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<p>[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1206991, member: 5739"]Interesting, great link, thank you doug. Yes they all seem to say 'winged animal' it looks almost like what I know as a Kachina doll....</p><p>But it looks a bit like what I have seen portrayed as a Phoenix on coins of Gallienus I think it was..... so that's why I think it might be that.... </p><p><br /></p><p>I have some different 'Syro Phoenician' tets with the different things between the eagle's legs, like the murex shell for Tyre etc. but I had never seen this 'winged animal' as they call it between the legs of the eagle before on any coins.... is this 'symbol' of the 'winged animal' unique to tets of Macrinus?</p><p>either way sounds like one of the rarer mints, so that is neat. I will get some better photos when I can. I'm also looking at some nice ones from Emesa of Macrinus, but there is another Antioch Caracalla tet that I like the most of all the ones I am keeping an eye on now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1206991, member: 5739"]Interesting, great link, thank you doug. Yes they all seem to say 'winged animal' it looks almost like what I know as a Kachina doll.... But it looks a bit like what I have seen portrayed as a Phoenix on coins of Gallienus I think it was..... so that's why I think it might be that.... I have some different 'Syro Phoenician' tets with the different things between the eagle's legs, like the murex shell for Tyre etc. but I had never seen this 'winged animal' as they call it between the legs of the eagle before on any coins.... is this 'symbol' of the 'winged animal' unique to tets of Macrinus? either way sounds like one of the rarer mints, so that is neat. I will get some better photos when I can. I'm also looking at some nice ones from Emesa of Macrinus, but there is another Antioch Caracalla tet that I like the most of all the ones I am keeping an eye on now.[/QUOTE]
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