Ancient plectrum

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Hadrian, Cistophorus Phrygia, Hierapolis 128 AD Apollo standing

Reference.
RPC 3, 1395; Metcalf 53; BMCRE 1054; RIC 482

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare headed and draped bust right

Rev. COS III
Apollo wearing the robe of a citharoedus holding lyre in left and plectrum in right.

10.19 gr
26.50 mm
6h

 

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That's the biggest guitar pick I've ever seen!

 

Ditto what TIF said!

 

Apollo uses a fish

 

Great coin! Like the doubling on the reverse facial area.

 

Nice coin and a new word for me to try to remember.

 

LOL! yeah, i thought for sure when i looked it up a plectrum was going to be some kind of fish related thing!!

 

Beautiful and interesting coin, both obverse and reverse. I must admit that "plectrum" is what attracted me to read this thread. Now I need to find a way to use it in conversation today.

 

With you great woodworking skills, MAKE one! Then it will be easy to talk about it!

 

Alegandron,
Thanks for the compliment, but if I start another project I will get in trouble with my wife for not finishing all the others I've started.

 

Wow Oki => that's a fantastic Hadrian Lyre addition (congrats, coin-bro)

Oh, and I love the statue as well (very cool)

 

I'm old school and go fingernails when doing my fiddle pickin'

 

I won't be able to have dinner tonight after seeing that. Thanks for the emotional damage @Carthago

 

Nice!! => man, the Ram thumb-nail is the real winner!! (chicks dig that "stuff")

 

@Collect89 - you heard that?