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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3128568, member: 83845&quot;]It is an eagle, most assuredly a Golden Eagle.&nbsp; The giveaway is that it is resting on a thunderbolt.&nbsp; Both thunder and eagles were associated with Zeus in Greek mythology (Ptolemy was Macedonian Greek).&nbsp; Golden Eagles live on mountains which were considered the domain of Zeus as lord of the sky.&nbsp; It is not uncommon to see these symbols together.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin btw.&nbsp; It is a Ptolemy I Soter same as mine below. Note the delta behind the ear.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797715[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt</font></p><p><font size="3">Ptolemy I Soter, (305-282 BC)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, struck ca. 300-285 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 26 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 14.13 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Δ behind ear</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt. P above monogram ΠΑΡ</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Noesje 41-42. SNG Copenhagen 70-71. Svoronos 255</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex W.F. Stoecklin, Ex Karl Steiner (1940s), signed by Delta.</i></font></p><p><b>Write up:</b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/curtisimos-2017-an-overview-and-top-10.307792/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/curtisimos-2017-an-overview-and-top-10.307792/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/curtisimos-2017-an-overview-and-top-10.307792/</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797716[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Golden eagle</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797717[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Painting of Jupiter at Pompeii showing thunderbolt and Golden Eagle.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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