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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsman, post: 3353013, member: 99177&quot;]I love to show you this coin with a mean looking eagle <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It&#039;s a denarius of Vespasianus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am curious to see if there are meaner types than this one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]887664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian, denarius.</p><p>Rome mint, struck 76 AD.</p><p>RIC II 847, RSC 121.</p><p>19 mm, 3.37 g</p><p>Obv. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev. COS VII across field, eagle with (long) wings spread, standing front on cippus decorated with garland, head turned left.</p><p><br /></p><p>The eagle (aquila) was the symbol of the mighty Roman Empire and his emperors as well as a mythological symbol representing the Roman god Jupiter and the Greek god Zeus. There is another type with the eagle facing right. Some say the eagle facing left is looking back at all the glorious achievement of the emperor from the past while facing right means looking at the future, the emperor&#039;s promises.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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