AncientOne Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 18, 2022 Lesbos, Mytilene. Antoninus Pius AE18 Obv: ΑVΤ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝ[ΟС?] / Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r. Rev: ΜVΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ / female figure (Aphrodite?) standing, facing, head, l., holding patera and transverse sceptre. RPC IV, 2627 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) @AncientOne, it just so happens that you picked my favorite track on the album that I have to think marks the apex of (to shamelessly quote myself) the Stones' artistic achievement. Coming from a confirmed blues curmudgeon, it took them a decade to get to this level, but they did. The slide player kicks something All Over the Block. Personally, I still have to prefer the studio version --but that's true of most people I like from the '70's, across genres. ...Probably the only exception would be the Dead. But Jagger liked to forget lines, and the Wailers (the instrumental band, not the vocal trio) always sound more mechanical than the studio version, instead of less. ...Wait, that's what we need; some Dead. Gimme a minute. Well, first a coin. Got this on the cheap; I have a solid example, and am hoping it is an imitation. Kinda looks like one. Please note the bishop's tonsure on the reverse; don't know of any other contemporary rendering of that on a coin. Directly from the Naumann listing (last auction): NETHERLANDS. Groningen or imitation. Wilhelm and Heinrich III/IV (1054-1076). Obv: Crowned bust facing. Rev: Bishop bust facing, holding crozier; annulet to right. Cf. Ilisch 18.10. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 0.87 g. Diameter: 18 mm. ...From one of the greatest live albums of the early '70's. Personal note: the only time I was in Europe, the year after this (I was 11), the family was camping in Calais, waiting for the ferry to Dover. I'll never forget the French hippies who were playing some kind of horseshoes, but with big knives. Yeah, festival seating wasn't so much of a thing then, either. Edited July 18, 2022 by JeandAcre 5 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) Nice tunes and great coins, fellas ... hey, what are you guys doing, clogging-up my private tunes-thread??? 😜 Fun ... I love this place Ummm, sadly, Jean never seems to care too much for 80% of my tunes, but I don't think that really matters in a world where "artistic-stuff" is a merely a matter of opinion, yes? (I'm glad that we all seem to have different opinions/tastes, so there are always enough cool coins to go around!!) => Cheers, coin-my friends (I hope your Monday is going as well as mine!! Top-drawer!) Edited July 18, 2022 by Steve 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) ... ummm, and on that note ... => here is a cool tune (crank it and get busy collecting fricken coins!!) => Coins Rock!! Ionia, Teos AR Drachm 375 B.C. Hagnon, magistrate Diameter: 16 MM Weight: 3.4grams Obverse: Griffin seated right, raising forepaw Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with granulated quarters and thick crossbars; ZHIΩN on horizontal crossbar, AΓ-NΩN on vertical crossbar Reference: Kinns 11; SNG Copenhagen 1443 Other: 6h … amazingly cool rainbow toning Ex-stevex6 ... okay Jean ... no judging!! (I like you) 😘 Edited July 18, 2022 by Steve 4 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 feel like I should post this cool tune ... it's my sweet wife's favourite tune (and she rocks and I don't deserve her, big-time! ... but whatev) EGYPT, Alexandria. Saloninus. As Caesar BI Tetradrachm AD 258-260 Dated RY 7 of Valerian I and Gallienus (AD 259/60) Diameter: 22 mm Weight: 13.00 grams Obverse: Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; L Z (date) across field Reference: Köln 3005; Dattari (Savio) 5377; K&G 93.8 Other: 12h … even brown surfaces. Rare Ex-stevex6 … From the Robert M. Harlick Collection Edited July 18, 2022 by Steve 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Steve said: Nice tunes and great coins, fellas ... hey, what are you guys doing, clogging-up my private tunes-thread??? 😜 Fun ... I love this place Ummm, sadly, Jean never seems to care too much for 80% of my tunes, but I don't think that really matters in a world where "artistic-stuff" is a merely a matter of opinion, yes? (I'm glad that we all seem to have different opinions/tastes, so there are always enough cool coins to go around!!) => Cheers, coin-my friends (I hope your Monday is going as well as mine!! Top-drawer!) No, Steve, you're the heart of coolitude. ' (...mmmBesides some of the music. Here's some full disclosure, just because you're owed it. Where pop music is concerned, it's like, having lived through them, I have to think of "80's nostalgia" as an oxymoron. The entire decade drove me deeper into '70's blues rock, blues, reggae, and eventually jazz. I was in my twenties, and was already entering the musical equivalent of middle age. ...To reiterate, just some full disclosure, since you're owed it.) (Edit:) Oh, No, now some Journey! Honestly, you have some Uncanny Genius for liking Everything I Hate! --Right, especially having been subjected to it on every radio that was on, back in the day. ...But, No, I get it that, outside of music, you're some good people. Edited July 18, 2022 by JeandAcre 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) ahaha => I get it ... you're older than me Ummm, I graduated high-school in 1981, when Disco was at its climax!! (awful, right?) ... ummm, except for a few cool ol' Stones Tunes that I'm about to play you ("Hi") ... however, luckily, I was also able to snag a love for some great ol' classic-rock from my older sibling's era (probably your era?) and I was also cocky enough to listen to the few cool-tunes during the past few decades (ummm, they do still crank-out tunes, just in case you were confused) ; ) ... anyway ... you seem fun, so there's that Ummm, am I allowed to play a couple of cool tunes from the Stones, during those sad Disco years? ... I actually love the album Some Girls, so again, there's that ... hi => here are 2 sweet songs from that album (I was just a dirty lil' pup) The Rolling Stones - Miss You - OFFICIAL PROMO - Bing video The Rolling Stones - Beast Of Burden - Live OFFICIAL - Bing video ... ooops, I forgot to post a coin ... here is a random coin (have a great Monday, Jean) PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan AR Tetradrachm AD 98-117 Struck AD 110/1 Diameter: 27 mm Weight: 14.44 grams Obverse: Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right with wings folded Reverse: Tyche seated right, foot set on river-god swimming to right below Reference: McAlee 470 (Antioch); Prieur 1498 Other: 7h ... toned, some porosity, light scratches in field on obverse, slight die shift on reverse Ex-stevex6 Edited July 18, 2022 by Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 18, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) @Steve, this time you nailed it. Between this album and Exile on Main Street, you have all the Stones you need to sustain intelligent life. It's that emphatically my second favorite. ...For one minute, they were going back to what they were better at in the first place. (Where Disco is concerned, you really need to sort it out between the progenitors of the genre, and the people who made orders of magnitude more money imitating them. (For yours truly, it's in the sphere of music that the contemporary term, 'appropriation' resonates the most loudly. (Beginning at least from Ragtime. Compared to the likes of Scott Joplin, Arthur Marshall, James Scott and Joseph Lamb, people on the level of Zez Confrey shamelessly exploited and distorted the genre, making obscene amounts of money in the process. Kind of like what the Bee Gees did with Disco. ...And now, at least where Disco is concerned, everyone who can't remember anything that preceded them cordially hates the entire genre. (In its appropriate context, 'appropriation' amounts to the cultural equivalent of colonialism.) ...Given which, I'm still leery of applying the term too broadly. Sometimes, people just wanted to learn what there was to learn. Here's another example of that, from Some Girls. Thank you, if you need to call this 'appropriation,' it's as much in reference to country music as blues. ...Anyway, as a self-described Christian and recovering preacher's kid, I kind of need it. Edited July 18, 2022 by JeandAcre 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Sweet tune ... ummm, but you somehow forgot to post a cool coin, my old coin-friend Cheers 😘 Here is a Stones to from the "New Era" ... they were old when they wrote this, but still pretty cool, right? (or not?) The Rolling Stones - Love Is Strong - OFFICIAL PROMO - Bing video Edited July 19, 2022 by Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 19, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Damn. So busted. Edited July 19, 2022 by JeandAcre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted July 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 19, 2022 I've been listening to more Fatima Mansions, so here are a couple of tracks - from the brilliant "Viva Dead Ponies", here's "Look What I stold For Us, Darling". (For those who don't speak the Klingon, the intro. starts with some Irish language news story about a 15 year old girl being taken by Air Corps helicopter from Sherkin Island, presumably after an accident) And from two years later, the title track on "Valhalla Avenue". Here's a coin I picked up this year that I'd wanted for a while... Moneyer: T. Vettius Sabinus Coin: Silver Denarius TA / SABINVS / S·C - Head of King Tatius right Togate figure in biga left, holding reins in right hand and magistrate's staff in left hand - IVDEX Exergue: T·VETTIVS Mint: Rome (70 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.93g / 20mm / 6h References: RSC 2 (Vettia) Sydenham 905 Crawford 404/1 BMCRR Rome 3370 Provenances: Ex. Augustus Brown, November 1970 Acquisition: DNW Online auction #1305 13-Apr-2022 ATB, Aidan. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 hours ago, JeandAcre said: I have to think of "80's nostalgia" as an oxymoron. Ditto! So tired of classic rock. I still listen to some just not the for the millionth time. Lydia, Tripolis. Tiberius AE20 Obv: TIBEΡION KAIΣAΡA TΡIΠOΛEITAI, laureate head right. Rev: MENANΔΡOΣ ΦIΛOKAIΣAΡ TO Δ, radiate, draped bust of Helios right. Magistrate Menandros Metrodoros. RPC I 3056. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 19, 2022 · Patron Share Posted July 19, 2022 Here's an old coin, one of the first I acquired for my collection. Augustus and Livia, issued under Tiberius, AD 14-29. Roman provincial Æ 31 mm, 21.48 g. Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29. Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus right; thunderbolt before, star above. Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, left; globe beneath, crescent above. Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) ... yup, it's that time of day once again ... The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun (Music Video) [4K HD] - Bing video Pontos, Amisos Æ 26 (Under Mithradates VI Eupator) Circa 120-111 or 100-95 BC Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 21.10 grams Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing bashlik Reverse: AMI-ΣOY across field, quiver and unstrung bow Reference: Callataÿ p. 248, 19; SNG BM 1135-8; Malloy 12; RG 13; Hoover 236 Other: 12 h … Nice surfaces. Attractive brown patina Ex-stevex6 I hope that everybody is in a great mood today? (I am loving Tuesday, so far) ... ummm, hopefully Jean is is a good mood 😘 Edited July 19, 2022 by Steve 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 20, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) Yup , its' that time o' day once again, coin-gang ... => it's sip-n-tune-time!! Iggy Pop - Lust For Life - Bing video SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Tetras (3 Onkia) Circa 450-440 BC ... so fricken old, right? Diameter: 21 mm Weight: 11.64 grams Obverse: Facing Gorgoneion Reverse: Selinon leaf; three pellets around Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIB; CNS 3 (Trias); Thurlow & Vecchi 310; SNG Morcom –; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; HGC 2, 1232 Other: 12h … dark green patina … I dare ya to find a better one than this baby! Ex-stevex-6 … From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection Edited July 20, 2022 by Steve 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 21, 2022 · Patron Share Posted July 21, 2022 Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is one of the most talented blues guitarists working today. Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman provincial Æ 23.2 mm, 5.86 g, 6 h. Troas, Alexandria Troas, AD 253-268. Obv: CO ALEX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right, with vexillum inscribed CO/AV over shoulder. Rev: COL AVGO TROA, Marsyas standing right on pedestal, holding wineskin. Refs: Bellinger A497; SNG Copenhagen 103; SNG von Aulock 1463; BMC --. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 21, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 Sure, the coin is okay too. Except, Kingfish. Just, Only. I never especially liked Hendrix's own reading of this, on his first album. Mostly because, people on the level of Hendrix had this way of getting better as they went along. ...I'm needing some more Kingfish. Thank you, @Roman Collector. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 21, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) Close enough => it's Happy Hour somewhere! Ummm, I figured that I'd toss-in another cool collectible from a different collection => a Jerry Rice Rookie Card (that is "American" Football, so some folks probably won't even know who this dude is, eh?) Awww, WTF, I'll toss-in a cool ancient coin as well (I don't want Jean to turn on me!) 😘 I hope that all of you coiners are having a great Thursday (my Thursday is fantastic, so far) Edited July 21, 2022 by Steve 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted July 22, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 22, 2022 Yes, I would have to say Athena is Close to the Edge on my obol. Saw Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans Tour - show November 25 1974 in Knoxville, Tennessee 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 22, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 22, 2022 Phrygia, Eumenia. Domitian AE20 Obv: ΑΥ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΓƐΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ, laureate head of Domitian, r. Rev: ƐΙϹΑΝΓƐΙΛΑΝΤΟϹ Μ ΚΛ ΟΥΑΛƐΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧΙ ΑϹΙΑϹ ƐΥΜƐΝƐΩΝ, Apollo standing, l., with raven and double axe. Magistrate M Kl Valerianos (high priest). RPC II, 1386. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 22, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) Nice!! ... I love both of today's coin-gang tunes!! (both great bands!!) => here is another amazing classic from another cool ol' band(s) from my youth ... THESSALY, Lamia, AR Hemidrachm Circa 350-300 BC Diameter: 15 mm Weight: 2.58 grams Obverse: Head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath Reverse: ΛMΑΙΕ ΩΝ, amphora; ivy leaf above; to right, prochous with handle to right Reference: Georgiou, Mint 11; BCD Thessaly II 127.3; HGC 4, 120 Other: 3h … lightly toned, minor porosity Ex-stevex6 … From the BCD Collection ... AncientOne and thenickelguy => I hope that both of you are having a great Friday (have a great weekend) Cheers Edited July 22, 2022 by Steve 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 23, 2022 I wish I had a coin that was as appealing as this video. Ionia, Miletos. 520-450 BC. Obv: Forepart of a roaring lion left, head turned back to right. Rev: Stellate pattern within incuse square. Diobol AR 8mm. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 23, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Steve said: ... AncientOne and thenickelguy => I hope that both of you are having a great Friday (have a great weekend) Cheers Cheers to you!! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 23, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, AncientOne said: I wish I had a coin that was as appealing as this video. Ionia, Miletos. 520-450 BC. Obv: Forepart of a roaring lion left, head turned back to right. Rev: Stellate pattern within incuse square. Diobol AR 8mm. Just, Church. Of God, In Christ. This kicks it across the street. The music (and lyrics) are as good as the video ...if Anything could be as good as the video. And the coin is nothing to sneeze at, either. If I finally got one of those, I'd want it to look like yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 23, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2022 It's hot, so we need a summer song. Sol rules Probus (276-282) Antoninianus, Rome Obv.: IMP PROBVS AVG, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle. Rev.: SOLI INVICTO, R /crescent and star/ E in ex, Sol driving quadriga left, raising hand, holding globe and whip 4.43g, 22.4mm Ref.: RIC 202 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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