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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2224739, member: 56859&quot;]It&#039;s <b>E</b> day!&nbsp; Can you imagine what this thread would be like on the US coin board? Yawn.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]436478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>E</b>agles have been popular numismatic devices for almost as long as coins have existed.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9d61a2b3f4a7432e8839a335c8accef5.jpg_srb_p_1000_467_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia. 103rd Olympiad</b></p><p><b>368 BCE</b></p><p>AR drachm, 21 mm, 5.7 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Hera right, wearing pendant earring and stephane ornamented with palmettes with H-R-A inscribed between them, [F-A across fields]</p><p>Rev: eagle with spread wings standing left, head reverted</p><p>Ref: Pozzi 1846 (same dies); Jameson 1240 = Seltman pl. xii, 8 (same dies); BMC 91 (same dies); BCD Olympia 113 (same dies)</p><p>ex Frank James Collection</p><p><i>At the ancient Olympic Games in Elis, attendees were required to use local coinage. Profit from the money exchange was used to fund the games to maintain the sanctuary.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1c44f42be8da494db65bc4895aa17f40.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy III Euergetes</b></p><p>246-222 BCE</p><p>AE35, 35.53 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of Zeus Ammon right with ram&#039;s horn, wearing taenia diadem</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopia left; XP monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Svoronos 965</p><p><i>Formerly slabbed; NGC ChVF*, strike 5/5, surface 4/5</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ff6055d603b844998942ed2bc3a1859e.jpg_srb_p_1000_513_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Claudius II Gothicus</b></p><p>year 1, CE 268</p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVTKKΛAΔIOCCEB; laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; eagle standing right, head left, wreath in beak; L- A in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 3878(1), R1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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