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

Yup, you would want to attribute it to the ruler who issued it.

 

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=> sweet tunes and free coins, my friends ... full steam ahead!!

 

yeah mainly my fault I should've checked it out more. Still don't know why they would label it as Ptolemy I. Oh well great coin anyway thanks man

 

Could I possibly be any more tardy to this thread? At long last, please allow me to post my favorite coin & tune. It's actually favorite modern acoustic guitarist & I post this for all the guitar enthusiasts at CT (TIF).

Here is a coin with a nice rendering of Alexander:

I Want to Rule the World on acoustic guitar:

 

HAPPY CANADA DAY, my cool coin friends!!

Yup, this is a sweet stat-holiday to celebrate our young country's birth (July 1st, 1867)

=> it's our 149th birthday!! (ooowww, next year will be a big one for the Royal Canadian Mint) ... hopefully I'll be able to find a cool example to toss into my trusty ol' modern collection?

Anyway => again, today is CANADA DAY ... I love you awesome, coin dudes!!

Cheers-to-coins!!



Geddy Lee from Rush!!

 

OMG, I forgot to wish all the Canadians to have a great Canada Day!

In Honor of Canada's achievements in the SPACE PROGRAM!

 

First concert 1977, first ancient coin ~ 2006





Most recent concert (RIP Lemmy) 2015, most recent coin 2016.

 

Excellent song, excellent player!! I hadn't heard him do that one before.

 

GREAT concert! Year I graduated!

 

Wow Carthago I love that coin! Can you tell me more about it please?

My newest

 

Ajax - I'm doing this from memory so please excuse me if I'm dead wrong on something.

It's an issue from Sextus Pompey who was the son of Pompey Magnus (the Great). His father had a long and celebrated career as a successful general and was part of the first Triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Crassus. Pompey Magnus was instrumental in the opposition against Caesar as he invaded Italy and took over Rome, fighting several battles against him in the ensuing months and finally getting murdered in Egypt as he was fleeing his last defeat. His sons were staunch supporters of him and fought with their father against Caesars forces, but to no avail. His brother, Pompey Jr. was killed and Sextus was the last who marshaled his forces in Sicily and successfully harassed Octavian and the 2nd Triumvirate for several years after his fathers death, only to finally get killed fleeing to Greece after losing his fleet to Agrippa in a battle off the coast of Sicily at Naulochus. He minted issues with his brother and father on them and this one has his father.

Sextus Pompeius. Denarius, Sicily 37-36, AR 3.86 g. MAG·PIVS·IMP·ITER Head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus r.; behind jug and before, lituus. Rev. PRÆF Neptune standing l., foot on prow, between the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, with their parents on their shoulders; in exergue, CLAS·E.T·ORÆ / MARIT·EX·S·C. Babelon Pompeia 27. C 17. Sydenham 1344. Sear Imperators 334. Woytek, Arma et Nummi p. 558. RBW 1785. Crawford 511/3a.

Ex NAC sale 18, 2000 Lot 355; Sternberg November 29-30, 1974 Lot 6 (4000 - 4900 CHF), Sothebys February 1969 Lot 2; Ars Classica XIII June 27-29, 1928 Lot 982.

 

I see Steve is back to the 'original' Maple Leaf hinder in his avatar .

And forgive for such short notice........



Lacking a coin though.........maybe 'cause of this......

 

cool tunes!! (and neat eagle hand)

 

Yah, I love these dude's new album (or cd I guess, eh?)

 

Not very good at cropping pictures and I'm just using my phone here