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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2460883, member: 56859&quot;]Happy Independence Day!</p><p><br /></p><p>A few more ancient eagles:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_6c9a61bca59e4495b533b7fcd8b0fad7.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_494,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_6c9a61bca59e4495b533b7fcd8b0fad7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia. 95th Olympiad, 400 BCE</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 16 mm, 2.6 gm</p><p>Obv: head and neck of eagle right; F below</p><p>Rev: thunderbolt, volutes above, wings below, F-A across fields</p><p>Ref: BCD Olympia 85/84 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 372</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection</i> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1c44f42be8da494db65bc4895aa17f40.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_518,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_1c44f42be8da494db65bc4895aa17f40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT.&nbsp; Ptolemy III Euergetes</b></p><p>246-222 BCE</p><p>AE35, 35.53 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of Zeus Ammon right with ram&#039;s horn, wearing taenia diadem</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopia left; XP monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Svoronos 965</p><p><i>Formerly slabbed; NGC ChVF*, strike 5/5, surface 4/5</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_512,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Gallienus</b></p><p>year 13, CE 265/6</p><p>tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 3806(13), R1</p><p><i>Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyi-tet-sv252-rt-jpg.509575/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Ptolemy I tetradrachm</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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