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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2282262, member: 44183&quot;]<b><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummmm, speakin&#039; of carnyces ...</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">D. Junius Brutus Albinus</span></b></p><p>AR (Silver) Denarius</p><p>Struck 48 BC =&gt; The year Caesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and becomes sole dictator of Rome, calling himself &quot;Imperator&quot;</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>Diameter: 18mm</p><p>Weight: 3.60 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of young Mars right, wearing a crested helmet</p><p>Reverse: BRVTI F ALBINVS, two gallic trumpets (<b>carnyces</b>) in saltire, oval shield above, round shield below</p><p>Reference: Postumia 11; Cr450/1a; Syd 941</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]456291[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]456292[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One footnote — the word &quot;Gallic&quot; relates to Gaul, the Roman name for France, and therefore means &quot;French&quot;, and not a Scottish or Irish language</p><p>The word <b>“carnyx”</b> is derived from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulish" rel="nofollow">Gaulish</a> root, &quot;carn-&quot; or &quot;cern-&quot; meaning &quot;antler&quot; or &quot;horn,&quot; and the same root of the name of the god, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernunnos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernunnos" rel="nofollow">Cernunnos</a> (Delmarre, 1987 pp. 106–107). This is the name the Romans gave to the instrument. The original Celtic name is unknown. Even under torture, Carnyx players would not reveal the Celtic name of the instrument to the Romans ... (quoted wikipedia)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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