I think we need our own 'Post an Old Coin and and an Old Tune' thread

[Roman Collector]

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Ref.: unpublished type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!

[Roman Collector]

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.

[Roman Collector]

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.

[JeandAcre]

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.

 

 

[Steve]

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

 

"Birthday" (Live) 🎂 PAUL McCARTNEY 💖 The Beatles - Bing video

 

CHEERS, COINERS!!

[JeandAcre]

We should have an 'eating cake' imogee.  Congrats!!!

[robinjojo]

 

 

[expat]

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

 

[shanxi]

🎂 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

[Steve]

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

[expat]

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

 

 

[JeandAcre]

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

[Steve]

Happy Friday Afternoon, Coiners!!

 

 

=> here is lil' Syracuse Hippocamp ... very cool, right?

 

Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra / Athena / Hippocamp

12 Onkia
Date: 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

[Steve]

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

[akeady]

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.

[ewomack]

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

[JeandAcre]

@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

[JeandAcre]

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

[akeady]

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.

[Roman Collector]

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).
 

[shanxi]

 

 

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

[ewomack]

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.

[JeandAcre]

@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

[Constantivs]

1980.... ouch... but still great,,

 

 

 

[AncientOne]

 

 

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.