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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 478390, member: 5833"]I can find many Ptolemaic coins with an eagle on the reverse that is similar to the one on the tetradrachm above, but the bird on the reverse of yours looks more like the goddess Nekhbet:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://rlv.zcache.co.uk/egyptian_goddess_nekhbet_pectoral_silver_plated_necklace-r5c1a19608a814a5d9170bfc08dee3708_fkoep_8byvr_307.jpg?rvtype=content" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, I'm not turning up any coins searching for either Nekhbet or vulture.</p><p><br /></p><p>The upper word I think is 'BASILEOS', King.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 478390, member: 5833"]I can find many Ptolemaic coins with an eagle on the reverse that is similar to the one on the tetradrachm above, but the bird on the reverse of yours looks more like the goddess Nekhbet: [IMG]https://rlv.zcache.co.uk/egyptian_goddess_nekhbet_pectoral_silver_plated_necklace-r5c1a19608a814a5d9170bfc08dee3708_fkoep_8byvr_307.jpg?rvtype=content[/IMG] However, I'm not turning up any coins searching for either Nekhbet or vulture. The upper word I think is 'BASILEOS', King.[/QUOTE]
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