Amarmur Posted July 10, 2023 · Member Share Posted July 10, 2023 Celtic Sequani tribe quinarius. Song most fitting is Wild Horses by Rolling Stones I like the empty space off struckness of Celtic coinage. The horse runs through an empty field. Has the sort of feeling to it. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 10, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2023 Eirene was the Greek Goddess of peace Diocletian AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.38 g.) Egypt, Alexandria mint, dated RY 6 (AD 290/1). Obv. A K G OYA ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev. Eirene looking left, holding branch and scepter, leaning on a lituus shaped column, SL (date) across field. No reverse legend. Attractive brown patina. Very rare leaning and SL instead of LS 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted July 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2023 China Zhou Dynasty 1046-256 BCE AE Fish Money 67mm 9.5g AB Coole Enc Chinese Coins 6920ff 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted July 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2023 I just really enjoy Dolores O'Riordan's voice... Celtic AE Ring 800-500 BCE 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted July 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2023 You need to see this Film / Movie... it is a TRUE STORY / Fact. Etruria Populonia 3rd C BCE AR 20 As 8.1g Metus Blank HN 152 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2023 Constans, AE follis, Siscia. 18mm. DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL dot TEMP dot REPARATIO, phoenix, radiate, standing right on rocky mound. Mintmark ASIS dot. RIC VIII Siscia 232 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) Aeolis, Elaea. AE14. Time of Marcus Aurelius. Obv: ƐΛΑΙΤΩΝ; turreted and draped bust of the Tyche wearing wreath, r. Rev: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ϹΑΛΩΝΙΟV; kalathos containing two poppies and two ears of corn. N-E across fields. Magistrate: P. Salonios II (strategos). RPC IV.2, 2472 (temporary). Edited July 15, 2023 by AncientOne 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted July 15, 2023 Phrygia, Aezanis. Sabina Ae16 Obv: СΑΒЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ. Draped bust right. Rev: ЄΠΙ Μ ΑΤI ΜΗΤΡΟΓЄΝΟVС ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩ. Hygieia standing facing, holding serpent and patera. M. Ati- Metrogenes, magistrate. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 16, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 Couperin, Les Barricades Mysterieuses, played not only on a 17th century harpsichord, but one with something nearer the original, lower tuning. Which, back in the day, was what kept the instrument from sounding like the tinny monstrosity that you can hear on that many 20th-century recordings. Segueing to less mysterious barricades, here's a favorite camp-gate LRB, of Constantine II as Caesar. Treveri /Trier mint. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 16, 2023 · Patron Share Posted July 16, 2023 Gallienus, 253-268 CE. Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.65 g, 20.1 mm, 5 h. Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 CE. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right. Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, panther walking left, B in exergue. Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted July 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 Etruria or Umbria Aes Grave 3rd C BCE Sextans 23mm 25.15g Club-2 Dots HN 54 Vecchi-Th 172 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 Norway 1 Krone 1950 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 16, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 16, 2023 Here's a period theme for both coin and music. The year is 1798. For this year I chose a coin of Ferdinand III of Tuscany. Italy, Tuscany, Ferdinand III, 1 francescone of 10 paoli, Florence, 1798. Davenport ECT 1521 27.14 grams For the music, here is Beethoven's piano sonata # 9, an earlier work, in F major, composed in 1798. Wikipedia has this to say about this sonata: "Not withstanding its seeming simplicity, this sonata introduces the "Sturm und Drang" character that became so commonly identified with Beethoven. He adds drama both in the contrast between the lyrical passages that follow very active, textured thematic sections. Furthermore, the contrasting dynamics and variation between major and minor, between using the parallel minor and the subdominant of its relative major (E minor to C major). These were new techniques that offer a hint of the innovations that Beethoven brought to end the Classical era and begin the Romantic era." Here's the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._9_(Beethoven)#:~:text=14%2C No.,comfortable key of F major. And Murray Perahia's interpretation. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 16, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 Very cool, @robinjojo. Thanks for more confirmation (pretty sure @CPK did this once, too) that, contrary to the stereotype I grew up with, Beethoven was already starting to sound like Beethoven, as early as this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted July 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted July 16, 2023 Stop in the name of Love by The Supremes for this German states Schwabisch coin 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 JAIME I. (1213-1276 AD). Spanish States Obverse: ARAGON., bust of King Jaime, crowned and draped, left. Reverse: IACOBVS REX., cross of Caravaca. 1.09g. 18mm 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted July 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 I never really listened to or watched anything Imelda May did until I caught this by accident today - from a concert in memory of Jeff Beck from May: I'm not sure if Johnny Depp is playing much or at all... This is a a much earlier recording of Imelda with Jeff Beck at a Les Paul tribute gig in 2010 In tribute to Ms May's changed hairstyle and indeed dress 😛 - here's Julia Titi (I need a better J.T.): Ruler: Julia Titi (Augusta) Coin: Silver Denarius IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F - Diademed bust draped right, hair in plait down back VENVS AVGVST - Venus, viewed half from behind, standing right, leaning on column and holding helmet and spear Mint: Rome (79-81 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.90g / 19mm / 6h References: RIC 388 BMC 141 (Titus) RSC 14 RIC 56 (old - Titus) Acquisition: Ancient Delights Madrid 26-Sep-2012 ATB, Aidan. 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 16, 2023 · Patron Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, akeady said: I need a better J.T. Julia Titi is typically found worn down! Here's mine. Julia Titi, c. 79-90/91 CE. Roman AR denarius, 3.2 gm, 20.0 mm, 7 h. Rome, 79-81 CE. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F, draped bust of Julia, right, hair in long plait, and wearing stephane. Rev: VENVS AVGVST, Venus standing right, leaning on column holding helmet in right hand and transverse spear in left hand. Refs: RIC2 388; BMCRE 141-143; Cohen/RSC 14; RCV 2612. Maybe this song is too new to qualify for the thread, but it's good. Edited July 16, 2023 by Roman Collector New photo; attribution information for coin 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted July 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 21 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Julia Titi is typically found worn down! Here's mine. Maybe this song is too new to qualify for the thread, but it's good. I hadn't heard of the group or song before - it's a good one for describing a lot of coins 😄 ATB, Aidan. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus. Sestertius, Rome, AD 251-252 IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right / PIETAS AVGG, S-C, Pietas standing facing before lit altar, raising both hands. RIC 117a; Cohen 86; Sear 9676. 23.15g. 28x31mm 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 21, 2023 · Patron Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) I busted this one out of jail!! Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman provincial AE diassarion, 10.69 gm, 25.3 mm, 7 h. Thrace, Perinthus, AD 196-211. Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΑVΓΟVϹΤΑ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopia. Refs: Varbanov 219; Moushmov 4530; Schönert-Geiß 540; CN 2877. Notes: Obverse die-match to CN 2877 (BnF) specimen. Edited July 21, 2023 by Roman Collector 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 21, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 @Roman Collector, you Made me do it. It's all your fault!!! (Busting coins out of those is Fun. I like the minimalist approach, with a hammer.) Eberhard I of Hilpolstein, Archbishop of Salzburg 1147-1164 (prominent in the phase of the Investiture Contest under Friedrich Barbarossa). Freisacher denar, just bought; easily the earliest one I have. And it Had to happen --can't tell you about Eberhard, but.... 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 21, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 21, 2023 Great tunes, coin-gang ... Ummm, sorry that I haven't dropped-in too often lately (I've been busy doing summer yard-chores and other vacation stuff ... non-coin good times) Oh well, it is always great sayin' "hey" to my cool coin-friends ... Here is a fun tune from a "classic?" flick from a while back ... crank it and enjoy the day!! (cheers) Oh, and this sweet clam-coin was always one of my favs Cheers stevex6 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 21, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) United States of America, 20 dollars, 1857, San Francisco Mint Silver commemorative, City and County of San Francisco, centennial of cable car system, 1973, San Francisco Mint. Edited July 21, 2023 by robinjojo 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 21, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2023 Antoninus Pius AE As, RIC 733, Cohen 450, BMC 1624 143-144 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERATOR II S-C, Sow facing right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another piglet in front. SC in ex. 25mm, 10.09gr Scarce 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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