"Quinctilius Varus, where are my eagles?!!!” (A Convocation)

[Phil Anthos]

Well, they're right here!  So let's collect all our eagle coins in one place. I don't have a very good selection of eagles, but I know you guys do...

Syracuse, Timoleon and the Third Democracy

344-336 BC AE Hemidrachm (23mm, 12.40g) O: Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right, hair short; ZEYΣEA EΛE-YΘEPIOΣ to right. R: Thunderbolt; eagle with closed wings standing to right; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around. HGC 2, 1440; Calciati II p. 167, 72; SNG ANS 477ff; SNG Cop 727; Sear 1192 ex Forvm Ancient Coins

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Reign of Ptolemy II (Philadelphus)

285-246 BC AE Diobol (25mm, 16.39g) O: Laureate head of Zeus right. R: Eagle with open wings standing left; shield to left, [I] between legs, ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ around. Sear 7779v   Akragas, Sicily 275-240 BC AE22 (21.8mm, 6.945g, 315o) O: Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right; symbols before and behind. R: Two eagles standing left, devouring hare upon which they stand, nearer head up and wings closed, farther head down and wings open, caduceus above wings. HGC 2, 159; Calciati p. 212, 125; SNG ANS 1128; Sear 1030; BMC 2, 131 ex Forvm Ancient Coins ~ Peter

 

 

[expat]

[JAZ Numismatics]

The Nabataeans followed the lead of Tyre and put eagles on their earliest drachms. They also found their way onto bronze coins. Here are two of Malichus I and Obodas II...

Edited November 22, 2024 by JAZ Numismatics

[jdmKY]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2024 by jdmKY

[kirispupis]

Ptolemy IV Philopator
222-205/4 BCE
AE Drachm 41.4mm 66.2g
Alexandreia Mint
Obv: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia
Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopia to left; LI between legs
Ref: Svoronos 1126

 

Baktria, Local issues
Circa 285/3-280/78 BCE
AR Obol 8.5mm, 0.55 g, 6h
Attic standard. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region. Head of Kybele or Tyche right, wearing mural crown /
Eagle standing left, head right, with wings spread; grape bunch to lower right.
Cf. SMAK p. 70 and pl. 30 (for rev.); Bopearachchi, Sophytes –; SNG ANS –; HGC 12, –

 

Bithynia, Tios
Circa 300 BCE
Æ 1.16g, 9mm, 6h
Laureate head of Zeus to left /
Eagle with closed wings standing to left; ΤΙΑ-ΝΟZ around.
Asia Minor Coins Online 13236; SNG Tübingen 2151; HGC 7, 605 var. (rev legend)

 

Caria, Euhippe
2nd-1st century BCE
Æ 16mm, 4,15g
Eagle standing to right, c/m: head(?) to right, within incuse circle /
Zeus seated to left, holding thunderbolt, [E]YIΠΠEΩ[N] to right, [...]ΔECCTH to left
Unpublished, cf. HNO 1649 (temporary)

 

Pontos, Pharnakeia
Circa 85-65 BCE
AE 21mm 8.59g
Obv: laureate head of Zeus right
Rev: ΦΑΡΝΑΚΕΙ[ΑΣ], eagle on thunderbolt; star; monogram in left field
SNG Copenhagen 224

[Al Kowsky]

Pictured below are my favorite Greek & Roman coins with eagles ☺️.

Alexander Balas, 152-145 BC (dated 1147/146 BC), Tyre Mint. AR Tetradrachm: 14.23 gm, 27 mm, 12 h.

[CPK]

One of my favorite eagles:

SICILY, AKRAGAS
AR Hemidrachm (14.76mm, 1.86g, 2h)
Struck 420-406 BC
Obverse: Eagle facing left, standing on and tearing at hare
Reverse: Crab; below, fish swimming right
References: SNG ANS 1003-9
Well-centered strike with attractive toning.
The ancient city of Akragas came into being around 582 BC, as a colony founded by Greeks from Gela, a city about 40 miles to the east. The site was well-chosen, strategically located on a high plateau near the Hypsas and Acragas rivers and controlling a vast and rich agricultural area.
By the 5th century BC, Akragas had become the second-largest city on the island (behind Syracuse), with a population of perhaps 200,000 people, and had become a leader in the art and culture of the Classical period. Part of that artistic brilliance was manifested in the city’s coinage, which includes some of the most beautiful and recognized coins of the ancient world. This coin, though small, showcases that artistic talent with finely rendered naturalistic images of various creatures, notably the crab, which was the symbol of the ancient city.

[panzerman]

Being German I naturally love Eagles. We have the majestic Stellars Sea Eagle back home. I probably have 300 coins with eagles/ won two today!

Here are some from my collection....

[Phil Anthos]

Boy I sure don't like following panzerman, but here are a few humble additions....  

Chalkis, Euboia

340-294 BC AR Drachm (18mm, 3.46g) O: Head of nymph Chalkis (or Hera?) right, hair rolled. R: Eagle flying right, holding serpent in his talons and beak; trophy of arms below. SNG Cop 432; Sear 2482 From the Wallace and BCD collections. ex Pegasi Numismatics

Seleucid Kingdom, Reign of Antiochos VIII (Epiphanes)

121/20-97/6 BC AE20 (20mm, 5.97g) Antioch on the Orontes mint O: Radiate head of Antiochos VIII (Grypos) right. R: Eagle standing left, sceptre in background; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY. HGC 9, 1212; Sear 7154 ex Tiber Numismatics   Macedonian Kingdom, Reign of Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.01g) O: Head of Alexander as Herakles right, clad in lion's skin headdress. R: Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle and sceptre, his legs parallel; eagle's head facing left in field to left, AΛEΞANΔPOY behind. Amphipolis mint (lifetime issue). Price 51; Sear 6713v; C. 4952 ex Jack H. Beymer

[shanxi]

Nice coins !

Here are a few less common eagles:

Freiburg im Breisgau
AR Brakteat
AD ca. 1300
Obv.: Head of eagle left, cross to the left
Rev.: -
AR, 0.41g, 16mm
Ref.: Freiburger Münzen und Medaillen No. 2; Slg. Ulmer 1472; Wielandt 46

 

Aiolis, Kyme
Hemiobol (Circa 450-400 BC).
Obv.: Head of eagle left; star below beak
Rev.: Quadripartite incuse square
Ag, 0.4g, 7.8mm

 

Kingdom of Elymais
Phraates
Early-Mid 2nd Cent AD
Æ Drachm
Obv.: Facing Bust in Tiara with left & right Pellets in Crescent; 1 Crossbar
Rev.: Eagle with spread wings ;Talons foreward
Æ, 3.41 g, 15 mm
Ref.: Van't Haaff Type 14.2, Subtype 1-3a THIS COIN
Ex Van't Haaff Collection

Edited November 23, 2024 by shanxi