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

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Yah, I may be repeating a couple of my selections? (man, this thread has become so big => it's Epic)

... anyway ...

=> this is one of my favourite songs, so here it is again ...






... this was the last of my recent 5-coin score!! (they all deserve a song)

Now I'm gonna have some hair of the dog and watch the final round of The Masters!! (good times)

 

Last night I stayed up far past my bedtime listening to and watching some utterly fascinating music. Maybe many of you are already clued into this group/project, but Holy Shekels, Batman! Postmodern Jukebox, wow! They reinterpret popular songs, shifting the genre with captivating results.

Huge new fan here-- particularly of Puddles Pity Party (and I have, to date, loathed clowns). Puddles is mesmerizing.

 

Thanks for the recommendation . I'm a brand new Puddles fan!

My favorite piece from Puddles' majestic, melancholic oeuvre...



To some in Rome, this guy might have come across as a sad, scary clown..

 

Nice tune. Agreed.

I just got a "When Pigs Fly" Drachm / Pentobol from Klazomenai, Ionia which has a Gorgon face Obv. I did not realize they were all considered rare... tough to find! Congrats on your haul. I knew of a couple, but you have an Octad!

 

Continuing the Puddles parade, how about this not-so-inventive yet awesome interpretation of Royals?




PTOLEMIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter
Struck c. 300-285 BCE, Alexandreia mint
AR tetradrachm, 28 mm, 13.92 gm
Obv: diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear
Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram
Ref: Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69; Noeske 40

 

Those are odd, but super cool tunes (I'm a blink 182 fan, so that one was very neat) ... clowns scare the hell outta me, but that one does have a sweet voice, eh?

 

A beauty from a clown

I dont have red noise

 

I think Three Dog Night was on speed that night!

I like the "Clown" on the keyboard...



or "Clown" Leo Sayer:





Ionia. Klazomenai.
Circa 480-400 BCE
AR Drachm – Pentobol. 3.54g. 13mm.
Obv: Forepart of winged boar right
Rev: Facing gorgoneion within incuse square.
Ref: Cf. SNG Copenhagen 12 (diobol); Traité II 1986; Jameson 2256.
Pecunum Comments: Good fine. Rare.

@TIF inspired me with her collection...

 

Claudius, 41-54.
AE As, 30mm, 10.4g, 7h; Rome, 50-54.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P Bare head of Claudius to left.
Rev. LIBERTAS AVGVSTA / S - C Libertas standing facing, her head turned to right, holding pileus in her right hand and extending her left.
BMC 204. BN 230. Cohen 47. RIC 113.

In Claudius' world nothing was quite what it seemed. Beneath the veneer of peace and prosperity was a seedy and violent world of imperial politics that few commoners got to see.

Well, here is a song about things being different than they appear to be.

 

CAMPANIA, Capua. 216-214 BCE
Æ Uncia (20.5mm, 6.14 g, 12h).
Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right; star (mark of value) to left
Rev: Victory standing right, crowning trophy; star (mark of value) to right.
Ref: Campana, Monete 21; Giard, Monnaie 16; HN Italy 493.
CNG Comments: VF, dark green patina, slightly off center.
Prov: From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 407.

 

Since Buddha's birthday was a few days ago... 8-April


India - Shakya Janapada
AR 5-Shana
6th-5th Century BCE
25mm x 21mm, 7.05g
Obv: Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker's marks
Rev: Blank
Ref: Hirano Type I.8.29
Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region.
"Prince Guatama Siddhartha 563 BCE to 483 BCE, the son of the king of the Shakya people (Republic). Siddhartha reached enlightenment, becoming The Buddha at the age of 35."

 

Caria, Halikarnassos (BC 420-350) Persic Hemiobol
Rev: Ram's head right.
Obv: Young male head right, Karian legend.
ca 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol.
SNG Keckman 877
8mm, 0.4gm.

 

Hey, I have one of those.

 

Hope no one gets weirded out by my taste in music.

 

here's a coin i took some new pics of that reminded me of a song, so i thought i'd post it here.



Gallienus AE Antoninianus, 260-268 AD

O: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right. R: IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding scepter & thunderbolt. Antioch mint. 22mm, 3.2g.

Jupiter the stormbringer. If you like old school hard rock and aren't familiar with this song, take 4 minutes out of your day and listen to this, you'll be glad you did.

 

Been snowing so much we lost power.. middle of April this is nuts. It's just miserable these pasts couple days. Oh well power back on time to party. Oilers win!!

 

Are we allowed to change favorites? I just want to play some tunes.

 

In the early '90s, when I was 18 and grunge music was all the rage, I actually thought late '70s Hall & Oates were da bomb . Thankfully, I now collect ancient coins and can finally hang out with the cool kids...




"You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
You can rely on the old man's money
You can rely on the old man's money..."