Just a few (lyre only): Augustus, Lycian League, 27 – 20 BC Silver Drachm, Cragus Mint, 18mm, 3.35 grams Obverse: Bare head of Augustus right. Reverse: Lyre with palm frond to right, L Y above, K P below. References: RPC 3307 // SNG vonAulock 4311-2 // BMC 25 Provenance: CNG 381, August 2016, Lot 316. Tom Cederlind List 179 and 162. Hadrian, 117 – 138 AD Æ As, Rome Mint for circulation in Syria, 24mm, 8.31 grams Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right. Reverse: COS III S C, Lyre. References: RIC684 // McAlee 546 Provenance: CNG 238, August 2010, Lot 259. Hadrian, 117 – 138 AD Æ Semis, Rome Mint for circulation in Syria, 20mm, 4.81 grams Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate, and draped bust of Hadrian right. Reverse: COS III, Lyre. References: RIC688 // McAlee547a
Great thread, great coins ... now to continue the song riff, anybody got a coin with a funeral pyre on it? Would be interested to see one if any exist.
"The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre" Antoninus Pius (138-161), struck posthumously under Marcus Aurelius c. 161. Denarius. 18 mm. DIVVS ANTONINVS CONSECRATIO pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by a quadriga. RIC (Marcus) 436. BMC 58-60 (Marcus and Lucius Verus). Actually, funeral pyres are not uncommon on Roman coins.
Wow, that IS pretty remarkable! I wonder what a lyre bird's impression of a lyre would sound like? Probably would be spot-on. My mother's canaries use to sing enthusiastically every time she switched on the garbage disposal in the sink. They were talented singers, but not good mimics like that. Our Southern mockingbirds are good mimics, but I doubt they're as excellent at it as that lyre bird!
Awesome! I can't wait to get my new award framed! I can put it right next to the only othe award I've ever recieved, my "Best Dad Ever" coffee mug! Cool lyres and pyres everyone, thanks for posting! Man, that bird is crazy! I wonder if he cold do a good Jim Morrison imitation?
Speaking of lyre birds and coins, our friends Down Under know all about that. (I guess the bird gets its name because its tailfeathers look sort of like a lyre?) Image source: CoinQuest
#notmycoin,Iwish Divus Nigrinian AV Aureus. Rome mint. DIVO NIGRINIANO, radiate head right / CONSECRATIO, Nigrinian in facing biga on funeral pyre. RIC 471
I'm a bit late to the party but here is my Pius Sestertius contribution with Appolollini on reverse with lyre.