Roman Collector Posted August 6, 2022 · Patron Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 1:37 AM, shanxi said: Hélène Grimaud – Silvestrov: The Messenger (For Piano Solo) I love this piece and since the title is "The Messenger" a coin with Hermes. Actually, the title stands for a messenger between this world and the world beyond. Silvestrov wrote this masterpiece after the sudden death of his wife in the nineties. In March 2022, he fled from Ukraine to Berlin following the Russian invasion. Mysia, Pergamon AE17 Obv.: Draped bust of Hermes to right; wing on head. Rev.: ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; winged kerykeion. AE, 17mm, 2.70g Ref.: unpublished type (Same obverse (die match) as H. v. Fritze. - Berlin, 1910, pl. III, 26 That's a really nice solo piano piece. Thanks for introducing me to Silvestrov! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 6, 2022 · Patron Share Posted August 6, 2022 We need some Doobies!! This is perhaps my favorite DB song. And here's an old favorite denarius. Maximinus I, AD 235-238. Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g, 19.2 mm, 6 h. Rome, 2nd emission, AD 236. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae; globe at feet. Refs: RIC 13; BMCRE 86-88; Cohen 77; RSC 77a; RCV 8315; MIR 11-3. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 9, 2022 · Patron Share Posted August 9, 2022 R.I.P., O.N.J. 😢 Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman AR denarius, 3.60 g, 19 mm, 1 h. Rome, late AD 162 – early 163. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Faustina, right, wearing strand of pearls. Rev: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and shield depicting the Dioscuri in left hand. Refs: RIC 734 var.; BMCRE 172; RSC 280a; RCV 5268; MIR 35-4/10b; CRE 227. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted August 9, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Well, whatever anyone could say about Olivia Newton-John (starting and summarily stopping with the songs), she could sing. I'm still feeling kind of beaten up by the heat, so this won't be about a lot. "Latin Empire," trachy. Bought it just because I liked it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted August 9, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 9, 2022 IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! "Birthday" (Live) 🎂 PAUL McCARTNEY 💖 The Beatles - Bing video CHEERS, COINERS!! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted August 9, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 We should have an 'eating cake' imogee. Congrats!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted August 9, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 9, 2022 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 9, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2022 38 minutes ago, Steve said: IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! "Birthday" (Live) 🎂 PAUL McCARTNEY 💖 The Beatles - Bing video CHEERS, COINERS!! Happy Birthday, have a great one. Calco. TANIT. Æ. Carthaginian occupation of Iberia. II Punic War (218-210 BC) Obverse: Head of Tanit, rough art Reverse: Horse standing, head turned backwards. (VF). old collection. 5.20g 21mm (FAB. 509) (ACIP. missing) Possibly a variety as it is not listed in ACIP, and I like the horse 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 9, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 🎂 Happy birthday @Steve. Only one more year until the number I don't want to name. Now a double pack. Laurie Anderson and her late husband Lou Reed. some pictures with the two: and of course a coin: Hadrian Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Obv.: AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r., seen from behind Rev.: Hadrian standing leftz, holding sceptre and clasping hands with Alexandria holding vexillum, L - IE (year 15=130/131) Billon, 13.22g, 23.5mm Geißen 1026 ff., Dattari 1267 ff. Edited August 9, 2022 by shanxi 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted August 11, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) Well, it's not my birthday anymore, but ummm, it's still my birthday-week, right? (hey, it's my 60th year on this planet, so I'm gonna crank the tunes and live a little bit) Here are a couple of classic Petty-tunes from my youth ... Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Here Comes My Girl - Bing video Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down - Bing video ... man, I was a lot younger back then and things seemed soooo different (a lot easier) Oh well, here I am and things are still clicking-along, so there's that ... It's great to be alive!! => have a great Thursday, coiners!! Sicily Syracuse AE Drachm (60 Onkia) Time of Dionysos I 405-367 BC Diamerter: 28mm Weight: 27.22 grams Obverse: YPA, Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath. Reverse: Sea-star between two dolphins. SNG ANS: 455, Calciati 62 Ex-stevex6 Edited August 11, 2022 by Steve 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 3 hours ago, Steve said: Well, it's not my birthday anymore, but ummm, it's still my birthday-week, right? (hey, it's my 60th year on this planet, so I'm gonna crank the tunes and live a little bit) Here are a couple of classic Petty-tunes from my youth ... Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Here Comes My Girl - Bing video Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down - Bing video ... man, I was a lot younger back then and things seemed soooo different (a lot easier) Oh well, here I am and things are still clicking-along, so there's that ... It's great to be alive!! => have a great Thursday, coiners!! Sicily Syracuse AE Drachm (60 Onkia) Time of Dionysos I 405-367 BC Diamerter: 28mm Weight: 27.22 grams Obverse: YPA, Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath. Reverse: Sea-star between two dolphins. SNG ANS: 455, Calciati 62 Ex-stevex6 Nice Syracuse drachm. Glad you survived your birthday. My 60th year too. Trajan dupondius AD 98-117 27mm, 13.15g. Struck AD 104 OBV: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GERDAC P M TRP COS V PP Radiate head right with aegis on left shoulder REV: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, SC in field Trophy with two shields at base RIC 586, Cohen 573, Woytek 196cA 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted August 12, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Wow, @Steve and @expat, we're all on the same page. My 61st isn't till January. 30 and 60 were the only hard ones. In between, I was saying, 'Yeah, And...?' But nowadays, it's more like, 'This is What you Get for having Lived this long.' This is a typically execrable picture of my only example of William I. And I can't even find the pic of the reverse. I need it for being the first issue (Spink 1250), with the profile facing left. And, well, since this is William the Conqueror, everyone is likely to have heard of him. Eliciting the tune. This is only better than the studio versions from YouTube. Yes, in the day, Soul Train was on one of the three networks; Not cable. I have my sister to thank for the control she exerted over the tv. ...All those big naturals, and all that slow-dancing, sweetly defying some of the lyrics. Takes me back to (thank you, American) public school days. Edited August 12, 2022 by JeandAcre 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted August 12, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Happy Friday Afternoon, Coiners!! => here is lil' Syracuse Hippocamp ... very cool, right? Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra / Athena / Hippocamp 12 OnkiaDate: Circa 390 BC Measure: 20.3 mm Weight: 7.11 grams Obverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet Reverse: Bridled hippocamp left, trailing reins Attribution: SNG ANS 435 Grade: Extremely Fine Notes: A very nice example with bold detail Ex-stevex6 Cheers Edited August 12, 2022 by Steve 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted August 13, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) Hot!! => yup, it's another gorgeous Saturday afternoon ... ... man, it's the dog-days of summer ... my sweet hound (Hector) is sunning himself Cheers, coiners Oh, and here is a cool coin ... => Sextus Pompei ... so cool Edited August 13, 2022 by Steve 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted August 14, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2022 Tindersticks have been a favourite of mine since the 1990s - I've seen them at least four times now. I'd never heard of them before winning two tickets to see them in Cork - they were great and I'e been a fan since. They were the only intersection of musical tastes with one girlfriend and another never got them at all. Oh well. I shared this coin on CT, but not here, I think. I'd wanted one of the L. Torquatus denarii with the Sibyl for ages and finally got one in February. Worn, but stylish. Manlia Moneyer: L. Torquatus Coin: Silver Denarius SIBYLLA - Head of Sibyl right, wearing ivy-wreath; border of dots L·TORQVAT / III·VIR - Tripod, on which stands amphora; on either side of amphora, star. Torque as border. Mint: Rome (65 BC ) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.70g / - / - References: RSC 12a (Manlia) Sydenham 836 Crawford 411/1b Acquisition: Cayón Subastas Online auction Sub. Elect. 80 #30439 28-Feb-2022 ATB, Aidan. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted August 14, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2022 Justinian I Follis (540/1 - Year 14), Constantinople mint, Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing holding cross on globe and shield; cross to right. Rev: Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, XIIII (date) to right, A below, CON in exergue, Sear 163 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted August 14, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) @akeady, I'm needing that Torquadus / Sibyl denarius. Am I making it up, or does the tripod echo motifs in late Hellenististic issues? Except, No, Sibyl. From here, you have no business apologizing for the wear. Here's a petit denier of the duchy of Lorraine; Ferri III, 1251-1303; issued c. c. 1250-1270. Obv. Ferri on a galloping horse, wearing a (very weakly struck) great helm and brandishing a sword --reminiscent of any number of aristocratic seals, especially from Angevin England and France, c. 12th-14th centuries. Below, from 5 o'clock (barely legible, thanks to a bad picture of a weak strike): FERI. Rev. Mailed arm brandishing a sword; (from 8 o'clock:) n ) An [...] CEI. I really like the Gothic 'N' here, even with the typical weak strike. This listing from cgb's feudal archives cites references I've never even seen. https://www.cgbfr.com/lorraine-duche-de-lorraine-ferri-iii-denier-au-cavalier-ttb,bfe_277174,a.html Now is when I'm needing some more old-timey Philly soul. Edited August 14, 2022 by JeandAcre 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted August 14, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, ewomack said: Justinian I Follis (540/1 - Year 14), Constantinople mint, Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing holding cross on globe and shield; cross to right. Rev: Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, XIIII (date) to right, A below, CON in exergue, Sear 163 @ewomack, I really need this. Here's the version I remember best (minus the animation). Edited August 14, 2022 by JeandAcre 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted August 14, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2022 With respect to the tripod, Crawford suggests that it and the Sibyl refer to the office of the XVvir Sacris Faciendis, a body who were entrusted with interpretation of the Sibylline books in time of need. He suggests that maybe the moneyer held the office; it may also have been held by an ancestor. As priests of Apollo, the XV viri would have had bronze tripods. There are a few other Republican coins with tripods - maybe the one of Cassius is the most famous (Cr. 500/1): ATB, Aidan. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 14, 2022 · Patron Share Posted August 14, 2022 Here's an old tune! And an old coin that has been in my collection for years. Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman provincial Æ 27.2 mm, 10.7 gm, 8:00. Thrace, Anchialus, AD 193-211. Obv: ΑV Κ Λ CЄΠ CЄVΗΡΟC, laureate and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩ-Ν, Cybele enthroned left, holding patera, resting left arm on drum, a lion reclines at each side of throne. Refs: Moushmov 2817; AMNG III 469; Varbanov 213 var. (bust type). 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 14, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2022 Tiberius AR Denarius, AD 18-35 Obv.: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right Rev.: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax, holding scepter and olive branch, seated right on chair, feet on footstool, ornate chair legs Ag, 3.64g, 17.5x19.2mm Ref.: RIC² 30, Kankelfitz 3a, RIC 30, RSC 16a 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted August 14, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 14, 2022 17 hours ago, JeandAcre said: @ewomack, I really need this. Here's the version I remember best (minus the animation). Yes, that was the first version of the song that I heard as well. I had no idea that it was a cover until I once spontaneously sang it in front of my mom, who said "how do you know that song? That's an old song!" and then she starting singing it. My teenage self didn't take it well. How could my mom like a cool song? How could it be a cool song if my mom liked it? Oh, the adolescent drama! I decided to give the older version some air time since many people have probably heard the TMBG's version. As a more sober adult, no longer obsessed with "cool," I now like both versions equally. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted August 14, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) @Roman Collector, Thank you for getting to The Beat! Just, Yesss. Never, you have my word and bond, saw the video. Brilliant. ...Makes me wish I could find the video, from some festival in the UK, of Ranking Roger duetting with Amy Winehouse. I found this on Delcampe, unattributed as the driven snow. Robertian Francia, Raoul, 923-936, denier of Orleans. Yeah, clipped, but at the price, who would care? Obv. Monogram imitating that of his elder brother, Eudes, instead of the neo-Carolingian one that shows up in his own earlier issues. (From 9 o'clock:) +GRATIA D-I REX. (Continuing a Carolingian formula going back to Charles the Bald's issues from c. 864.) Rev. +AVRELIANIS CIVITA. (I like the Carolingian equivalent of ligature with the 'L' and 'I.') Nouchy, Les Rois Carolingiens; Raoul No. 32 (cf. p. 272 for the monogram). And, Yes, some more Beat, with Saxa doing dubbed double lead on saxophone. Edited August 14, 2022 by JeandAcre 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantivs Posted August 15, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 15, 2022 1980.... ouch... but still great,, 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted August 15, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 15, 2022 Arabia Petraea, Bostra. Marcus Aurelius Æ17. Obv: ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded - short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r. Rev: ΤΥΧ ΝƐΑ ΤΡΑΙ ΒΟϹ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, r. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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