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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2955938, member: 56859&quot;]Roman Egypt?&nbsp; You <i>know</i> that&#039;s got my approval <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Yours has good metal (in an era of often poor metal) and the eagle styling is lovely.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have my books at the office but it&#039;s going to be an A or B, not R (even though it looks like a R) and yes it is the regnal year (year 1 or 2).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a convocation of some of my Egyptian eagles:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemaic eagle in silver:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%25257Emv2.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_38de521a606f426f876b60ef5d8057ac%25257Emv2.jpg%2526hash%253Def8d85a1a9fb2e50d0ca0333dc1a3a23%26hash%3D47f0050cf2614793127b087a13630c3d&amp;hash=2f5ce93cb28e42d15ec4c1a3794bdfa1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PTOLEMIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>Struck c. 300-285 BCE, Alexandreia mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 28 mm, 13.92 gm</p><p>Obv: diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69; Noeske 40</p><p><br /></p><p>Big honkin&#039; Ptolemaic eagle:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyii-ae48-reshoot-jpg.544985/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Ptolemy II Philadelphus</b></p><p>285-246 BCE</p><p>AE <b>48 mm</b>, <b>91.8 gm</b></p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref: Sear 7782, Svoronos 446</p><p><i><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-ptolemyii-ae48" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-ptolemyii-ae48" rel="nofollow">ex Professor James Eaton Collection</a>, acquired by Professor Eaton in the 1800s.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Itty bitty Ptolemaic eagle, on a large flan and well-struck:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemychalkous-rt-jpg.611306/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy III Euergetes</b></p><p>246-221 BCE, Asia Minor (possibly Halicarnassus* in Caria)</p><p>AE chalkous; 14 mm, 1.7 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia.</p><p>Rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle standing left on thunderbolt; trident to left.</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 840.</p><p><br /></p><p>Biggest and littlest together:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyaebiggestandsmallest-jpg.611310/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have oodles of Roman Egypt eagles.&nbsp; Here are a couple:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_c33314fbadcb4702bb9ce297b75e2cc6.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%26hash%3D19ddad05dd6d03095ea33c3a61dfa7c3&amp;hash=2ae96c26019413fa15f7c96e5e025de1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 17, CE 153/4</p><p>AE drachm</p><p>Obv: [AVTKTAIΛAΔPANTωNINOCCEBEVC]; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing facing, head left (wreath in beak?); L IZ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1496(17), R1; Dattari 3094</p><p><i>This is my &quot;pocket piece&quot; and traveling coin (although it stays in a flip in my purse)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_ff6055d603b844998942ed2bc3a1859e.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_513%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_ff6055d603b844998942ed2bc3a1859e.jpg&amp;hash=3deb440c9b7f8de2ea5d9e497cf7febe" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus</b></p><p>year 1, CE 268</p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv: AVTKKΛAΔIOCCEB; laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing right, head left, wreath in beak; L- A in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3878(1), R1</p><p><i>purchased from a mostly non-ancient coin dealer at WFOM, Chicago, Aug. 2014.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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