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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3215025, member: 56859"]Oh, you want to play <i>that</i> game?</p><p><br /></p><p>Em. 1499.17, Eagle standing right, head left, wings open, no wreath, year 17, <b>R5</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]835813[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously, this brings up a point. Our eagles look the same. Is it standing facing or is it standing right? I think it's standing right. See the outline of the eagle's belly in front of the its left leg? Notice the absence of that line at the right leg? Compare it to the coin I posted upthread which has two "belly lines" and to Pellinore's coin, which seems to be clearly "facing" with regards to the body and legs. I could be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think yours is also Emmett 1499.17.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3215025, member: 56859"]Oh, you want to play [I]that[/I] game? Em. 1499.17, Eagle standing right, head left, wings open, no wreath, year 17, [B]R5[/B] :p [ATTACH=full]835813[/ATTACH] [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago[/I] Seriously, this brings up a point. Our eagles look the same. Is it standing facing or is it standing right? I think it's standing right. See the outline of the eagle's belly in front of the its left leg? Notice the absence of that line at the right leg? Compare it to the coin I posted upthread which has two "belly lines" and to Pellinore's coin, which seems to be clearly "facing" with regards to the body and legs. I could be wrong. I think yours is also Emmett 1499.17.[/QUOTE]
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