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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8167809, member: 100951&quot;]One of my favorite Republican denarii issued by M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus depicts Jupiter’s eagle standing on a thunderbolt:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qiUPQ6c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus Ar. denarius, CESTIANVS, behind winged bust of Vacuna, wearing crested helmet r., quiver and bow on shoulder, cornucopiae below chin, SC before, rev., M PLAETORIVS M F AED CVR (fragmented), eagle on thunderbolt with hd. l. (Seaby, Plaetoria, 4). 3.99 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. CJ Martin on Vcoins.com</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus’s denarii were inspired by the eagle &amp; thunderbolt motif on Ptolemaic tetradrachms:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/NwgdQHR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PTOLEMY I SOTER AR silver tetradrachm. 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck; small Δ behind ear, banker&#039;s marks in right field. Reverse - BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above Φ in left field. Svoronos 263; SNG Copenhagen 70; BMC p. 15, 16. 26mm, 13.5g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Incitatus Coins on Vcoins.com</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently purchased a denarius of T. Carisius depicting a Sphinx. Considering that the Sphinx has the wings of an eagle, does it count as a bird of prey?:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4WQJK3t.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. T. Carisius. 46 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.83 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Sibyl Herophile right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling and tied with bands / Sphinx seated right. Crawford 464/1; CRI 69; Sydenham 983; Carisia 10. Good VF, toned, areas of flat strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 57 (23 September 2008), lot 59.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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