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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2970245, member: 82322&quot;]There are three other examples of RPC 5005 on acsearch.info but none helped.&nbsp; I have RPC and looked at the example there, which is in the BMC.&nbsp; I preferred the RPC picture to the BMC online database so I have scanned it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]728593[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The top looks like a pouring spout.&nbsp; There does appear to be a ureaus (snake) on the spout along with four other things.</p><p><br /></p><p>The vase seems to be decorated with three stick figures.&nbsp; Perhaps something else is intended by they look like stick figures to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have been wondering about the things on top of the so-called spout and imagining a brass instrument.&nbsp; It is interesting that this coin shows up about the same time as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria" rel="nofollow">Heron of Alexanderia</a> was inventing.&nbsp; He specialized in inventions involving liquid (including the first coin-operated vending machine).&nbsp; This could be the first whistling tea kettle (the patent for whistling tea kettles is from 1890).&nbsp; It could also be some kind of magic trick -- cover one hole, and a different liquid comes out.&nbsp; Or it could be made of gold, and made to look like the hieroglyph [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] showed us for decorative reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>A color photo of the Augustus coin can be seen at</p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=823547001&amp;objectId=1310338&amp;partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=823547001&amp;objectId=1310338&amp;partId=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=823547001&amp;objectId=1310338&amp;partId=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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