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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4748749, member: 99456"]The Roman republicans were apparently too busy fighting with everyone around them and each other to enjoy much music (or at least were quiet about it on their coins)...all of my Roman coins with musical instruments are Imperial or provincial.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159907[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Provincial, Lycia,<b>Trajan</b> (98-117), drachm (although I really want to call this a denarius), struck 89-90</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AYT KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM, laureate head right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΔHMЄΞ-YΠATB, two lyres; above, owl standing right, head facing.</p><p><b>Size: </b>3.13g, 18mm</p><p><b>Note: </b>Butcher & Ponting in their 2015 book on "<a href="https://www.ebooks.com/cambridge-add.asp?I=1873489&f=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebooks.com/cambridge-add.asp?I=1873489&f=3" rel="nofollow">Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage</a>", found compositional similarities between these coin and contemporary denarii minted in Rome, along with stylistic similarities, suggesting that this provincial coinage could have been minted in Rome, although compositional similarity could also be explained by common silver source i.e. recycled coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4748749, member: 99456"]The Roman republicans were apparently too busy fighting with everyone around them and each other to enjoy much music (or at least were quiet about it on their coins)...all of my Roman coins with musical instruments are Imperial or provincial. [ATTACH=full]1159907[/ATTACH] Roman Provincial, Lycia,[B]Trajan[/B] (98-117), drachm (although I really want to call this a denarius), struck 89-90 [B]Obv:[/B] AYT KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM, laureate head right. [B]Rev:[/B] ΔHMЄΞ-YΠATB, two lyres; above, owl standing right, head facing. [B]Size: [/B]3.13g, 18mm [B]Note: [/B]Butcher & Ponting in their 2015 book on "[URL='https://www.ebooks.com/cambridge-add.asp?I=1873489&f=3']Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage[/URL]", found compositional similarities between these coin and contemporary denarii minted in Rome, along with stylistic similarities, suggesting that this provincial coinage could have been minted in Rome, although compositional similarity could also be explained by common silver source i.e. recycled coins.[/QUOTE]
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