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

[Steve]

Wha? ... you figured that I'd only post one song? ... c'mon

=> it's Happy Hour!!

😉

=> here are a couple of classic ol' stones' tunes ... 

 

 

 

Ummm, and here is a very cool ol' coin offering ... man, I loved this cool coin

 

CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea- Eusebia,

Tranquillina, Augusta, AR Drachm

AD 241-244

Dated RY 4 of Gordian III (AD 240/1)

Diameter: 18 mm

Weight: 2.71 grams

Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane

Reverse: Mt. Argaeus; ЄT Δ (date) in exergue

Reference: Bland, Last 58; Sydenham, Caesarea Supp. 617aa

Other: 5h … find patina

Ex-stevex6

 

... mmmm, what a beauty

 

 

Edited July 8, 2022 by Steve

[AncientOne]

Getting ready for a one man dance party here too.  How bout some Satriani?

 

 

Cilicia, Augusta. Livia AE20

Obv: CEBACTH ΛIOYIA, draped bust right. Rev: AYΓOYCTANHN ΔΡ, Tyche seated right, holding grain ears; below, half-length figure of river-god Saros swimming right. SNG Levante 1238; RPC I 4013.

[John Conduitt]

I only saw these guys last weekend. They don't quite look like this anymore.

Gordian III Antoninianus, 241-243Rome. 20mm, 5.57g. Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right; IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG. Apollo, nude to waist, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and resting left elbow on lyre, P M TR P IIII COS II P P (RIC IV, 88). Found near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

 

[JeandAcre]

@AncientOne and @Steve, I'm really needing the Dreadnaughts and Tragically Hip.  ...Right, and the coins were cool, too; just not Quite as memorably so as the music. 

From south of the border, I've known for a long time that music is one of Canada's premiere glories, cultural or otherwise.  But I mostly stop at the likes of Joni Mitchell (edit: Neil Young) and Bruce Cockburn.  By comparison, both of these tracks have been nothing short of mind-expanding.  (Nope, nothing here but another, eponymous national product.  With lots of water, to slow it down enough to keep it fun.)  On 'Old Maui,' The Dreadnaughts are sounding like something between Irish trad and English folk music --skipping the usual middle man; the Scots equivalent, of which I'm also a fan.

...Oh, No, does this call for some Bruce Cockburn?  ...Okay, a coin.

Brittany, Conan IV, 1156-1166. 

Rev. 'DVX' in field; '+BRITANNIE.'

Obv.  Cross; '+CONANVS.'  Duplessy (Feodales) 60.

Right, that was pretext for the freaking Bruce Cockburn.  ...Very vintage; this will date me.  Again.  But if he ever did another one that was more smashingly brilliant than this, I'll thank anyone who lets me know.

 

 

 

Edited July 9, 2022 by JeandAcre

[Etcherdude]

@JeandAcre another Canadian of note.
not my coin 😞

 

Edited July 9, 2022 by Etcherdude

[JeandAcre]

...Oh, No, Another Canadian!!!  :<}  (Edit: LOL)

No, from here, you guys can Just Keep Right On doing this.

...Very much as an afterthought, if that coin was yours, I'd be Scared of you.

Edited July 9, 2022 by JeandAcre

[AncientOne]

@JeandAcre Dreadnaughts are a Canadian Irish punk band! and I think Old Maui is a trad folk song.  Glad you like it!

 

 

 

Phrygia, Peltae. AE14.

Obv: Radiate and draped bust of Helios right. Rev: ΠEΛ-TH-NΩN legend in three lines within wreath. BMC 8–10.

[Roman Collector]

This one has it all -- psychedelia, girls in mini-skirts and go-go boots with hips built for banging a tambourine upon, bell-bottoms, electric guitars, and a young Kenny Rogers!

What condition is this one in? Not too good!

Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ drachm, 24.36 g, 35.4 mm, 12 h.
Egypt, Alexandria, AD 151/52 (year 15).
Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝ CЄΒ CЄΒ ЄVCЄΒ ΘVΓ, draped bust, right, wearing circlet of pearls around head.
Rev: Monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta; L – IЄ (year 15) to either side.
Refs: RPC IV.4 14749 (temp); Köln 1961; Dattari 3305-06; K&G 38.69; Emmett 1971.15; Sear –.
Note: Some authors identify the altar on the reverse as the altar of Agathodaimon.

[Ryro]

My foxy new Faustina II ( my apologies for the rhyming)

BITHYNIA. Nicaea. Faustina II (Augusta, 147-175). Ae. (21.9mm. 6.3g) Obv: ΑΝΝΕΑ ΦΑVSΤΙΝΑ SΕΒ. Draped bust right. Rev: ΑΓΑΘ ΤVΧΗ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ. Tyche seated left on rocks, holding poppy and grain ears; to lower left, river god swimming left, head facing.

 

Edited July 9, 2022 by Ryro

[shanxi]

 

 

The grave of France Gall at Montmatre Cemetery, which we visited in 2019.

 

and a coin of Julia Domna

Julia Domna
AR-Denar, Laodicea Mint
Obv.: IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right
Rev.: LAETITIA, Laetitia standing left, holding purse and anchor.
Ag, 2.94g, 19mm
Ref.: RIC IV 641 var. (Laetitia holding purse instead of wreath), CRE 364 [C] var.

[Steve]

Hmmm, I must be in a bit of a tune-mood today? 

... here is a cool tune from a bit of a rough-band

 

Social Distortion - I Was Wrong - Bing video

 

Oh, but this was such a great ol' goldie from my ol' collextion ... 

 

LESBOS, Mytilene. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater

Circa 478-455 BC

Diameter: 10 mm

Weight: 2.48 grams

Obverse: Ram’s head right

Reverse: Incuse bull’s head right

Reference: Bodenstedt Em. 27; HGC 6, 954

Other: 12h ... so cool

Ex-stevex6

Edited July 9, 2022 by Steve

[Steve]

aaarrrggghhhh ... a few vinos under my belt ... ummm, let's send-out a tune ... 

Sure I'm already 2/3rds into the bag ... but hey, I still have a half-assed sense of what to crank and listen to ... 

THESSALY, Larissa, Æ Tetrachalkon 

Circa 356-337 BC

Diameter: 19 mm

Weight: 8.60 grams

Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left

Reverse: ΛAPI Σ/AIΩN around from upper left (N retrograde), bridled horse trotting right; E above; below, grain ear upward to left

Reference: Rogers 273; BCD Thessaly II 387.8; HGC 4, 517

Other: 5h … dark green patina … so fricken sweet, right??!

Ex-stevex6 … from the BCD Collection

 

[John Conduitt]

Nero Denarius, 65Rome. Silver, 2.78g. Laureate bust right; NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. VESTA above dome hexastyle temple with statue of Vesta inside (RIC I, 62). Found Norfolk before 2001.

[Steve]

Here is a cool cover-tune, by a very cool ol' rough-band! (Mentor's fav-band)

 

 

... yah, I'm drinking (hey, no judgers!)

Cheers 

Hi

 

Demetrius I Trichalkon with ELEPHANT

200-185 BC  

Diameter: 29.5 mm

Weight: 12.61 grams

Bactrian Kings, Demetrius I, bronze Attic trichalkon of:

Obverse: Head of elephant with bell hanging from neck

Reverse: Caduceus.

Reference: Bopearachchi-16, Mitchiner-1086, SNG ANS 209

Other: LOVELY brown and green patina, great example

NOTE => this is Demetrios I (Bactrian King) which is different from Demetrios I (Seleukid King)

Ex-stevex6

Edited July 10, 2022 by Steve

[JeandAcre]

21 hours ago, John Conduitt said:

Nero Denarius, 65Rome. Silver, 2.78g. Laureate bust right; NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. VESTA above dome hexastyle temple with statue of Vesta inside (RIC I, 62). Found Norfolk before 2001.

@John Conduitt, if I had any one of them, you could keep your Nero denarius.  ...Gotta Wiki Shaggy.  Never heard of him.  ...No, in any other context, the denarius would be impressive enough.

By way of redescent into the lower levels of the atmosphere, here's a lifetime issue of Herbert I, Count of Maine 1015-1032/5, vs the immobilizations, which persist through the 12th century, and probably into the 13th.  The 'tell' here, based on hoard evidence, is the 'M' rendered a little like O).  (A little ironically, this is a lot more common on issues from Champagne from the 12th and 13th centuries.)  --Yes, underattributed by no less than Comptoire des Monnaies, or I wouldn't have it. 

Obv. ERBERTVS monogram; +COMES CENOOMANNIS.

Rev. Cross, Alpha and Omega suspended from either arm.  +SIGNVM DEI VIVI.

And a tune, maybe a little more consistently edifying, that I was listening to last night.

 

 

Edited July 10, 2022 by JeandAcre

[Steve]

A couple more beverages later ... 

 

 

Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine, Antoine the Good

AR Demi-plaque

Nancy mint

1508-1544 AD

Diameter:  22 mm

Weight: 1.59 grams

Obverse: + ΛnThOn : ∂ : G : CΛLΛBЧ : LOThOЧ : ЄT : BΛЧ : ∂ (double saltire stops), crowned ducal coat-of-arms

Reverse: + mOnЄTΛ : nOVΛ : FΛCTΛ : In : nΛnCЄIO : (double saltire stops), armored arm, wielding sword, emerging from clouds

Reference: De Saulcy pl. XIV, 13; Roberts 9491; Boudeau 1507

Other: darkly toned

Ex-stevex6

 

... don't worry ... the wheels are still on the wagon

Cheers

Hi

 

Edited July 10, 2022 by Steve

[John Conduitt]

'Potterne Moon Head' Unit, 50-20BC
Vale of Pewsey, East Wiltshire. Silver, 11.6mm, 0.96g. Moon head right, large sunburst on chin, crescent hair, stalk lips. Feather-tailed horse left, large wheel below, pellets and annulets in field (S -; ABC 2131).

[Roman Collector]

We need some old Captain Beefheart!

[Steve]

Man, it is such a beautiful day outside today ... 

Ummm, I'm not sure if the rest of the planet even knows/remembers this sweet ol' Canadian Rock band? (the good ol' days ... my youth in the 70's)

 

 

 

Sicily, Syracuse: Agathokles Æ24

317-289 BC

Diameter: 23.9mm

Weight: 9.26gm

Obverse: Diademed head of the young Herakles left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before

Reverse: The Nemean lion striding right, club above, ΣΩ in exergue

Reference: Calciati II, p290, 150, R1 7; c.f. SNG ANS 733ff

Other: superior portrait with sculpted features usually represented by simpler forms

Ex-stevex6

 

I sure hope that the rest of you coiners are also enjoying the summer sunshine today? 

If not => then get out there!!

 

 

Edited July 11, 2022 by Steve

[JeandAcre]

19 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

We need some old Captain Beefheart!

Yes!  Yes!  (No, not the band.)  ...A little less old Captain Beefheart, but he's still being his Captain Beefheart self.

Siegneuries d'Anduse et Sauve (in eastern Toulouse, bordering Provence); anon., 13th c.  (Duplessy 1570.  B in field, DE ANDVSIA; inventive cross, + / DE / SA / LV E.)

Edited July 11, 2022 by JeandAcre

[shanxi]

KRAFTWERK - The Robots (english version)

 

 

 

Claudius
Alexandria, year 4, AD 43-44
Billon Tetradrachm
Obv.: TI KΛAΥΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEΡMANI AΥ[TOKΡ], laureate head right, date LΔ before
Rev.: MEΣΣAΛINA KAIΣ ΣEBAΣ, Messalina as Ceres standing facing, head left, two small figures in right, two stalks of grain in left
Billlon, 22.9x24.1mm
Ref.: Geißen 81, Dattari 125

 

[JeandAcre]

@shanxi, thanks for broadening my horizons, Again.  (No, all I knew was 'Autobahn.'  This is reminding me of Devo, from, thank you, the same time.  Scary, but fun.) 

Edited July 11, 2022 by JeandAcre

[Steve]

Ummm, is it too early for a beer and a cool ol' tune? (never too early, right? ... stated the raging alcoholic)

Hey, no judging! 

... anyway ... I've got this

=> I very seldom listen to country-tunes, but this baby has always made me feel good!

 

 

Constantius I AE Follis

Date: 301-303 AD

Diameter: 28.5 mm

Weight: 10.1 grams

Obverse:  CONSTANTIVS NOB C - Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding sceptre over left shoulder

Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - Genius standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopiæ; B right, PLC in ex. (Lugdunum mint)

Reference: RIC 167a

Other: Superb and bold portrait

Ex-stevex6

 

... this was definitely one of my favourite coins that started with "Const" (it's a beauty)

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by Steve

[Steve]

uh-oh ... I must have eaten something odd, for here comes another country tune?!

... it's the last one, I promise (oh, but crank it, because it's a winner!)

 

 

Oh, and the Ptolemy is a total winner as well ... 

 

KINGS OF EGYPT, PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR

221-205 BC

Diameter: AE40 (40mm)

Weight: 70.32 grams

Obverse: diademed Zeus-Ammon head

Reverse: eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopea before, monogram between legs

Ref: Svor. 965, SNG Cop. 199, tan-brown, edge slightly shaved at 7-8 o'clock of obv

Ex-stevex6

 

=> 40 mm and 70 fricken grams! (it's a giant!)

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by Steve

[John Conduitt]

Both relate to the 90s concept (1990s not AD90s) of Cool Britannia...and walls. Can you see what I did there? 😁

 

Hadrian As, 119Rome. Bronze, 10.00g. Laureate bust right; IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG. Britannia seated facing, holding sceptre, large shield to right; PONT MAX T R POT COS III; S C; BRITANNIA in exergue (RIC II.3, 241).