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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3243268, member: 56859&quot;]Beautiful coin, DR!</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier this year [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] had a stringed instrument thread whose title still makes me laugh:&nbsp; &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/come-on-baby-like-my-lyres.310713/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/come-on-baby-like-my-lyres.310713/">Come On Baby Like My Lyres</a>&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f76e3a591954457d9da4c80c34eaeefa%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=3cfcda10e1557d4a2dcd4f98000eecf4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus</b></p><p>CE 251-253</p><p>AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: COL AV / TROA; Apollo, head right and holding <b>kithara</b>, seated facing on griffin springing right, head left</p><p>Ref: RPC IX 407; Bellinger A403</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently <b>kitharas</b> were rather sophisticated, having the ancient equivalent of two whammy bars for dynamic pitch bending!&nbsp; &quot;Guitar&quot; is derived from the word kithara, with a few pitstops in other languages between.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a cool video from someone who recreated the instrument by studying ancient illustrations on pottery and coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]6adj7Xoo9Us[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sestoshermes-rt-jpg.726080/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Sestos (sometimes spelled Sest<i>u</i>s)</b></p><p>c. 3rd-2nd century BCE</p><p>AE 16.6, 2.35 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos; dotted border</p><p>Rev: <b>chelys</b>; ΣH downward in right field; dotted border</p><p>Ref: von Fritz, Nomisma 1, 15 (coin 29 on plate 1 in that book)</p><p><i>ex Stevex6 Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The chelys is a simple stringed instrument with a tortoise shell (or similar) resonator.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if it is just another name for lyre or if it is a specific type of lyre.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・C (retrograde)</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・C (retrograde) above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_357c99335ed9459d9ba5906777a84ea6%25257Emv2.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_357c99335ed9459d9ba5906777a84ea6%25257Emv2.jpg%2526hash%253D4d908d654b359dabff11d2ce151f04d0%26hash%3De9ffe260faf9722f9c5c1c467d2da16d&amp;hash=aa46dc204efd9599a203c3528d6f4d7a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>IONIA, Teos</b></p><p>AR diobol (reduced standard), 10 mm, 0.98 gm</p><p>Obv: seated griffin right, paw raised</p><p>Rev: lyre, THI, magistrate’s name</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_26cfa8db8ee54b309b1eaef936cd1597%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=072c4c68a204a4a6131deed7fa24e569" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>LESBOS, Mytilene</b></p><p>400-350 BCE</p><p>AE14, 1.7 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Aphrodite (?) right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: M-Y, T-I; lyre; tripod (?, looks like an arrow) in left field, monogram in right field</p><p>Ref: SG 4272?; may also be MacDonald Mytilene #4.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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