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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2638619, member: 32619&quot;]I also like the type with the eagle on globe. Here&#039;s a provincial:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-25-marcianopolis-caracalla.3340/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Marcianopolis, Caracalla, AD 198-217</p><p>AE27, 10.2g, 6h.</p><p><i>Obv.</i>: ΠIOC AVΓ ANTΩNINOC; Laureate head right, seen from behind.</p><p><i>Rev.</i>: YΠ KYNTIΛIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (Quintillianus magistrate); Eagle standing left on globe, head right, holding wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another legionary eagle:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-67-elagabalus-legionary-standards.3649/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Elagabalus, AD 218-222</p><p>AE, 23mm, 6.41g; 12h; Nicaea, Bithynia</p><p>Obv.: M AVPH ANTΩNINOC AVG; Laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: N-IK-AI-E-[ΩN] beneath the masts of legionary standards; eagle facing, head right, wings spread, between two standards surmounted by capricorns.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something missing from my posts was an explanation of why these are my favorites. The tetradrachm from Antioch shows a large, powerful, and proud eagle. The eagle on the globe I see a representation of Roman dominance over the world. Did the ancients see it this way? Finally the legionary eagle representing Roman military dominance. I&#039;ll have to look over my coins and make sure I&#039;m not missing anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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