Where have our Eagles gone?

[D B Campbell]

The "stylized" images on the coins, I think is more likely a result of the difficulty in ingraving a 0.5 cm. image on an iron die.

I'm not sure what you're implying. That maybe aquilae didn't look the way they are depicted on coins? (The Romans seem to have been able to depict other items recognisably, e.g. the Colosseum on coins of Titus, or the Column on coins of Trajan. Why not an aquila?)

Two more examples of the eagle in flight:
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