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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24659105, member: 26430&quot;]I&#039;ve got a number of <b>Lyre / Kithara</b> coins... (I do recall there are other instruments on ancient coins -- but not which ones. All that comes to mind is a borderline instrument: the Gallic <b>Carnyx </b>[<font size="4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnyx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnyx" rel="nofollow">Wiki</a></font>]. It definitely &quot;trumpeted&quot; loudly like a horn, but I don&#039;t know if you can say it made &quot;music&quot;?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[<i>Using thumbnails for extras (I&#039;ve posted them before), but click if you want to see them big!</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>This <b>Lyre</b>&#039;s frame is made out of dolphins! It was overstruck on a Syracuse Drachm in just the right way. (I&#039;ve always wondered if the mint workers did that on purpose.) On the obverse, Apollo is wearing Athena&#039;s helmet!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571651[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As a control symbol</p><p>[ATTACH]1571648[/ATTACH]</p><p>Being played by Nero-as-Apollo while Rome burns (okay, not really while Rome burns!)</p><p>[ATTACH]1571650[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Carnyx </b>(behind Gallia&#039;s head on first coin, Hostilia Saserna Denarius; part of the trophy along with shields &amp; spears on the Caesar denarius below).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571652[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH]1571653[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><i><b>NEXT</b>:</i></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><b>Music&nbsp; </b></font><i><font size="6">OR&nbsp; </font></i><font size="6"><b>Overstrike</b></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><i>(your choice)</i></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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