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Leaving on a Jet Plane

 

Horse with No Name

 

Rooster
Alice in Chains

 

Year of the Cat - Al Stewart



Isle of Man coins

 

Roads to Moscow - Al Stewart



(song about the invasion of Russia by Germans in Jun 1941, which started what Russians called the Great Patriotic War, as seen through the eyes of a Russian Soldier)

Coin commemoriating the 75th Anniversary of the ending of that war:

 

Penny on the Train Track (yes, it does seem to be a song!!!!)

 

Resurrection for this thread



Hadrian, Rome mint 125 – 126 CE.
Hadrianvs Avgvstvs Laureate bust right
COS III above, SC below. Galley oriented right with arched cabin in the stern, 5 rowers visible, 1 pilot and a vexillum at the prow.
As far as I am aware, the Rome mint was closed in 122CE when Hadrian left for some travels. This type shows his return to Rome in 125CE when the mint reopened upon his return.
AE, AS Light green patina 12.65 g. 26 mm. Scarce.
RIC 2- Volume 3 (Second edition). Hadrian 820, BMC 1342

 

I'm Henry the Eighth, I am,
Henry the Eighth I am, I am!


England Henry VIII (1509-1547) Groat
Silver, 24 mm, 3.05 gm

I got married to the widow next door,
She's been married seven times before

British song written in 1910 by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston

 

Antoninus Pius, AE Dupondius, Rome 140-144 CE.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, radiate head right
PROVIDENTIAE DEORUM, S-C, winged thunderbolt upright. RIC 663; Cohen 685
Scarce. Green patina with small erosions. 11.72g. 28mm

 

Great idea.

 

Great song. I think they would have been a cute couple. Oh. Nice coin.

 

Has a new album

 

Here's Herman's Hermits version:

 

If a dime was nicknamed a short bit does that make a 9 cent piece a short short?

 

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