Roman Collector Posted July 12, 2022 · Patron Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman AR denarius, 3.01 g, 19.6 mm, 1 h. Rome, AD 166-170. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Faustina II, right, Beckmann type 7 hairstyle, wearing stephane. Rev: IVNO, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; peacock at feet. Refs: RIC 688 var. (stephane); BMCRE 109; RSC 120b; RCV 5255 var. (stephane); CRE 189. Edited July 12, 2022 by Roman Collector wrong video link 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 12, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) 🙃 Nice Here's a classic ol' tune ... Postumus AR Antoninianus 260-269 AD Diameter: 21 mm Weight: 3.58 grams Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right Reverse: LAETITIA AVG, galley left with four rowers & pilot Reference: RIC 73, RSC 167 Ex-stevex6 Edited July 12, 2022 by Steve 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) Another British link... would’ve been great to have been there! (The concert, not the battle). Septimius Severus Denarius, 210-211 Rome. Silver, 2.21g. Head with laurel wreath from right; SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT. Victory with palm branch and wreath from right; VICTORIAE BRIT (Victory in Britain) (RIC IV, 332). Edited July 12, 2022 by John Conduitt 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 13, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) Philippe III (1270-1285). AR Toulousain; approximating half a gros tournois. ...In 1271, one of Philippe's uncles, Alphonse of Poitiers, died without heirs, having married Joan, the heiress of Toulouse. The county promptly became part of the Capetian royal demesne. ...Continuing the steady and often dramatic centralization of royal territorial rule, beginning with Philippe II in the first years of the the same century. ...If only those (expletive of choice) English hadn't started the Hundred Years' War, and mucked everything up until the later 15th century.... Obv. Fleur de lis. +PhILIPVS REX. /Rev. Cross; (punctuated by fleurs de lis:) +TO / 'L'A / CI /VI. Duplessy, Royales 203. That many flowers has to make me think of bumblebees. (...Sure, I had help.) This is John Lee Hooker, from one of his early '70's albums, amounting to a kind of graduate seminar for all of these hippies who were learning the blues. For the record, it worked. Except, on this track, you can tell who's playing the guitar. Edited July 13, 2022 by JeandAcre 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 13, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) Nice => here s another cool dude, performing a very cool tune Oh, and here is a very sweet Hadrian Snake (ex-stevex6) Edited July 13, 2022 by Steve 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 13, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) ...Sorry, but, Yeah, (still) more for the coin than for Stevie Ray Vaughn. (Edit:) Um, no hard feelings, okay? Edited July 13, 2022 by JeandAcre 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 13, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) ahaha ... weak I like all types of blues/music I'm not stuck just lovin' Muddy, Wolf & John Lee Hooker ... I consider The Stones and even a few Zeppelin tunes as sweet, sweet blues Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues (Official Music Video) - Bing video EGYPT, Uncertain, PB Tessera 2nd-3rd centuries AD Diameter: 15 mm Weight: 4.82 grams Obverse: Head of Serapis right, wearing calathus; uncertain object before Reverse: Griffin seated right, resting right paw on wheel Reference: Milne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln Other: 5h … even gray patina with a spot of green, minor surface cracking Ex-stevex6 Give a coin-brother some slack 😜 Edited July 13, 2022 by Steve 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 13, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) ... great tune Oh, and here is a great ol' coin ... cheers, fellas TROAS, Birytis. Æ18 4th-3rd centuries BC Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 5.80 grams Obverse: Head of Kabeiros left, wearing pilos; two stars above Reverse: Club within wreath Reference: SNG München 168; SNG von Aulock 1502-3; SNG Copenhagen 247-8 Other: 1h … brown patina, minor roughness on reverse Ex-stevex6 … From the Demetrios Armounta Collection Edited July 13, 2022 by Steve 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 14, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) Well, well, well ... here we are again, 18 hours later and I still feel like I've gotta have more cowbell! 😜 => ummm, or maybe this awesome classic Canadian-tune will do the trick? ... CARTHAGE Æ20 Circa 300-264 BC Diameter: 20 mm Weight: 4.79 grams Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left Reverse: Horse’s head right; palm tree before, pellet below Reference: MAA 57m; SNG Copenhagen 175 Other: 7h … a fricken beauty, with brown patina with some light earthen deposits Ex-stevex6 Pretty fricken amazing sound for 3 cool dudes, eh? R.I.P. Neal Peart Edited July 14, 2022 by Steve 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 14, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) Here is another amazingly sad R.I.P. ... man, so many epic tunes from my youth Pisidia, Selge AR Stater 325-250 BC Diameter: 24.1 mm Weight: 9.43 grams Obverse: Two wrestlers grappling, K between Reverse: Slinger; triskels above, club and cornucopia right Reference: Other: Obverse die slightly corroded, dark toning Ex-stevex6 Edited July 14, 2022 by Steve 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 15, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) ahaha ... hey Jean, thanks for establishing my own private tune-thread ... 24 hours later and here I am ... drinkin' and wanting to hear a few good tunes! (life is great) Hi Roman Republic Post Reform Æ Semis (Anonymous) Circa 88 BC (?) Rome mint Diameter: 21mm Weight: 5.96 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind Reverse: Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above; to right, dolphin downward, ROMA in exergue Reference: Crawford –; Sydenham –; BMCRR II, p. 589, 10 Other: 2h, dark green patina. Kinda rare Ex-stevex6 Edited July 15, 2022 by Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 15, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 15, 2022 This might be my favourite song of all time??? ... well, for today 😜 ... such a cool tune, the acoustic version ... => well, what the fa??? => "both" versions are awesome, right? (great ol' party band from the 1990's & 2000's) VICTORINUS SILVERED AE ANTONINIANUS Colonia Agrippina (Köln) mint Second half A.D. 269 Diameter: 15 mm Weight: 3.3 grams Obverse: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: INVICTVS. Sol running left, holding whip, right hand raised, chlamys in two folds. Star in left field. Reference: RIC V-2 114 Other: very nice coin, difficult to find in this quality: conserving full details in both sides, including a precious portrait of this galo-romanic emperor, very strong relief and a delicious brown patina with remainings of the original silvering Ex-stevex6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 15, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 27 minutes ago, Steve said: ahaha ... hey Jean, thanks for establishing my own private tune-thread ... 24 hours later and here I am ... drinkin' and wanting to hear a few good tunes! (life is great) Hi Roman Republic Post Reform Æ Semis (Anonymous) Circa 88 BC (?) Rome mint Diameter: 21mm Weight: 5.96 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind Reverse: Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above; to right, dolphin downward, ROMA in exergue Reference: Crawford –; Sydenham –; BMCRR II, p. 589, 10 Other: 2h, dark green patina. Kinda rare Ex-stevex6 Yeah, and in the process, you've done amazing things for its tone --metaphorically and otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) The great Edith Piaf Rhodes, 304-166 BC Asia Minor, Caria AR Drachm, magistrate Stasion Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right. Rev.: ΣΤΑΣIΩΝ, P - O, Rose with bud right, winged thunderbolt in field left. Ag, 2.75g, 14mm Ref.: "Neue Beiträge zur antiken Münzkunde aus schweizerischen öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen", p. 63, no. 59, RSN 30 (1945) p. 1-103. (1 specimen cited). Edited July 16, 2022 by shanxi 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 16, 2022 · Patron Share Posted July 16, 2022 Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman AR denarius, 2.88 g, 16.5 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 166. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust of Faustina II, draped, right, Beckmann type 7 coiffure with a circlet of pearls in the hair. Rev: HILARITAS, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm-branch in right hand and cornucopia in left hand. Refs: RIC 686 var.; BMCRE 101-102; RSC 111a; RCV 5254; CRE 182; MIR 15-4/10b. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 16, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 Thanks, @shanxi and @Roman Collector. ...We needed some Piaf this whole time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 16, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) On that note ... => here is a lil' Zeppelin 😘 Gallienus, Pamphylia, Side ... w. c/m & Athena w. pomegranate ... this is fun I love you guys (thanks for allowing me to play) Hi Edited July 16, 2022 by Steve 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 16, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 @Steve, in all candor, I like your coins a lot more than your music! Bet you already figured that out, anyway. The provincial Gallienus is very cool all by itself. But the countermark really made me sit up! I'm wondering how speciously superficial my associatiation of it with Byzantine ...something is. With the condition, even if it had circulated that long, that wouldn't make a lot of sense. ...I know Exactly Zero about 3rd-century countermarks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 16, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 16, 2022 Hey, Jean ... Hi Sorry, but this is all of the info I have on that sweet ex-coin ... PAMPHYLIA, Side. Gallienus, Æ 11 Assarion 253-268 AD Diameter: 30 mm Weight: 14.25 grams Obverse: Laureate and draped bust right above eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; IA obliterated by c/m of Є within circular incuse Reverse: Athena standing facing, head right, holding spear and [thunderbolt], with shield at side; pomegranate to left Reference: SNG France –; BMC 104; for c/m: Howgego 805 Other: 6h … brown surfaces Ex-stevex6 ... meh ... I miss the ol' girl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 17, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, shanxi said: The great Edith Piaf Rhodes, 304-166 BC Asia Minor, Caria AR Drachm, magistrate Stasion Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right. Rev.: ΣΤΑΣIΩΝ, P - O, Rose with bud right, winged thunderbolt in field left. Ag, 2.75g, 14mm Ref.: "Neue Beiträge zur antiken Münzkunde aus schweizerischen öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen", p. 63, no. 59, RSN 30 (1945) p. 1-103. (1 specimen cited). @shanxi, I was knowing the song that should complement your post of the Edith Piaf, but never found a coin remotely as appropriate as your magnificent example of Rhodes. Anyway, here's a repost of my less than great denier, provisionally attributed to Eleanor of Aquitaine. Rev. +AGVITANIE. Obv. +DVCISIT. Cf. Duplessy 1025. And some Billie Holiday. This is the version I grew up with, on vinyl, and the best I've ever heard since. ...Sometimes the song precedes what could only happen that much later. Art not so much imitating, as anticipating life. ...Thank you, sometimes art is its own sh-t, that way. Edited July 17, 2022 by JeandAcre 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 17, 2022 · Patron Share Posted July 17, 2022 With this koala, my life is complete! Now, what sort of coin would go with this? My funky chicken, I guess. Pseudo-autonomous. Roman provincial Æ 13 mm, 1.2 g. Antioch, Pisidia, time of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Obv: ANTIOCH, draped bust of Mercury/Hermes (head assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar), left; to right, caduceus. Rev: COLONI, chicken walking right. Refs: RPC IV.3, 7350 (temporary); BMC 19.176,1 (pl. XXXI, 1); SNG von Aulock 4916; Krzyżanowska 140–1, VII.7–9; cf. SNG BN 1067. 1 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 17, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) Nice!! ... there are some great coins and some fun tunes, my cool coin-friends!! (thanks for the great entertainment) Errrr, probably to nobody's surprise, we are sipping mimosas on our deck (Sunday morning treats, good times!!) ... Oh, and I'm also keeping an eye on The Open (PGA golf) ... another big finish, on-deck! => what a great Sunday, so far!! EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Æ Obol AD 117-138 Dated RY 14 (Regnal year 14) (AD 129/30) Diameter: 20 mm Weight: 4.51 grams Obverse: Laureate head right Reverse: Uraeus (cobra) to left, with poppy and grain ear; L-IΔ (date) across upper field Reference: Köln 1022; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 32.501; Emmet 1170 Other: 12h ... red-brown patina … coolest coin ever! Ex-stevex6 Edited July 17, 2022 by Steve 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 17, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 @Steve, thanks for getting into all the details about this fantastic obol. If you haven't yet, you need to bounce this one off of @DonnaML. I don't know of anyone on the forums here (...or elsewhere) who's more into, and erudite about the persistence of Pharaonic Egyptian religious motifs in the Roman period. ...Is your new avatar Cheech Marin? Just a guess; it's been a minute. (My favorite bit --granted, if you can remember the '70's, you weren't there-- is when the cops are knocking on the door, and Cheech quotes Bob Marley: 'I hear you knockin', but you can't come in.') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 17, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 17, 2022 Constantine I, 317 AD. AE follis. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol standing half left, holding globe and raising right hand, chlamys across left shoulder. 3 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 18, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) I'll change gears a bit and toss-in this classic (makes me moody whenever I hear it ... wickedly cool tune) Magnia Urbica. Augusta, Antoninianus Ticinum mint. 5th emission of Carus, August AD 283 AD 283-285 Diameter: 21 mm Weight: 3.45 grams Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set on crescent Reverse: Venus standing left, holding helmet and scepter; shield at side; SXXIT Reference: RIC V 347; Pink VI/2, p. 29 Other: 6h … brown surfaces Ex-stevex6 … From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Justice Frederic Rockwell Sanborn Collection (Sotheby Parke Bernet, 24 February 1977), lot 89 ... man, I love the looks of that sweet coin Edited July 18, 2022 by Steve 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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