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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3123747, member: 83845&quot;]Happy 4th [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] .&nbsp; Nice coin and graphics as always!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few eagles in my collection.&nbsp; The eagles that were shown on Greek, Egyptian and Levantine coins were probably Golden Eagles.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">........................................</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795463[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt</font></p><p><font size="3">Ptolemy I Soter, (305-282 BC)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, struck ca. 300-285 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 26 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 14.13 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Δ behind ear</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt. P above monogram ΠΑΡ</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Noesje 41-42. SNG Copenhagen 70-71. Svoronos 255</font></p><p><i><font size="3">Ex W.F. Stoecklin, Ex Karl Steiner (1940s), signed by Delta.</font></i></p><p><b>Write up:</b></p><p><b><u><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/curtisimos-2017-an-overview-and-top-10.307792/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/curtisimos-2017-an-overview-and-top-10.307792/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/curtisimos-2017-an-overview-and-top-10.307792/</a></u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795464[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Seleucid Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Antiochos VII Sidites, 138-129 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Tetradrachm, Tyre mint, struck ca. 131-130 BC (SE 182)</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 13.47 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 28 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Antiochus VII Diademed and draped bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">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</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: SC 2109.10c; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198</font></p><p><b>Write up:</b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/">The First Jewish Coin and its Modern </a></b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/">Descendant</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795466[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Constantine I, AD 306-337</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Follis, Cyzicus mint, 6th officina, struck ca. 313-315</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 21 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.8 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; Laureate head right</font></p><p><font size="3">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</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VII 3</font></p><p><i><font size="3">Ex JAZ Numismatics</font></i></p><p><b>Write up:</b></p><p><b><u><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/jupiter-the-preserver.310491/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/jupiter-the-preserver.310491/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/jupiter-the-preserver.310491/</a></u></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">......................................</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the eagle associated with the United States is the Bald Eagle</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795477[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795472[/ATTACH]</p><p>My bald eagle friend from a work trip a few months ago.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795479[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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