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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8167401, member: 82616&quot;]I picked up this neat Vespasian obol as an unsold lot from one of CNG&#039;s recent eAuctions. Why it didn&#039;t receive any bids at all is baffling to me. It&#039;s a handsome coin with a nice Egyptian themed reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426266[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ Obol, 6.59g</p><p>Alexandria mint, 72-73 AD</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: LE; Hawk standing, r.</p><p>RPC 2440 (15 spec.). Emmett 222.5. Dattari-Savio 415-16.</p><p>Ex CNG eAuction 507, 5 January 2022, lot 329.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse design of this type has variously been described in numismatic catalogues as either a hawk or falcon standing right. The bird in question is wearing a pschent crown and is almost certainly a reference to the Egyptian god Horus. The Lanner falcon, native to Egypt and north Africa, was likely the bird upon which the ancient Egyptians based their depictions of Horus and is likely the one shown on the obol&#039;s reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your falcons, hawks, or any other birds of prey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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