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

[Steve]

I have been on a bit of a vacation, back to my hometown of Victoria, BC (one of my 60 year old buddies got married for the first time!! ... wha?? ... right?)

 

Oh well, it was a nice break and good for them!! 

 

 

 

... we stayed at a really sweet hotel on the water ... 

 

 

... feels like the first time ... 

 

=> I hope all of you coiners are rockin' your first time ... ummm, and/or your umpteenth time!!

Cheers

 

Edited August 23, 2022 by Steve

[expat]

14 minutes ago, Steve said:

I have been on a bit of a vacation, back to my hometown of Victoria, BC (one of my 60 year old buddies got married for the first time!! ... wha?? ... right?)

 

Oh well, it was a nice break and good for them!! 

 

 

 

... we stayed at a really sweet hotel on the water ... 

 

 

... feels like the first time ... 

 

=> I hope all of you coiners are rockin' your first time ... ummm, and/or your umpteenth time!!

Cheers

 

Glad you had a good time. Not only do we share 60 years on this planet, when my Parents emigrated from the UK 42 years ago, their first home was Victoria, adjacent to a golf course. One of my 3 Sisters still lives on the Island.

 

[akeady]

Can never get enough of Microdisney... from their penultimate concert, which I was lucky enough to attend.

Here's a fairly recent arrival - not in great condition, but scarce enough.

Moneyer:	M. Arrius Secundus
Coin:	Silver Denarius M·ARRIVS SECVNDVS - Male head right, bearded - Wreath, hasta pura and phalerae (dona militaria)
Mint:	Rome (41 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	3.56g / - / -
References:	RSC 2 (Arria) Sydenham 1084 Crawford 513/2 BMCRR Rome 4210 RBW 1791
Acquisition:	Tauler & Fau Online auction Subasta 103 #1301 1-Feb-2022

ATB,

Aidan.

[shanxi]

Something spanish.

Mecano (1986) 

 

 

and of course there must be a moon on the coin.

Commodus
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: M A KOM ANTω CЄB ЄYCЄB, laureate head right
Rev.: Bust of Selene left within crescent; LΛ (date) to right, LΛ= year 30 = AD 189/190
Billon, 11.19g, 23mm
Ref.: Geißen 2252, Dattari 3889

[shanxi]

and something Italian

Gianna Nannini 1985

 

 

and an "Italian" coin:

 

Cn. Lucretius Trio.
AR Denarius, 136 BC, Rome
Obv: TRIO, Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) below chin.
Rev: CN LVCR / ROMA, The Dioscuri galloping right.
Ag, 17.4x19.6mm, 3.87g
Ref.: Crawford 237/1a.

 

[expat]

French song, French mint

 

[Steve]

Great tunes, gang

 

Ummm, here is another classic from my high school years ... 1978

=> yup, I was young, wasted and rockin' it!!

 

 

IONIA, Ephesos,  AR Tetartemorion

Circa 500-420 BC

Diameter: 5 x 8 mm

Weight: 0.17 grams

Obverse: Bee

Reverse: Head of eagle right within incuse square

Reference: Karwiese Series IV; SNG Kayhan 126–34

Other: 12h … toned, Exceptional for issue

Ex-stevex6

Edited August 24, 2022 by Steve

[shanxi]

An old tune: The Tourists 1979. Two members were later much more successful.

...and an old coin.

It's hard to find a coin that matches this video.

A similar dress ?? 

 

Claudius II Gothicus
AR-Antoninian, 268-270 AD, Antioch
Obv.: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right
Rev.: DIANAE - VICTR Diana standing r. holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver, before her stag standing r. and looking back at her, H = officina 8 in exergue.
Ag, 21mm, 4.24g, 12h
Ref.. RIC 205

 

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2022 by shanxi

[expat]

1 hour ago, shanxi said:

An old tune: The Tourists 1979. Two members were later much more successful.

...and an old coin.

It's hard to find a coin that matches this video.

A similar dress ?? 

 

Claudius II Gothicus
AR-Antoninian, 268-270 AD, Antioch
Obv.: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right
Rev.: DIANAE - VICTR Diana standing r. holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver, before her stag standing r. and looking back at her, H = officina 8 in exergue.
Ag, 21mm, 4.24g, 12h
Ref.. RIC 205

 

 

 

 

Been to see both Eurythmics and Annie solo. Brings back memories, thanks

[Steve]

It's another retired Saturday ... ummm, or merely called "Day" (man, ya gotta love being retired, eh?)

... anyway ...

 

Here is another sweet song from my high school years (yah, this era seems to still be my go-to, even though I love lotsa new tunes as well) ... oh well, it's nice to have great memories of my glory-days 

 

 

... and here is a crazy-cool ol' square coin ... 

 

 

 

Well, I'm gonna go ride my mountain bike around the trails ... a great daily activity (I'm so glad that my stupid health-problems have gone away for a sec ... live large while you can, right!!?)

Cheers, coiners!!

Edited August 27, 2022 by Steve

[Steve]

Here I go again ... ummm, but this time it's not a tune from my High School Daze!!

 

 

THESSALY, Perrhaiboi. AR Obol

Circa 450-400 BC

Struck circa 450-430 BC

Olosson or Phalanna mint

Diameter: 12 mm

Weight: 0.87 grams

Obverse: Bridled horse rearing left

Reverse: Π-Ε-Ρ-Α, Athena in running stance right, holding shield and spear; all within incuse square

Reference: BCD Thessaly I 1242; BCD Thessaly II 552.2; HGC 4, 151

Other: 6h … VF, minor granularity

Ex-stevex6 … From the BCD Collection

Edited August 27, 2022 by Steve

[shanxi]

The Communards - 1986

 

 

C. Minucius Augurinus
AR Denarius, 135 BC, Rome
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, below chin, X, behind, ROMA.
Rev: C•A – VG Ionic column surmounted by statue, holding staff in r. hand; on either side, togate figure. Togate figure on left holding loaves in both hands, togate figure on right holding lituus. Column decorated with forepart of lion on either side at the base and two bells at the top, grain ears behind each of the lions.
Ag, 18mm, 3.69g
Ref.: Sydenham 463, Crawford 242/1.

[Roman Collector]

I love it, @shanxi! How about the OG "Don't Leave Me This Way"?

L. Cupiennius, 147 BC.
Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h.
Rome, 147 BC.
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae behind; denominational mark X before.
Rev: Dioscuri galloping right; L·CVP (VP ligatured) below; ROMA in exergue.
Refs: Crawford (RRC) 218/1; RSC Cupiennia 1; Sydenham (CRR) 404; RCV 94.

[shanxi]

Yes, the Thelma Houston version is nice, but the deep voice of Sarah Jane Morris combined with the falsetto of Jimmy Somerville makes the Communards version IMHO unique.

What about a Thelma Houston with Jimmy Somerville version. 🙂

BTW: This is the original:

And in this thread a old coin:

 

MN. AEMILIUS LEPIDUS
AR Denar, Rome, 114-113 BC
Obv.: ROMA. Laureate, diademed, and draped bust of Roma right; mark of value to left.
Rev.: MAN AEMILIO / LEP, Equestrian statue right on aqueducts (Aqua Marcia ).
Ag, 3.84g, 20mm
Ref.: Crawford 291/1.

 

Edited August 28, 2022 by shanxi

[Steve]

Here is a classic, classic, classic Canadian hit from an awesome band ... crank it and cry

 

 

Ionia, Klazomenai. Æ19

Mid-late 4th century B.C.

Diameter: 19 mm

Weight: 4.63 grams

Obverse: Bust of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet

Reverse: KLAΖOME/NIΩN in two lines above, ram walking right; in right field, trophy

Reference: SNG Munich 484; SNG Copenhagen 86

Other: 5 h … Mottled red, tan and green patina

Ex-stevex6

Edited August 28, 2022 by Steve

[JeandAcre]

This is the better of my two remaining 11th-c. deniers of the seigneury of St. Aignan, with the Picassoesquely stylized, chinonais /bleso-chartrain profile.

Rev. 'SANCTI AINAINO;'  cf. Duplessy 607A ('Diverses varietes de legendes par interversion  de lettres').

And this is The Roots, doing their own unforgettable, instrumental interpretation of the mix artist, J. Dilla.  I couldn't find a version on YouTube with a playlist.  ...Which might make the first track, easily one of my personal favorites, especially propitious.

 

 

Edited August 28, 2022 by JeandAcre

[John Conduitt]

Charles II of Spain Eight Reales (Piece of Eight), 1676Potosí, Bolivia. Silver, 40mm, 17.93g. Pillars; mintmark P / 8 / assayer E (Antonio de Ergueta); PLV·SVL·TRA; POTOSI ANO, date, EL PERV (Potosí, Peru). Quarterly of lions and castles; P / 8 / E / date; CAROLUS·II·D·G·HISPAN· (S-P37b). Recovered from Consolación, sunk after striking a reef in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador. A delay in receiving coins from the Potosi mint (which travelled by llama and mule) prevented her from sailing with the rest of the armada. When the lone ship, with a cargo of perhaps 100,000 Spanish dollars, heard pirates under the command of notorious buccaneer Bartholomew Sharp were in the area, the captain decided to ground on Santa Clara Island (‘Island of the Dead’), but struck a reef. The vessel was evacuated and intentionally set on fire to prevent it being plundered. From Daniel Sedwick.

 

[John Conduitt]

The sun is probably soon departing again, having burned particularly strongly this year. One of the best Beatles songs, though.

Öljaitü ibn Arghun Fals, 1304-1316The Ilkhanate. Bronze, 23mm, 2.55g. Sun-face with eight rays within square. Three-lined and marginal legends citing Muhammad Khudabanda and title al-Sultan al-Azam (cf Mitchiner 1620).

 

[JeandAcre]

Thanks for that, @John Conduitt.  Emphatically including the Amazing coin.  For that kind of denomination, in a series that's far too arcane not to summarily go sailing over my head, the state of preservation is remarkable, at least.

...Yeah, I used to like to call the Beatles the world's most overrated band.  --Maybe they were; cf. Lennon's observation, in some interview, that 'we were just a band that made it very big.'  

But they did some memorable stuff.  I grew up with Sgt. Pepper on vinyl, after my mom bought it.  And there's McCartney's 'The Long and Winding Road.'  They were definitely about more than nothing.

[John Conduitt]

2 minutes ago, JeandAcre said:

...Yeah, I used to like to call the Beatles the world's most overrated band.  --Maybe they were; cf. Lennon's observation, in some interview, that 'we were just a band that made it very big.'  

But they did some memorable stuff.  I grew up with Sgt. Pepper on vinyl, after my mom bought it.  And there's McCartney's 'The Long and Winding Road.'  They were definitely about more than nothing.

They definitely seem overrated after another 50 years of music. In their day, rock and roll was only a decade old, so it wasn't so hard to be the best. But they must have been pretty good if the third best songwriter in the band wrote Here Comes the Sun.

[JeandAcre]

@John Conduitt, I think you just nailed it.  And to their credit, they were already drawing from other traditions, British folk music (no small thing) in particular.                                

[shanxi]

Pure 80th

 

Kingdom of Elymais
Orodes III
Æ Drachm, 2nd century AD
Obv.: Cuirassed bust of Orodes with long beard left, wearing tiara. Anchor with one crossbar behind bust. Pellet in crescent above.
Rev.: Anchor dashes
AE, 3.49g, 15.4x14.4mm
Ref.: van´t Haaff Type 16.3, Subtype 2-1A

 

[JeandAcre]

This is a very small amulet from the earlier phases of Meroe (cf. Napata; all they really did was to move the capital further south), c. 3rd c. BCE.  Yes, more extensively written up in the other forum.  It features the ram's horns of Amun --not coincidentally, a primary deity both of the Napatans /Meroites and the pharaonic Egyptians.  ...Cf. Tut-Ankh-Amun.  Forget offhand what the 'Tut' part means.  ...It was bought from an established dealer who happened to be listing on UKebay, who provided copious provenance back to Christie's, and a prominent collection from late in the last century.  (Thanks again, @DonnaML, for your salutary influence regarding that sort of thing, only most emphatically for artifacts.)

And here's a song referencing some other river than the Nile. Burning Spear has his; I have mine.

 

 

Edited September 1, 2022 by JeandAcre

[Steve]

Hello ... here is another sweet ol' tune from back in my day (man, some of these tunes never get old)

=> 1975 ... I was long-haired, ripped and feelin' like nothing was gonna stop me! (in hindsight, what an idiot)

anyway => cheers, you wonderful coiners (life is still good!!)

 

THESSALY, Pharsalos. AR Hemidrachm

Mid-late 5th century BC

Diameter: 14 mm

Weight: 2.88 grams

Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right

Reverse: Head and neck of horse right within incuse square

Reference: Lavva 31 (V21/R19); BCD Thessaly II –; Moustaka 51; SNG Copenhagen 217-8

Other: 12h … VF, lightly toned

Ex-stevex6 … From the Demetrios Armounta Collection

Edited September 1, 2022 by Steve

[JeandAcre]

Um, @Steve, that Requires a response.  Here's one of my completely unattributed harness pendants, probably relatively late.  Likely 14th-15th centuries, solely on the basis of the heraldry.  Regarding that, in itself, the forked tail on the lion is a relatively late development. 

And, switching species, Here's some stuff about a dog.