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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4612798, member: 110350"]A Ptolemaic eagle:</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), ca.180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [Sear, David, <i>Greek Coins & their Values</i>, <i>Vol. II: Asia & Africa</i> (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5) [Svoronos, J.N., <i>Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion </i> (Athens, 1904-08)] (see <a href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html</a> [incorrectly attributed to Ptolemy VIII]); SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum</i>, <i>Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies</i> (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC 6 Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [Poole, R.S., <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt</i> (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142443[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorite wolves (the only one I have without Romulus and Remus):</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-number (L[in archaic form of upside-down T]XXXVIIII = 89) behind/ Rev. She-wolf standing left with right front paw raised, ROMA above, P. SATRIE-NVS in two lines below. RSC I Satriena 1, Crawford 388/1b, Sear RCV I 319 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 15 at pp. 92-97, BMCRR Rome 3209-3237 [<i>no entry for control no. 89; cf. 3236 (no. 99)</i>]. 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142444[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4612798, member: 110350"]A Ptolemaic eagle: Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), ca.180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [Sear, David, [I]Greek Coins & their Values[/I], [I]Vol. II: Asia & Africa[/I] (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5) [Svoronos, J.N., [I]Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion [/I] (Athens, 1904-08)] (see [URL]https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html[/URL] [incorrectly attributed to Ptolemy VIII]); SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum[/I], [I]Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies[/I] (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC 6 Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [Poole, R.S., [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt[/I] (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g. [ATTACH=full]1142443[/ATTACH] One of my favorite wolves (the only one I have without Romulus and Remus): Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-number (L[in archaic form of upside-down T]XXXVIIII = 89) behind/ Rev. She-wolf standing left with right front paw raised, ROMA above, P. SATRIE-NVS in two lines below. RSC I Satriena 1, Crawford 388/1b, Sear RCV I 319 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 15 at pp. 92-97, BMCRR Rome 3209-3237 [[I]no entry for control no. 89; cf. 3236 (no. 99)[/I]]. 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr. [ATTACH=full]1142444[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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