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

[JeandAcre]

@Steve, it's truly great to see you here again!  

Really liking that, Yikes, hemiobol.  Had no idea that other city-states were imitating the Aegina stuff. 

...And, Yep, you just Can't get more vintage metal than Sabbath. 

"All Right, Now...."

(Edit:) For those of us who've been here that long, Anything from the '70's has to be that much better on vinyl.

Hector looks as if he's feeling just that much guilt about sitting in the chair!  :<}

 

Edited March 13 by JeandAcre
...Too much subsequent stuff to enumerate.

[AncientOne]

It's been awhile so here's two songs.

 

 

 

 

Pamphylia Uncertain (BC 200-0) AE 10

Obv: Head of Artemis right.
Rev: Pomegranate.
SNG BN 758
Very rare.

 

 

[expat]

Sol took exception to this song, so has taken Axl Rose hostage

 

[Roman Collector]

And one with the messenger of the gods ...

Gallienus, AD 253-268.
Roman silvered billon antoninianus, 4.25 g, 21.3 mm, 11 h.
Antioch, AD 267.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: FIDES AVG, Mercury standing right, holding marsupium (purse) and caduceus; PXV (=TR P XV) in exergue.
Refs: RIC 607F; Göbl 1667k; Cohen 219; RCV 10212; Hunter p. lxx.

[Roman Collector]

Bumping with a little Swingtown!

And an old coin -- from the early days of my collection.

Maximian, AD 286-308.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 3.78 mm, 23.0 mm, 12 h.
Cyzicus, AD 293-294.
Obv: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust right.
Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM•, Emperor standing right, receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left; Г/XII•.
Refs: RIC 607; Cohen 53; RCV 13115.

[Roman Collector]

No music fans? No @Steve, @expat, @AncientOne or @Ryro? Let's get funky with the Brothers Johnson!

 

And the brothers Titus and Domitian!

Titus and Domitian, Caesares, AD 69-81.
Roman provincial Æ 18.5 mm, 5.14 g, 5 h.
Lycaonia, Laodicea Combusta (Laodikeia Katakekaumene / Claudio-Laodicea).
Obv: TITOC KAI ΔOMITIANOC KAICAΡEC, bare head of Titus right, facing bare head of Domitian left.
Rev: KΛAYΔIO ΛAOΔIKЄѠN, Cybele, polos on head, seated left, holding patera and tympanum; lion beneath throne.
Refs: RPC II 1613; von Aulock Lykaoniens 151; SNG von Aulock 8416; Waddington 4779; SNG France III 2322.

[AncientOne]

Keep the funk alive!

 

 

 

Lydia, Bagis. Pseudo-autonomous Æ21. 190-240 AD.

Obv: ΔHMOC, youthful, laureate bust of Demos right, drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: EΠI ΓAIOY AΡC A BAΓHNΩN (HN ligate), River-god Hermos, himation over lower limbs, reclining left, holding reed over right shoulder, resting left arm on urn from which waters flow, EΡMOC below.
Archon Gaius

[Ryro]

14 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

No music fans? No @Steve, @expat, @AncientOne or @Ryro? Let's get funky with the Brothers Johnson!

 

And the brothers Titus and Domitian!

Titus and Domitian, Caesares, AD 69-81.
Roman provincial Æ 18.5 mm, 5.14 g, 5 h.
Lycaonia, Laodicea Combusta (Laodikeia Katakekaumene / Claudio-Laodicea).
Obv: TITOC KAI ΔOMITIANOC KAICAΡEC, bare head of Titus right, facing bare head of Domitian left.
Rev: KΛAYΔIO ΛAOΔIKЄѠN, Cybele, polos on head, seated left, holding patera and tympanum; lion beneath throne.
Refs: RPC II 1613; von Aulock Lykaoniens 151; SNG von Aulock 8416; Waddington 4779; SNG France III 2322.

Oh, funk yeeuuusss! You called on the gods of funk....yaba daba madoozla baaaaaaby!

Here's an extremely rare, and funky, contemporary imitation, or really rough,  of one of the first types of MSC!

Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC).

AE. Uncertain mint in Macedon. 336-323 BC or later. 2,88 g // 13 mm

Obv: Macedonian shield.

Rev: K. Bow in quiver, club and grain ear. 

Price 2071; HGC 3.1, 959 (Alexander IV).

Edited March 20 by Ryro

[expat]

 

[JeandAcre]

Denier of Aquitaine, attributed to Eleanor, whether before, between or during her marriages to Louis VII (Duke 1137-52) and the future Henry II (Duke 1152-89). 

Aquitaine (likely Bordeaux).  Denier.

Rev. Cross; +AQVITANIE.  

Obv. Two crosslets; Omega and Alpha between.  +DVCISIT.

(Duplessy (2004:) 1025: 'anonyme;' Spink, Scotland...Anglo-Gallic (2015) 8011: 'Eleanor.'  ...If anyone would care to cite one of the heavyweights for Anglo-Gallic, it would be keenly appreciated!) 

...For anything that's better than funk, on the same plane of existence, one thing has to be Funk On Vinyl. 

...Retro I can get behind.  Among a certain generation, you sort of take all the vindication you can get.

 

(Edit: Sorry; for this, I was late to the party.  Car trouble.)

Edited March 20 by JeandAcre

[AncientOne]

 

 

 

Lydia, Maeonia. Pseudo-autonomous Æ24

Obv: ΖƐΥϹ οΛΥΜΠΙοϹ / Diademed head of Zeus Olympios with traces of drapery, r. Rev: ƐΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΝƐΩΝοϹ ΜΑΙοΝΩΝ / Helmeted Roma seated on cuirass and shield, l., holding Nike and sword. Magistrate Ail. Neon Ioul. c. 147-161 RPC IV.2, 1310

[expat]

 

[JeandAcre]

Wow, @expat, I had no idea the Doors carried on that long.  Yes, them (in either incarnation) and Van are a good match.

[akeady]

@JeandAcre - The Doors actually supported Them with Van Morrison in 1966 - scroll down to June for some photos of the two bands on stage together - http://www.doorshistory.com/doors1966.html

I saw half of The Doors in 2003 in Dublin (Robby Krieger & Ray Manzarek) - with Ian Astbury singing and basically trying to look like Jim Morrison 😄 - they were then called The Doors of the 21st Century and later had to change their name - AFAICR, John Densmore sued them to stop calling themselves The Doors.  Anyway, it was a great gig.

To the main point of the post, inasmuch as there is a point - while I'm huge fan of the late Cathal Coughlan, I have to admit that some of his side efforts were very silly - funny, but perhaps an acquired taste - let's see 😄

Bubonique was a group with Cathal and the also sadly departed comedian Sean Hughes and some other guy whose name I can't remember which produced two albums - "20 Golden Showers" and "Trance Arse Volume 3".   The former had only one track, of around an hour, which is usually broken into about twenty scabrous songs.   I've just bought it online - can't wait to hear the rest of it 😄   I bought the latter when it first came out in the mid-90s and it's best described as eclectic - under Genre, discogs.com lists "Electronic, Hip Hop, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Funk/Soul, Non-Music, Pop, Folk, World, & Country" - there's plenty there to annoy everyone.

Anyway, here's a Julian Cope song they screwed around with.

I actually found a recording of Sean Hughes singing the same song, possibly on his zany (underused word these days) TV comedy show.   The dancers look like they're from a Tindersticks video:

Here's a coin I got at a show last month.

Moneyer:	C. Licinius Macer
Coin:	Silver Denarius - Bust of Apollo seen from behind, with head turned to left and with thunderbolt in right hand - Minerva in quadriga, right, holding shield and reins in left hand and spear in right hand
Exergue:	C·LICINIVS·L·F / MACER
Mint:	Rome (84 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	3.78g / 20mm / 2h
References:	RSC 16 (Licinia) Sydenham 732 Crawford 354/1
Acquisition:	Hibernian Coins and Notes Irish International Coin Fair 18-Feb-2023

ATB,
Aidan.

[Roman Collector]

And here's one of the first coins of the Roman Republic that I ever acquired.

L. Mussidius Longus, 42 BCE.
Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.48 gm, 16.4 mm, 4 h.
Rome, 42 BCE.
Obv: Draped bust of Marc Antony's 3rd wife, Fulvia, as Victory, right.
Rev: L·MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, Victory in biga right, holding reins in both hands.
Refs: RRC 494/40; BMCRR 4229; RCV 1517; Sydenham 1095; RSC Mussidia 4; Banti Mussidia 613.

[Ryro]

I'll follow beauty with a beast...

I have some beautiful horrific coins, but this may be the scariest coin I own. 

CARNUTES (Beauce region) (2nd - 1st centuries BC) copper alloy with the diabolical head and the wolf

16.4mm, 3.81g. R3

LT.manque - DT.2612 - BN.? - PK.43 var. - BMCC.S285

Obv: Spooky head on the left, a drop-shaped globule, possibly human flesh, in the mouth.

Rev: Stylized and gendered (if you don't know what that means, look closer) wolf on the left, the tail between the legs and a cross/crucifix over the back.

Unearthed Sept 2021 Burgundy region of France

 

"The Carnutes would have participated in the legendary expedition from Bellovese to Italy. They formed the geographical center of Gaul and, long before the start of the Gallic Wars, Roman merchants knew the way to Genabum (Orleans), then a large commercial center. The Carnutes were also famous for their forest where the annual meeting of the Druids was held. At the start of the War, Caesar had wintered among the Carnutes in 57 BC and imposed them as King Tasgetios, who was assassinated in 54 BC The following year, they submitted but at the beginning from 52 BC, they are perhaps at the origin of the revolt which will raise the whole of Gaul. It is possible that the conspirators met during a Druidic assembly. The Carnutes massacred the colonists and the Roman merchants of Genabum (Orleans) under the leadership of Cotuatos and Conconnétodumnos. Caesar came to besiege the city he took, looted and burned down, marking the start of hostilities. The Carnutes then provided a contingent of twelve thousand men to the relief army in order to free Alesia. After the fall of Vercingetorix, the following year, the Romans carried out a new campaign of pacification and Caesar punished the assassins of the previous year."

 

 

Edited Friday at 03:06 AM by Ryro