Ancients => Post your Favourite coin and *Favourite tune*

Thank you. It's big and heavy along with good detail.

 

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LOL! No apologies necessary, I take it as a compliment.

Now that music video... The first 30 seconds look like my brothers and I.

 

Have you ever noticed how much Trajan looks like Charlie Watts?

 

There is a resemblance...


For more uncanny lookalikes and unscholarly fun, check out this old thread:
http://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-for-fun-totally-looks-like-thread.238718/

 

What do you think?

 

For more uncanny lookalikes and unscholarly fun, check out this old thread:
http://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-for-fun-totally-looks-like-thread.238718/[/quote]

Thanks! What a laugh!!

 

I know the story of Plautilla and Caracalla ended in great tragedy, but I can't help but think that Plautilla may have sung a song like this:

PLAUTILLA AR Denarius
OBVERSE: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust right
REVERSE: CONCORDIAE AETERNAE, Plautilla & Caracalla clasping hands
Struck at Rome, 202 AD
2.83g, 18mm
RIC 361

 

My Caracalla denarius celebrates the same happy event as Bing's Plautilla. I've always thought of Caracalla's song as something quite different, though.

 

Here are a couple of winners from my past

 

OMG Rush is still my favorite band. the 1980's rule.

 

Not trying to whip a dead-horse, but here is my wonderful wife's favourite tune ...

 

That is such an interesting coin. Adding it to the SteveStalking list.

 

Thanks ... yah, those are the first bronze coins "ever" (they're cast coins, which makes 'em even cooler ... in a way?)

I have four different examples of these cool babies:

Sicily, Akragas (450-440 BC)




Sicily, Selinos (450-440 BC)

 

How large/small are these, Steve?

These are very cool, Steve. How large/small are they?

 

SICILY, Akragas Æ Cast Onkia
Circa 450-440 BC
Diameter: 19 mm (x 10mm)
Weight: 4.62 grams
Obverse: Eagle's head left
Reverse: Crab claw left
Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020
Other: 6h ... brown patina





Sicily, Akragas Cast AE Trias
circa 450 BC
Diameter: 14 x 19 x 20 mm
Weight: 16.28 grams
Desc: Eagle standing left & trident of crab’s claws on sides, four pellets on base
Reference: SNG ANS 1015-7; CNS 1






SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Onkia
Circa 450-440 BC
Diameter: 15 mm
Weight: 4.14 grams
Obverse: Kantharos; pellet (mark of value) above
Reverse: Selinon leaf
Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIIC; CNS 10; Puglisi 282; HGC 2, 1237
Other: 12h … dark green patina






SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Tetras
Circa 450-440 BC
Diameter: 21 mm
Weight: 11.64 grams
Obverse: Gorgoneion with four pellets in quarters of face
Reverse: Selinon leaf; four 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
From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection

 

Here are a couple of stevex6 home-photos (in an attempt to show the Trias a wee bit better)

 

Nice, thanks! Another question, how do you store something like that trias? It doesn't seem like it would fit an album or flip well.

 

Put it in the box of fishing weights?

 

I store it on its own page, within one of my 10 x 3-Ring Binders (you're correct that it doesn't fit as sweetly as the other coins, but I guess it's no worse than one of those big mutha Ptolemy babies, right?)

 

=> yah, I guess I could put it into a specimen jar, like I do with my scarabs?