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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3215008, member: 57495&quot;]Since you mentioned the Zodiac series, I&#039;ll show my only example, &#039;Sun in Leo&#039;, the most commonly available type.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]835801[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 24.39g, 35mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 8 = AD 144/5. Emmett 1530; Dattari 2968; RPC Online 13547 (31 spec). O: Laureate head right. R: The Sun in Leo: Lion (Leo) running right, radiate and draped bust of Helios and star above; L H below.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I recall we were almost half way through the list before the first eagle was picked. Here&#039;s one of the two I ended up with, a RY 17 like yours, but with no &#039;WIB&#039;, and thus, R4 in Emmett. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]835808[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 21.08g, 31.2mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 17 = AD 153/4. Emmett 1497.17 (R4); Dattari 3093; RPC Online 15180 (6 spec). O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread; LI-Z in upper field.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.2012)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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