Ten-Speed Posted June 30 · Member Share Posted June 30 1936 Canadian Silver Dollar. Settler and Native American in canoe together. Hauser: River Flows in You 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 1 · Member Author Share Posted July 1 (edited) This is the last day of Black Music month, so I thought it was time for another one. Again emphasizing the eclecticism, only more emphatically on a global scale. ...This also happens to coincide with the last Aksumite I've gotten, as of today. Aksum /Axum. Gersem, 522-38 (Hahn) / c. 600 (Edit: Munro-Hay --look, I've been sick); which was the last to issue coins is also disputed). Billon unit. Obv. Gersem crowned, holding staff surmounted by a cross. (In Ge'ez, having long since fully replaced Greek; unvowelled, typically of Afro-Semitic languages:) G'R [/] S'M. Rev. As above, but wearing headcloth. N'G' [/] S. (Negus;' King.) Hahn Type147 (H 51); catalogue nos. 523-528. Munro-Hay 147. Here's some Ethiopian Orthodox liturgical music for Easter, from Gondar. The town wasn't founded until the 17th century, but it's within the borders of the original Aksumite kingdom. No one's under any obligation to watch the whole thing, but I'm going to. I have think the combination of influences, from various Middle Eastern 'High Church' traditions, to pretty emphatically African elements, is really cool. Edited July 1 by JeandAcre 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted July 1 · Member Share Posted July 1 To continue... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 4 · Patron Share Posted July 4 And here's an old coin I've had in my collection for a while. Claudius II Gothicus, 268-270 CE. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.07 g, 22.4 mm, 5 h. Antioch, officina 5, issue 1, 268-end 269 CE. Obv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: SALVS AVG, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla; Є in exergue. Refs: RIC 217A; MER/RIC temp 1024; Cohen 256; RCV 11370; Huvelin 1990, 10; Normanby 1109. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten-Speed Posted July 6 · Member Share Posted July 6 (edited) Priests plowing field. Augustus 20 BC - 14AD; Philippi, Macedonia; Farm music Edited July 6 by Ten-Speed 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 7 · Member Author Share Posted July 7 (edited) John, penny as Lord of Ireland; later (and commoner) issue, Dublin, 1207-1211. Obv. John facing, with crown and sceptre; flower /quatrefoil to right. IO[hA] / NNE[S] / REX X Rev. Crescent and sun; stars in three corners of triangle. [+] ROBE / RD ON / [+] DIVE. Spink, Scotland, Ireland (etc., 2015), 6228. And of course, John did some signing of his own. Edited July 7 by JeandAcre 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 Nessun dorma translates roughly to nobody sleeps. Marcus Aurelius had this to say, “At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?” So you were born to feel “nice”? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? And you’re not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands? You don’t love yourself enough. Or you’d love your nature too, and what it demands of you.” Here is the man himself ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted July 7 · Member Share Posted July 7 As an incurable romanticist I have to say that nobody did arias better than Uncle Pucc, and this is one of my favorites. It reminds me of my dad's days off as a kid. ~ Peter 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten-Speed Posted July 7 · Member Share Posted July 7 Here is a coin of Vespasian, the General. I have always wondered about the patina on this coin. Is the this natural patina of the coin, as when it comes from the ground and is perhaps enhanced by some careful cleaning. I have seen a fair number of other Vespasian coins with a similar look. Especially on the back of the coin, you can see corrosion, and the color of this is the same as the rest of the coin. I don't know exactly how the surface of this coin came to be, but it is appealing, at least to me. Here's some marching music for an army: 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ewomack Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 (edited) The Great Intoxication... coins? Along with a few examples that intoxicate me. Pisidia; Selge; c. 250 - 190 BCE; AR Obol; 0.89 grams; Obv: Facing gorgeoneion; Rev: Helmented head of Athena right, astragalos to left; SNG Ashmolean 1546 - 50, SNG BN 1948-54 Marcus Aurelius. AR Denarius. Struck 161/2 AD. M ANTONINVS AVG, bare head right / CONCORD AVG TR P XVII, COS III in exergue, Concordia seated left, holding patera, resting left elbow on statuette of Spes set on base. 18mm 3.4gm Romanus I Lacapenus (920 - 944); Constantinople Æ Follis; Obv: +RwMAN bAS-ILEVS Rwm’ Facing bust of Romanus I, bearded, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, and holding labarum and globus cruciger; Rev: +RwMA/N’ENΘEwbA/SILEVSRw/MAIwN; 27mm, 8.09g, 6h; R.1886-8, Sear 1760 Edited July 7 by ewomack 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 10 · Member Author Share Posted July 10 (edited) Viscounty of Chateaudun, anon. denier, c. 1200-1210 (Duplessy 488). +CAStRI. DVnI: I like how this includes the very first use of the Gothic /Lombardic 'N,' in an otherwise relentlessly (neo-/)Romanesque series. Turn of the century indeed. Posted this tune on the older forum, but sometimes I just need it. Edited July 10 by JeandAcre 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten-Speed Posted July 10 · Member Share Posted July 10 Nero and Agrippa 54-68 AD Didrachm 7.11g Laurete head of Nero Draped bust of Agrippina Vanity was just one of Nero's unattractive qualities 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 11 · Supporter Share Posted July 11 The five "good" Emperors 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted July 11 · Member Author Share Posted July 11 Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy 1218-1272. Denier of Dijon. Obv. (only; rats) +VGO BVRGVNDIE. Anchor; DVX across. From 1239, Hugh went on three crusades; surviving Louis IX's disastrous last one. And Yes, I needed some more Al Green. --From, Yowie, the vinyl! 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 15 · Patron Share Posted July 15 I have always loved "The Thrill is Gone." I love every version, from the 1951 original by Roy Hawkins to Aretha's 1970 version to a modern version by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. But it is B.B. King's signature song, and rightfully so. Of all B.B. King recordings of the song -- and there are many -- my favorite is this duet with Tracy Chapman. Like most collectors of Roman Imperial coinage, I once had a one-of-each-emperor collection. But I have given up on that fool's errand, having been seduced by one subcollection after another over the years. The thrill is gone. So, I'm not actively looking for a Galba or Otho, et cetera. I'm trying to remember the last purchase I made for my one of each collection. This Maximus sestertius, I think. Maximus, Caesar AD 235/6-238. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.54 g, 31.5 mm, 12 h. Rome, 3rd emission, late AD 236-237. Obv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S C, Maximus standing left in military dress, holding baton in right hand and transverse spear in left hand; behind him, two standards. Refs: RIC 13; BMCRE 213-17; Cohen 14; RCV 8411; MIR 37-5; Banti 6. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 15 · Member Share Posted July 15 Netherlands Rechenpfennig. Dreimaster segelschiff-Durch Glück und Kunst Louis XV / Segelschiff(sailing boat) - durch Glück und Kunst(by luck and art), Johann George Holtzhey 1695-1760. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 16 · Supporter Share Posted July 16 What more could you ask to glorify a lifetime Faustina I Denarius. Lifetime issue. 138-140 CE. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding a patera and sceptre, peacock before. RIC 338, RSC 215. Sear 4669. 18mm, 3.15gr 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten-Speed Posted July 18 · Member Share Posted July 18 From the reign of Constantine comes a Globe-star Now this is going to be a stretch for this thread....but "Globe-star" and "Telstar"..... 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten-Speed Posted July 20 · Member Share Posted July 20 The Widow's Mite coin--a prutah--is mentioned in the Gospel and is well-know. It is a very small coin, perhaps it's worth todaywould be similar to a penny. Here is a well worn prutah, with stalks of wheat and the name Agrippa on the obverse. It's interesting that U.S. coinage has a wheat penny, with stalks of wheat on the reverse. Henryk Gorecki's Third Symphony touches on themes of separation and loss, which can be part of being a widow or widower. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 20 · Supporter Share Posted July 20 ANTONIUS FELIX AE Prutah. Roman Procurator of Judaea under Claudius. AD 54. Obverse: Palm tree with dot and star and with L ΙΔ in field under branches either side of tree; BPIT above, K AI either side of tree across bottom. Reverse: NЄP(Ѡ) KΛAY KAICAP. Two oblong shields crossed, two crossed spears behind. Issue struck in the name of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus. RPC-4971, Sofaer 59-61. Jerusalem mint, RY 14 = 54 AD. 2,49 g - 17 mm Volume: RPC I №: 4971 Reign: Claudius Persons: Britannicus (Caesar) City: Jerusalem Region: Judaea Province: Judaea Denomination: Æ Average weight: 2.41 g. Issue: Year 14 (AD 54) Obverse: ΒΡΙΤ ΚΑΙ, LΙΔ (in field); palm tree Reverse: ΝƐΡW ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; two crossed spears and shields Reference: Meshorer 29 Specimens: 12 Not too much known about Britannicus, son of Claudius. He was named after his Father´s exploits in Britain around 50 AD. The sudden death of Britannicus shortly before his fourteenth birthday is reported by all extant sources as being the result of poisoning on Nero's orders; as Claudius' biological son, he represented a threat to Nero's claim to the throne. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted July 24 · Member Share Posted July 24 Cales, Campania 265-240 BC AE 22 (22mm, 6.32g) O: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, all within dotted border. R: Cock standing right, star behind; CALENΩ downward to right, all within dotted border. Sambon 916; HN Italy 435; SNG ANS 188; SNG Cop 322; Sear 548 ex Forvm Ancient Coins 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 24 · Member Share Posted July 24 Pisidia, Antioch. Men/Rooster. Æ14 Obv: ANTIOCHA / Draped bust of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap, with a crescent on his shoulders. Rev: COL ANTIO-H / Rooster striding to right. Reign: Antoninus Pius 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted July 24 · Supporter Share Posted July 24 Well okay then... TROAS, Dardanos c. 450-420 BCE AR obol; 9 mm, 0.56 gm Obv: cock standing left Rev: cross-hatch pattern Ref: Nomismata 3, 303; Demeester 98; SNG Ashmolean 1119 (all references unverified; I do not have copies of these reference books/catalogs) 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted August 8 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 8 (edited) Here's a crown that arrived yesterday, a replacement for one that I sold many a moon ago. It is a thaler of Maria Theresa, dated 1741, the first year of her coinage. This coin links nicely with a portrait of her in the Hungarian coronation robe, with the Hungarian crown to the right. It should be noted that Maria Theresa ascended to the thrones in fraught circumstances, during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748). The core issue was her right to succeed her father, Charles VI to the Austrian, Hungarian and Bohemian thrones. Here's a link for more information about that conflict: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession Hungary and Bohemia, Maria Theresa as queen, thaler, 1741 KB (Kremnica). KM 328 28.81 grams Obverse: Young bust facing right with a corolla portrait with two curls hanging in the back Lettering: MAR · THERESIA · D : G : REG : HUN : BO · Translation: MARIA THERESIA DEI GRATIA REGINA HUNGARIAE BOHEMIAE Maria Theresia by the grace of God Queen of Hungary and Bohemia Reverse: Standing radiant glorified and crowned Madonna with glorified child on left arm; orb in the left hand, scepter in the right; on a crescent. Twofold crowned Hungarian coat of arms below divides mintmark and lettering above Lettering: S : MARIA MATER DEI PATRONA HUNG: 1742 Translation: SANCTA MARIA MATER DEI PATRONA HUNGARIAE. Saint Maria Mother of God, Protector of Hungary Edge: Lettering: IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA Translation: With Justice and Mercy Daniel Schmidely - Maria Theresia im ungarischen Krönungskleid 1742 During her reign Joseph Haydn composed a symphony in her honor, the "Maria Theresia" symphony, number 48 in C major in 1769. Edited August 8 by robinjojo 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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