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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8005701, member: 56859&quot;]Sounds like the music playable on a carnyx are very dependent on embouchure.&nbsp; The video clip was palatable to my Western ears but I wonder what style of music/sounds came forth from these horns in ancient times?&nbsp; [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] posted a different YouTube carnyx clip some time ago and it was hideous <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one coin with a carnyx, also from the Roman Republic:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sasernadenarius-rt-jpg.773544/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>L. Hostilius Saserna</b></p><p>48 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 4.1 g, 6 h. Rome</p><p>Obv: Bare head of a Gallic woman to right, with long disheveled hair; behind, carnyx; in field to right, 3 test cuts.</p><p>Rev: L.HOSTILIVS / SASERNA; Artemis (Diana) standing facing, holding stag with her right hand and spear with her left</p><p>Ref: Crawford 448/3. Sydenham 953.</p><p><i>Ex W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1975.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crepereiusdenarius-rt-jpg.551061/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus</b></p><p>69 BCE (revised from Crawford&#039;s 72 BCE)</p><p>AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)</p><p>Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS</p><p>Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.</p><p><i>from HJB BBS 200, October 2016</i></p><p><i>ex NAC 78 lot 1828, from the JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/yeehah-giddyup-seahorsey.285894/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A serrate fourree:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottafourree-cr314-1c-rt-jpg.505128/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, Lucius Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>105 BCE</p><p>Fourree AR serrate denarius, 20 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of <b>Vulcan</b> right, wearing laureate pileus; tongs and star behind; all within wreath and dotted border</p><p>Rev: eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; L·COT below, V to right; all within laurel wreath and dotted border</p><p>Ref: c.f. Crawford 314/1c; Sydenham 577a; Aurelia 21b</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC ChVF, 5/5 strike, 3/5 surface</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A previous owner had filed inside a serration to examine the layering.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottafourree-sideview_edited-1-jpg.505134/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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