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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7529110, member: 110350"]Here's a coin with two little falcons if one looks carefully:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, AE Diobol, Year 16 (131/132 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Isis as mother, crowned with disk and horns, seated right on throne, offering left breast to infant Harpocrates (Horus-as-child) sitting on her knee crowned with skhent;<b> on corners of back of throne, two hawks/falcons (representing Horus), facing each other, each wearing skhent,</b> L - IϚ [= Year 16] across fields. Emmett 1138.16 [Emmett, Keith, <i>Alexandrian Coins</i> (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. III 5813 (2015); RPC III Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5813" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5813" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5813</a>; BMC 16 Alexandria 762 at p. 90 & PL. XVI [Pool, Reginald Stuart, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria</i> (London, 1892)]; Dattari (Savio) 1749 [Savio, A. ed., <i>Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini</i> (Trieste, 2007)]; K&G 32.530 [Kampmann, Ursula & Granschow, Thomas, <i>Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria</i> (2008)]. <i>Purchased from Shick Coins, Ashdod, Israel, Dec. 2020; Israel Antiquities Authority Export License No. 42927, 02/02/2021.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299942[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 23 (159-160 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate and draped bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟϹ - ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (counterclockwise from upper right) /Isis crowned with disk, horns, and plumes, seated right offering her right breast to crowned Harpocrates [“Horus-as-Child”] seated on her lap; Harpocrates extends his right hand towards her and holds lotus flower in left hand; <b>crowned falcon [Horus] perched right on left end of back of throne</b>, L - Γ [G] /K [= Year 23] across field. Emmett 1402.23; Milne 2403; Dattari (Savio) 2257; RPC IV.4 Online, 13938 (temporary) (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13938" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13938" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13938</a>); Köln (Geissen) 1842 [same dies, see RPC Online 13938 at the link provided, Example 3]; Sear RCV II 4377; K&G 35.810. 21x28 mm., 11.67 g. <i>Ex. Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 168th Bu<b>y o</b>r Bid Sale, March 16, 2010<b>, </b>Lot 475<b>. </b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299943[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And, although not numismatic, here are a few photos of my bronze ancient Egyptian Horus falcon, ca. 26th Dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, Bronze Horus falcon - standing falcon on integral base, with wings folded, wearing crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, 26th Dynasty, ca. 663-525 BCE</p><p>2 1/8” H x 2 1/8” L x 3/4” Deep (measurements include integral base). Purchased</p><p>1/27/1986, Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., NYC:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299944[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299947[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299949[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7529110, member: 110350"]Here's a coin with two little falcons if one looks carefully: Hadrian, AE Diobol, Year 16 (131/132 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Isis as mother, crowned with disk and horns, seated right on throne, offering left breast to infant Harpocrates (Horus-as-child) sitting on her knee crowned with skhent;[B] on corners of back of throne, two hawks/falcons (representing Horus), facing each other, each wearing skhent,[/B] L - IϚ [= Year 16] across fields. Emmett 1138.16 [Emmett, Keith, [I]Alexandrian Coins[/I] (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; RPC [[I]Roman Provincial Coinage[/I]] Vol. III 5813 (2015); RPC III Online at [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5813[/URL]; BMC 16 Alexandria 762 at p. 90 & PL. XVI [Pool, Reginald Stuart, [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria[/I] (London, 1892)]; Dattari (Savio) 1749 [Savio, A. ed., [I]Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini[/I] (Trieste, 2007)]; K&G 32.530 [Kampmann, Ursula & Granschow, Thomas, [I]Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria[/I] (2008)]. [I]Purchased from Shick Coins, Ashdod, Israel, Dec. 2020; Israel Antiquities Authority Export License No. 42927, 02/02/2021.[/I] [ATTACH=full]1299942[/ATTACH] This coin has one: Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 23 (159-160 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate and draped bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟϹ - ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (counterclockwise from upper right) /Isis crowned with disk, horns, and plumes, seated right offering her right breast to crowned Harpocrates [“Horus-as-Child”] seated on her lap; Harpocrates extends his right hand towards her and holds lotus flower in left hand; [B]crowned falcon [Horus] perched right on left end of back of throne[/B], L - Γ [G] /K [= Year 23] across field. Emmett 1402.23; Milne 2403; Dattari (Savio) 2257; RPC IV.4 Online, 13938 (temporary) (see [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13938[/URL]); Köln (Geissen) 1842 [same dies, see RPC Online 13938 at the link provided, Example 3]; Sear RCV II 4377; K&G 35.810. 21x28 mm., 11.67 g. [I]Ex. Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 168th Bu[B]y o[/B]r Bid Sale, March 16, 2010[B], [/B]Lot 475[B]. [/B][/I] [ATTACH=full]1299943[/ATTACH] And, although not numismatic, here are a few photos of my bronze ancient Egyptian Horus falcon, ca. 26th Dynasty. Egypt, Bronze Horus falcon - standing falcon on integral base, with wings folded, wearing crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, 26th Dynasty, ca. 663-525 BCE 2 1/8” H x 2 1/8” L x 3/4” Deep (measurements include integral base). Purchased 1/27/1986, Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., NYC: [ATTACH=full]1299944[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1299947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1299949[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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