severus 84a, Sear RCV II 7051 (ill. at p. 545). 19 mm., 3.28 g. [ATTACH=full]1398642[/ATTACH] Diva Mariniana (deceased wife of Valerian I), Silvered Billon Antoninianus. 254-258 AD, Viminacium [Rome?] Mint. Obv. DIVAE MARINIANAE, Veiled and draped bust right on crescent/ Rev. CONSECRATIO, Peacock standing, head right, tail in splendor. RSC IV 4, RIC V-1 4, Sear RCV III 10068. 21.5 mm., 3.9 g. [ATTACH=full]1398643[/ATTACH] My favorite Roman Provincial birds: Philip I Billon Tetradrachm, 247 AD [Year 3], Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Eagle standing right, wings spread with left wing behind leg, head right and holding wreath in beak, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Γ [= Year 3]; in exergue in two lines: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ/ S C. RPC [[I]Roman Provincial Coinage[/I]] Vol. VIII Online 29005 [temporary ID number] (see [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29005[/URL] ); Prieur 368, McAlee 908 (Series 4, Group (b), Type 2). 26.5 mm., 10.40 g., 7 h. [ATTACH=full]1398645[/ATTACH] Philip II, billon Tetradrachm, 248-249 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, AYTOK K M IOΥΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB / Rev. Eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread, holding wreath in its beak, ΔHMAΡX EΞ OYCIAC YΠATO Δ [[I]4th consulship[/I]]; ANTIOXIA / S C in two lines below eagle. Prieur 474 [Michel and Karin Prieur, [I]Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms[/I] (London, 2000)]; BMC 20 Syria 560 [Warwick Wroth, [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 20, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria[/I] (London, 1899) at p. 218]; McAlee 1042 [Richard McAlee, [I]The Coins of Roman Antioch[/I] (2007)]; RPC VIII No. 29020 [I]([URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/29020[/URL])[/I]. 27.15 mm., 14.00 g. [I]Ex. CNG Electronic Auction 466, April 22, 2020, part of Lot 728. [/I] [ATTACH=full]1398646[/ATTACH] Trajan Decius, billon Tetradrachm, 249-251 AD, Syria Coele, Antioch Mint. Obv. Radiate bust right, three pellets below (•••), ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Eagle standing left on palm branch, wings spread, wreath in beak, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ [= Tribunicia Potestas], in exergue: S C. [Group II, Officina 3.] RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online IX 1644 (see [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644[/URL] ); Prieur 540 (11). McAlee 1120c. 24 mm., 12.85 g. [ATTACH=full]1398647[/ATTACH] I admit that all the eagles and peacocks get repetitive, but I like them anyway! I've never eaten either, though. Happy Thanksgiving to all.[/QUOTE]
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