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([.he (!.el4tO'l is ntlmed to'l and dediCAted to the coin die-en!i'U1.ve'lS ofi MtiLjt 2 The Gelator Ponterio & Associates, Inc. is now accepting consignments for two important Public Auctions the jirst in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic Convention January 16th-18th, 2004 Consignment deadline: October 15'",2003 and the second in conjun ction with the Chicago International Coin Fair th nd April 29 -May 2 , 2004 Consign ment deadline: January 15'",2004 For more information, please contact our office or visit our website at: www.ponterio.com PONTERIO & ASSOCIATES 1818 Robinson Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 800-854-2888 or 619-299-0400 Fax 619-299-6952; E-mail: [email protected] Licensed Auction Company #968 L. M. #2163 Richard H. Ponterio - President Ju/y2003 3 with the name ~ TyrK even though the ies. As a traveler, Hermes wore a Greek and Norse gods have differ petasos. It was the Romans who put ent attributes. The name Dionysius win gs on his cap, either as a redun (AtO VO IHH oa) shows Mycenaean dancy to balance the winged sandals roots and means ~ spirit god. ~ That or perhaps to show quickness 01 name also comes to us as • Juno" thought. The Romans wanted to su r who was later welded with Sospita, the pass the Greeks and they were, like Wolf Goddess, an entirely diffe rent en the Greeks, awed by Egypt. There , , tity. Athena is simply ~ I mmortal." fore, it is most likely that conform Whether the Punic Melq-Qart is ances among Thoth, Hermes, and Just Who Are The Gods? the Greek Herakles is open to dis Mercury are Roman inventions. cussion. In the absence of any de In o ur own era, the social re veloped epic about Melq-Qart, even former born "Michael King" took the The May 2003 issue with its ar the American inventions, Pecos Bill name "Marlin luther King" in order ticles on cults and cultie images in and Paut Bunyan, have more in com M to pun MlK on the Hebrew MaLIK for cluded an ~ Ask the Experls column mon with Herakles, and consciously "King'- Our dollar coin carries a -Ma about Herakles as Me lqarl. The en· so. Me!q-Qart is a Gifgamesh figure donna and Child" image that was tire array of presentatio ns opened whose great deeds might include known in Hellenistic times as "Eirene important doorways of inquiry: Who wrestling a lion but who certainly was and Ploutos." We continue traditions are the gods? called upon to rule the c ity well. whose rools we have forgotten, as The ancie nts asked this same Herakles had enough to do to rule did the Greeks and Romans. question, Marcus Tullius Cicero at himself - and that is a purely Hel Michael E. Marotta tempted an inquiry in De Rerum lenic inquiry (for cities no tess than Albuquerque, New Mexico Deorum. According to Cicero, we for individuals). ~ve nerate K Venus, Minerva "minis The extent to which Hermes is ters ~ to us, and so on. Thanks to the Mercury is also interesting. Hermes Brothers Grimm, we know thaI Jupi became a fertility god and Mercury K ter is · Zeus Pater and we can show became a healer only long after the the equivalence of the name "Zeus" Greeks and Romans sellied into cit- Durst Publications Acquires Major Numismatic Book Inventory From Obol International ROCKVillE CENTRE, NY Both Durst and Obot have been ac Until August 30th, 2003, Durst is Sanford J. 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This European coins issued for circulation in Originally, beginning w ith the coinage article examines the circumstances be Europe started 80 or so years later in from Zanclc, Sicily in 494/493 Be, dat hind the issuance of such rare and lillIe Denmark. On this first Anno Domini ing documented a passage of time from known pieces and provides a listing of dated coin, the 1234 Denier of the local events such as the beginning of a the six known types. Bishopric of Roski ld (Denmark), the reign ("'regnal dating") or the passage Anno Domini dating, linking the cur obverse legend rcads " ANNO DOM I of years from a noteworthy occurrence, rent date to the passage of time from the NI" with the reverse bearing the Ro such as success at a battlc. Early dating bi!th of Christ, or the "Year of the Lord,"' man numeral legend "MCC:XXX:IIl1" techniques used several methods, such was a relatively recent innovation on - and nothing else! However, Anno as letters of the alphabet and later Ro coins. perhaps due to the fact that the Domini dating of European coins then man numerals. Anno Domini dating "date" used for the birth of Christ was suffered a hiatus - the next dated piece evolved during the medieval era from not universally agreed. Alcuin, a church was not struck for nearly 140 years, the sixth to fifteenth century. This cal official who Charlemagne invited to his suggesting that the dating of this coin endar was first expressed on coins in court at Aachen in 781 AD, helped to was an isolated occurrence marking a Arabic-script words, then Roman nu popularize AD dating. A priest, Diony significant event. 2 merals and later in Arabic numerals. sius Exiguus, had first developed the AD Beginning in 1372, Anno Domini Today, we think of a date as having four calendar in 525 AD.I Anno Domini dates dating revived, this lime simultaneous digits - but it was not always so. In the were first used on coins struck for Ara lyon Groschens struck bOlh in Aachen early years of Anno Domini dating, dates bic trade issued both in Europe and in (in modern-day Germany where Alcuin had labored) and the nearby Lordship of Schoonvorst-Sichem (now near the German/Belgium/Netherlands border). Thereafter. with but one exception, a 1424 Plappart of 51. Gallen in Switzer land, Roman numerals were used exclu sively on Anno Domini dated European coins until 1456.3 Howcver, the usc of Roman numerals was cumbersomc. For example - the year "1437" would be expressed as: "MCCCCXXXVll" - 1 1 digits in length and likely to occupy at most half of an obverse or reverse leg Figure 1-1437 Pfalz Figure 2- 1456 Graz end, and likely more, especially since AR ClOSe/WI! Bit/Oil Pfellnig accompanying thcdatc was always some (enlargeti photo cOllrle~y (elilarr:ed photo courtesy form of the words Anno Domini, such of the author). oflhe (II/thor). as "ANNO ON I" (see figure 1). Whil e a few engravers sought to ameliorate this spacing problem by using partially dat ed coins - the 1436 Double Groschen of Kleve bcing the first example of this solution bearing a date of "XXXVI" Ancient Coins the improvcment was modest at best. Mul1iple digits were still necded to ex .Mail Bid Sales VillI ollr III/erne! .llIe at press the date, the abbreviation "AD" ~~" T~ • Fixed Price Lists u ww.rosenblumcoins.com .._ ._)P • Buy or Bid Sales had not entered the vernacular and no ~i: engraver would knowingly "short" a ~w • Numismatic Literature ruler his or her proper title simply to Specializing in moderate priced judaean coins squeeze in a date. Modern Arabic numeral dating of (serious wall /-lists solicited) V>:i'm>: ..•• " medieval coins revived in 1456 when two Austrian states under the Holy Ro William M. 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German expressed in Roman numerals were digit date and the latter using a two st ate ~ began their own experimenta later conve rted to Arabic numerals - digit date, the first such one used. On tion wi th double di git dates in 1465. and in a few cases, then dropped (a l this coin, a tiny billon metal pfennig when the o pening of large mines in beit temporarily) the Arabic numerals.$ or "schinderling", the date "5-6" was Saxony led to the prOduction of good Different engravers used medieva l at the upper portion of the design us silver Horngroschens of large size;4 numerals fo r the numbers 4 and 7, then in g min imal space (see figure 2). Saxony is sued th is popular seri es replHced thcm with the modern 4 and Clearl y. hcre was a sol ut ion to th e ex from 1465 - 1469 (see figu re 3). The 7 - Hnd back again.~ In Gclderlund and cessive space requ irements of Rom an Lowlands. whose production of ear Holland in 1487 :lnd in the besieged numeral dates. ly dated coin types rivaled Germa city of Louvain in 1489. one denomi Austrian coins continued to use ny, did not utili ze double d igit dates nation of coinage was dated using double digit dating sporadicall y dur unt il 1486. when Liege issued both Roman numerals and a separate de ing the next 40 years, mostly upon the Double Patards :lnd Patards with the nomination was dated using Arabic spa re date "86". Very few double numen.ls digit dated coins were ever issued in In perhaps the most extreme exam the Low lands. th ough. and th e Low ple. Styria (in its mint state of Graz) land free cities such as Groningen struck three di fferent versions of the and Deventer conti nued to use Ro 1484 Kre uzer, one with a medieval 4, man numeral dated coins throughout one with a modern 4 and the other with the entire 15'" century. while the ma :I backwards modern 4!' jority of German states convert ed The later middle ages saw un often over to th e more eHicient Arabic bizarre va riety of dates used. Some is numeral s by 1490. Still. many ex suing enti ties struck combination date amp les of German States coins dat coinage, using both Roman and Ara ed 1500 and beyond usin g Roman bic numerals, such as in the 1488 Got num erals c:ln be fou nd. tingen Kortling , whose unwieldy date As dating sty le s developed Figl/rc 3- 1466 Saxony is ex pressed as "MCCCCLXXX8". th roughoulthe period from 1456- 1500, Yct ten years later, when the 1498 A R Horngroschen engravers ex perimented with a num Korlling was struck, the modern "8" (elliarged photo courtesy ber of different methods to implement was dropped and the coin was issued o/rhe author). the new idea of e.~tab l is hin g dates to instead with a stand ard Roman numer al date.8 Other issuing entities sueh as Liege struck partially dated coins us ing exclusivel y Roman numerals. but in one most unusual case, struck a 1484 Double Briquet using :t parti:tl mi xed date of Roman and Arabic nu merals in the same coin - "LXXX4".9 FRANK L. KOVACS With in this backdrop of experi mental dating, it is easy 10 under stand the circumstances under which A NCIENT CO INS sin gle digit dating occurred. Stan dardizati on in date expression was a long way from being achieved in the 15 th centu ry. Yet, thi s arti cle pro poses that single digit dating was not Jliail 'Bid Sa le a conscious choice of cre:ttive die engrave rs, but a default cho ice from a poorly engraved die where too lit postponed tl e rOOm was left on the di e to c:l rve addi tio na l numbers.'o (The one pos sibl e exception is the 14 88 Garz to September Sc hi ll ing, whose date of "8" was the first appearance of dating in Pom meran ian coins.) Thi s proposi tion is supp0rled by comparing the list of the six known single digit dated coin types with other known d ies of the I~O. Box 151790 • San Rafa el, Cali fo rma 94915-179°+ same denominati on and date. where 4'5.256. 2 4 32 • fr~nk@ (rankk ovacs . com in 5 of th e 6 types had paralle l dics for a two digit or fou r di git dated www.frankkovacs.com & www.vcoi ns.com/frankkovacs ~ piece (sec Table 1). ... 8 The Celator Want Your Ancient Coins Graded, Authenticated and Encapsulated? Well, here's all you need! In addition to grading, authenticating and encapsulating your ancient coins, ICG will attribute your coins. The attributions will include: • Approximate date or date range • Issuing empire, city or region) 9 • Denomination • Ruler or authority leG • Metal type • Weight (if space is available on label) I N DEPENDENT " Please photocopy this form and send it with your coins via USPS Registered mail to: CO'N CRA L>J NC COMPANY ICG • 7901 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 50 • Englewood, CO 80111 INSTRUCTIONS: (Please follow exactly or if you have a question call James Taylor toll-free 877-221 -4424 ext.203.) 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P. 13? 1466 "6" HORNGROSCHEN SAXONy12 KRUG 1362- "66" MERSE.3 13; (NINE KNOWN (FREIBERG) 69. 1375 KRUG 1370- TYPES) 1374,76-77 1478 "8" ORTUG (TWO SWEDEN LAGER. 2C "1478" LAGERQYIST KNOWN TYPES) (STOCKHOLM) AND2E 2A B, D 147 8 "8" 1/2 ORTua SWEDEN LAGER.9C "78" LAGERQVIST (STOCK HOLM) 9B 1488 "8" SCHILLING POMMERANIA DAN. 378V, NONE N/A (GARZ) BAHR.#25, P.19 1492 "2" as GROSCHEN STOLBERG FRIED. 77 "92" FRIED. 76, a "z" (WERNIGERODE) 78-81 , SCHULTEN 3420 Photographs or line drawings of each shown in figures 4-1 to 4-6. Very often, single digit dates have not of these single digit dated coins arc been recognized as dates. The number/ symbol for "9" is often found on Austri an or Italian coins as "breaks" in the leg end. Double annulets, small or medium size round circles used as separators be ANTIQUA INC. tween words, were used throughout me dieval European coinage. When stacked • Specializin g in ancient art and numis together, double annu1ets clearly resem ble a number " 8" . Medieval coins were matics with an emphasis on quality, generall y engraved using series of rarity, and desirability punches, and the punch mark for mak ing the date was sometimes the same as • Over 25 years of professional ex pertise for the annulet. This is vividly shown by a variety of a one-half 1478 Swedish • Regular and active presence in the Onug, where the date of"78" is followed in ternational marketplace by a large double annulct, which has been misread by none other than Frey • Fully illustrated catalogues featuring (and many others) as the false date of carefully selec1ed material 1488 (see figure 5)! 1) Conversely, the number "8" is often engraved as double • Representation for serious coll ectors ,mnulcts. as is clearly visible on the 1485 at all major international auction sales Holland Double Brique! (see figure 6). Where m ultip le dies exist for par • Appraisals, market advice, liquidation allel double or fou r digit dated coins, advice and professional courtesy to all identifying a single digit as a "date" becomes less controversial. Nowhere interested parties is this more apparent than with the • Visit our web site: Antiquainc.com 1466 Saxony Horngroschen, where Krug reports nine different d ies fo r the A ft/lly illustrated catalogue sent upon request single digit dated 1466 Horngroschen of Freiberg, and seven different dies 20969 VENfVRA BLVD., SUITE #11 TEL: 818-887-0011 with the standard double digit "66."14 WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364 FAX: 818-887-0069 Add itionally, where a single digit ap- E-Mail: [email protected] 10 The Celator - Are you receiving these catalogs ? 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Box 950 Ph.: 718/332-4248 www.russia"-coins.nct New York, N.Y. 10272 Fax: 718/332-8676 e-mail: [email protected] July2003 11 pears withi n a series of successive the extraordinary lack of uniformity and author to acquire many of these piec dates, one can clearly assume that the standards utilized in the preparation of that es for his personal collection. digi t represents, in fac t, an actual date. era of coinage, leading the medievalist to Table 2 il lustrates this point with each variations unimaginable to the collector of of the s ix known examples. modem coinage. TABLE 2 YEAR I SS!.!EQLCQ I~ QII:iEE. DATES IN SERIES 1459 KRAPINA KREUZER - "9" 1458 GRAZ KR EUZERIJ 1466 SAXONY HORNGROSCHEN - "6" 1465- 1469 HORNG ROSCHENS 1478 SWEDEN ORTUG - "8" afHER 1478 ORTUG DlES'6 1478 SWEDEN ORTUG - "8" SEVERAL OTHER 1478 HALF ORTUG DIES 1488 PQMMERANIA SCHILLI NG - "8" 1489, 1492, 1499, 1500 - GARZ MI NT SCHILLINGS 149 1-1 496,1499 - DAMM MINT SCHILLIN GS 1492 STOLBERG GROSCHEN - "2" 1492-1493 GROSCHENS With the possible exceptions of weak Acknowledgem ents Endnoles stri kes or fi ll ed dies, no other single digit 1 James O. Sweeny and Robert Turf dated medieval coins were struck after The author wishes to gratefully ac boer, Tempus in NII/Illnis, Numismatics 1492. Double digit dating became less knowledge the assistance of Mr. Ed International 1992 used as the last days of the 15t/> century ward Cohen, who supplied the infor 2 The explanation of the background approached, presenti ng fewer opportuni mation on the early history of dating, of this remarkable piece is found in Frey, ties to drop a digit on the next round of and Mr. Gunther Hild of Socstcr M un 'l11t: Dated European Coinage Prior to die preparation. However, part of the con zcabinett in Socst, Germany, whose 1501 (1978 Supplement by David R. tinuingjoy of medieval coin collecting is most diligent effort s have allowed the Cervin) at 93-95 (Hereinafter "Frey"). 1 Frey erroneously reports the exist ence of a 1445 Graz Vierer, or Kreuzer. This date has been misread. Ra ther, it is NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA a )458 Styria (Graz) Kreuzer with the " I" and the "8" 100 weakl y engraved to ANCIENT COINS AND MEDALS be seen. See Corpus Nllmmorwn Alfs GREEK - ROMAN - BYZANTINE - MEDIEVAL -RENAISSANCE rriacorwn ("CNA") FB 6B var. 4 A superb scholarly study of this pe AUCTIONS - LISTS riod in numismatics and the opening of these mines, which allowed European VALUATIONS mints to emerge with a flourish from the bullion famine of the first halfofthe 1511> century, is found in Spufford, Money and Its Use in Medie\'Ol Europe. Cam bridge Un iversity Press, 1988. $The Utrecht Bishopric struck Roman numeral dated coins beginning 1476. In 1482 Arabic numerals were first used on its coinage and contin ued to be used until [497. In 1498 the Bishopric reverted back to Roman numerals for that year, struck a mixed numeral coin in 1499 and a purely Roman numeral coin in 1500. Cma logucs upon request 6 For example. 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Ctm~rIC).AIICIion.com · N)I.ill:NoIes@Currtn JUly2003 13 1 Aanders in 1487 carried thc cxperi mentation even fur ther - it struck both Roman numeral and Arabic numeral versions of Ihe same denom ination coin, a 1487 Grand Real D'Or, a large presenta tion gold coin, whosc pur pose may explain the variety of dating techniques used. 8 Gottingen experimented Figure 4-1-1459 Figure 4-2-1466 Figure 4-3- 1478 with mixed numeral daled Krapina. Saxony. Sweden. coins twice, first in 1473 (see AR Kreuzer AR Horngroschen AR Ortug Schrock 15; thi s is first ex ample of mixed numeral dat- ing) and in 1488 ( Schrock 22). Neither example was re peated - all other dated spec imens through [500 had tra ditional full Roman numeral dates. 9 Chesterret 390; Frey 257. This coin is exception ally rare. II) England in 1600-1602 Figure 4-4- 1478 Figure 4-5-1488 Figure 4-6- 1492 issued silver coins using an Sweden. Pommerania. Stolberg. "0," "I" and "2" to ex press AR 1/2 Ortug AR Schilling AR Groschen the dates. These coins arc not referenced in thi s article be (Enlarged photographs courtesy of the author) cause they appear to have been deliberately dated in Iha t fashion, and Ihey arc post-medieval coi ns. II Full references are provided in the bibliography. 12 Saxony, in the Freiberg mint, also struck a hybrid piece with the panial date "68" on the obverse and "8" on the re verse (Krug 1388). Sweden in the Stock holm mint struck a similar hybrid with tbttbal an "S" on thc obverse and a "7S" on the reverse (Lagerqvist 9d). The author has chosen to include neither in this listing. 11 See Frey 3 16. The correct al1ribu ~tlber tion of this Swedish pieee along with brief discussion of the mi sreporting of its date is fo und in Lagerqvist at P. 131. 14 Numerous other Saxony mints struck their 1466 Horngroschens with $8 double digits, bul apparently none other than Freiberg used a single digit. Curious about medieval as a natura l complement to your ancient U While Krapina issued dated coins on ly in 1459. these coins were issued collection. but don't want 10 invest much until you know you like under the grant of mint ri ghts by Frieder it? Then start small and painless. For every $8 you send, I'll send ich J1[ of Austria. The obverse of these you a different medieval coin ... $ 16 for 2 different, $32 for 4 coins were identical to the obverse of the different, $80 for IO different, etc. With 12 different get a free 1458 Graz Kreuzer, while the reverse varied only by the name the mint and copy of Walker's Reading MedievaL European Coins. Please add date - "Moneta.in.Greez 58" (Graz), $2 postage per ord e r. versus " Monela. in .Krapina 9". agberman@aol. com 16 The 1478 dale was immobilized (845) 434-6090 thai is. all dies were struck engraved with FAX (845) 434-6079 lIen G. Berman,," the same year, no matter when issued ...... "...... us Ofders add S2 postall" P.O. Box 605·E l)V&lseas Ofders sent 81 buye(s ,(lANA> The nex t date used was in 1512. The Fairfield. CT 06430 USA risk and art always welcome ~~.. ~-""'.'"'!'! 14 The Celator purse &. codttceus. VFNf-+ .. _ .. 60 pIOI«l dmariu.. !kL of R.,.,... ., ... ichioo 74 _._._._. SnoJ July 2003 15 author wrote about this remarkable se lalldska My,,', Stockholm, Nu misma Schulten. W.. Dell/sehe Mlmzen Ails ri es in thean icle, "Dales Plagued Swed tiska Bokrorl agct, 1970. der Zeit Karls v., Frankfurt; Numismati s ish Coins", World Coill News. Decem Mignol et, A., us MOlll wies de la chen Verlag P.N. Schulten, 1974. ber 2000." Prillcipaure (Ie Liege. Maastrecht, Spufford, P. , MOlleyalld Its Use ill Me· A.G. van der DU$sen b.v .. 1986 (re liieval Europe, Cambridge University Bihliography printing of Chest ret). Press, 1988. Bahrfeldt, E. , Mine/alIa· Sweeney, J. & Turibocr, R., lichen MUll zklllule Pommems, Tempus ill Nummis, Numismat Berlin, Verlag Von Adolph ics Intemati onal. 1992. Wcyl, 1893. Dannenberg, MlIllzge AboUI the Author-Robert schicllle Pommems 1m Mille· Levinson is a Southern Califor la/ter, Berl in. Verlag Von Ad nia collector who has special olph Weyl, 1893. ized in collecting medieval Frey. Albert R .• The Dated coins for over 30 years. with a Ellropeall Coinage Prior to hellvy cmpilltsis on early Anno 1501 , New York; Sanford J. Domini dlltcd European coin Durst, 1978 (updated edition, lLge. He has written previously Figure 5-1478 Sweden. Figure 6-1485 Holland. revised by David R. Cervin). for The Celator on this subject 1/20rtug. "78" Double Briquet. "8" Friederich, K.. Die Mllnzel/ ("The Elusive Coins of the De followed by large engraved as double lind Medaillen Des Hmues cade 1451-1460"; February double annulet. annulets. Stolberg. Dresden. Kommis- 1998), and for The NlllniSIl1(l sions Verlag Von CG. The list, World Coin New!;, and Coill ime. 19 11. (Enlarged photographs courtesy of the author) World as well. Mr. Levinson is Koch, B., Corpus NUIII a member of the ANA, the II/orull/ Allslriacormll, Band I, ANS, the PNG (affiliate mem- Mittelalter. Wien, 1994. Pohl. A., Die Grenlland-Pragung, bership) and the Classical and Medieval Krug, G., Die Meissenisch-Sllch.)'is MUllzpragllllg ill Osterreic;h Ulul Ullgarn Numismmic Socicty. Mr. Levi nson is an chen Groschell. 1338 bi s 1500, Berlin , im 15. Jahrhundert. Gmz. Akademische anomey pmcticing in Encino. California VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wi ssen Druck und Verl agsll llst ll it. 1972. and emphasizing in his pmclicc busi ness sc haften, 1974. Schrock, U., MUllzel1 del" Sradl GO/ litigu tion and employment law for man Lagerquist, L., Svenska Mym UI/der tingen, Bremen, Verlag Bi eber/Luck agement. Vikingmitj Oell Medel/it! Saml GOI- Lehme, 1987. Edward J. Waddell , Ltd. 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Which would send some more well-heeleij opponent Saili ng by me on the track With barely a ripple Beyond my wi ll 10 catch him . We were engaged in combat Forever los l in the sun, For the remaining half of the prizes. Coasting over the fin1'Shline ahead of me with ease, Oftt imes my attentiOQwas focu sed on knowing Again leaving me with nothing but disapp'ointment When my next race would start. To show for my exerl ions. With an average of three races every min ute It was easy 10 get distracted BUI only sweet. so ft si lence And miss somethi ng. Followed my last. desperate kl:':,;k", ___ And I looked up in amazement I ne ver failed to hear the starting gun As the Auctioneer dubbed me the winn er But was irritated An d as ked for my contestant number That I o ft en never gOI into my stride So thaI The Man of the Book Before the paek had left me Could inscribe my viclOry Qut of the running. In the roU s o f this Olympiad's records. However, since I had acqui red one trophy I was no longer desperate for a token victory Only later did I real ize To salve my self respect. That I could still have had my prir.e Snatched from me. il was not long before I won my second coin. For the ru les so stated This one so much more important than the fi rs\. That no one contest was over This beauty W1IS one of the images Until the first bid was made on the next lot. That I had dreamt of fo r weeks. The fi nish li ne of one race It was one of the major constellations T hus bei ng the starting line of the next. In my gal axy of potential acquisitions, But I only saw this false finish Bu t I had counted my chances as low Once or twice Since its estimate Out of hundreds of races Was ncar my absolute maximum bid. And so it was not a risk To waste muc h worry on. This jewel was also prominently d isplayed In the auction catalogue I reeled in response to this un ex pected victory. So that I was certain The continuous defeats That its beauty was well known, Of the first half of the day And I expected the competition for it Had num bed my ex pectations o f success, To be fi erce. And I wondered what had happened To make me the ow ner o f ~ue h a glorious coin. I had been fortu nate enough To get multiple confirmations However, I quickly gathered my wits As to its desirability As there was no time From experts who would give mc solid advice To indu lge my penchant for dreaming. O n what this treasure was worth. The paee of the races Went on un abated The bids rose quickly to near the estimate: And before I cleared my head [ don't remember Several more had been awarded. All the twists and turns On the track that I took in its pursu it. Now my own personal nexus But the fi nal sprint Of races in these competitions Remain s clear to this day. Was upon me. And I think it always will. In a matter of a few minutes Severa l prizes of particular interest Would be won or lost. 18 The Ceiator The fi rst prize That allowed one to own it all I knew would never be mine. Regardless of the cost? I had been so advised By one of my mentors. But every collector knew that this was not the case, Still , it was exciling And every year one served in this avocation To sec this race so doggedl y run . Further heightened a different kind of competi ti on. For there were several ingredients, ren ll y, Every time a new leadcr took over. That combined to make Yet another took his place, This coin-coll ecting cocktail a heady brew. And oft en the va nquished one Immediately reclaimed fi rst place. First and foremost was knowledge, To know the value of each object There see med no lac k of competitors Brought to the forc. And this was onc of thc longest races Most particularly the dealers. Of that long, glorious day. Who ran in stead for thei r clients, Because its ini tia l pace was slow. Mu lled each prize wi th a loupe It just kept getting faster and faster Like an old jeweler As the bids went higher and higher. And took quite seriou sly Would this covetousness ever stop? The probl em of calculating a coin 's tru e worth Both on Ihe market and as a thin g of beauty. And I wondered as I watched the fina ncial ma yhem What was the glory in purchasing beauty? The goal was not to possess these items regardless of cost Especi ally one so universally esteemed as this? But rather to sprint With just the proper effort that each coin merited One could not say a spec ial talent w as needed Such that the only victories won To ascertain that this objeci was highly desirable. We re those that sat well So how could merely being the one In the cold light of the next day With the most money and the last bid When all the exuberance. intoxicati on, and hubris Be such an important goal for these wise men? 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Freeman & Sear I P.O. lklx 64 1352 I Los Angeles, California 90064-6352 rrnlO/450-9755 fIX : 310/450-8865 ema il: info@freemana ndsear.com July 2003 19 Bu t even for these experts And I was the winner The heat of the chase For yet a fo urth time. Could bc in n uentiaL As the determina tion of val ue This rapid pace of victories Was an act and not a scie ncc. Hlid cxcceded my ability Of eq ual intcrest to these rnarketeers of beauty and history To understand their import: Was to see the lengths that their potential customers I knew not whether I should celebrllic my tenacity Wo ul d go to own this gem or that. Or ru c my foo lhardiness. For these were indications But, it mattered little, Of the direction of the market itself. For the contests went on Heedless of my sclf judgments. There were also personal faClO rs That could substantiall y adjust Wi thin fi fteen mi nutes The desirability of an object. I won two more priz.cs For each collector One seemed of li ttle import The val ue of a prize depended on And yet later The significance that it wou ld have It was the only prize that I was ad vised As pari of one's collection, I had made a really good dea l on. Filling a hole here So my greatest moment of glory Or ra isi ng a question there. In this marathon of contests Went practica ll y unnoticed al the time So, while in one respect the auction Because of my inexperience. Was an old game for the dc:alers here, There was no way to reliably predict The second win was much more momentous to me, The hammer price that an yone coin would bring. As I felt certain orthis object's worth, And once again had to ma ke onc bid higher But there was definitely glory here Than the limit that I had been coached was wise. For all competitors, This minor act of independence satisfying Be they professionals In that I was clearly making my own dec ision. Or relat ive newcomers li ke myself. Though it came with the risk l3 ul laler when I reflccted after Ihe contest was over, Of paying a fooli sh price for a coin. Afte r the adren ali ne had ~eeped from my lim bs, I realized that all the moves I made on this fateful day, And so, while I was now suffu sed Be they good or bad, With the glow of success Were studied and calculating. 11 would only be Despite my heated blood and spinning head. After I had counted the cost For each of the winning sprints that I had made, That I would know I had coldly reckoned Whether I had made glory mine Whether I could j ustify the expense As wel l as bcauty Tha t my actions could cost me. This day on the track. At this poi nt in time in the Olympiad. And at th is moment in the games, Though I was not consciously aware of it. Th ough I wished to own thi s wondrous, wi nged coin Three qua rters of th e lots had been awarded. Currently being so desperately sought aft er, And I had six victories to my credit. t was glad when the hammer finall y fe ll As a result That I had not paid that lofty price My willingness to compromise To gather it to my bosom. On my maximum bid price WaS ra pidly eroding; But immediately after this dog fi ght, My hunger fo r victory Another prize fell into my lap. Had been sated. The contest seemed to end And now I approached each coi n Almost before it had begun, Like the dispassionate veteran And I had no time to nOle my price That [ was starling to become. As the Auctioneer Started call ing the numbers True, I was still For the next race. Shy of much experience, And yet 1 had been blooded This next coin was also on my li st, And Ihis was of momentous im portance And again the pace rose steadi ly Compared to my re lat ive naivety To the estimate. Upon enteri ng these games This race was fra ught with danger Two hours earlier As I was unsure of what this specimen was worth, This morn ing. And yet again 1 made one last kick Decidi ng that the risk of paying too much In contrast to these few feats of daring, Was wort h it. Many a time during this last ha lf hour of heats The other ru nners suddcnly pulled up, I dropped OUI of a race Though Ihe fin ish li ne 20 The Cefator Seemed easily within my grasp The specter of losi ng control And saw others win the coin Which I had feared so much AI the maximum amount And had been warned against by my coaches That I was willing to bid. Never once showed its head. In fact. if anything, Late in the games. Its antithesis, the demon of paralysis, In the last hundred lots, Had been my troubl ing companion I captu red my seventh On more than one occasion early on And fin al prize. When I fatally delayed It was pleasing Fearing to make the wrong move. But of no great importance But in retrospect I attributed this minor failing For it was not a fav ored coi n To no more than open ing nig ht jitters, Indeed, I had added it A most pardonable si n To my bidding list on ly the day before In one as green as I. After seeing it a second time At the fi nal inspection of the lots. All in all, I was quite content And I took its addition And as the last races played out As merely another pleasing but minor success And the victors sped past me Which loomed small Again and again, Compared to the grander ballies The pain I fe lt at the loss Of the day. Of each coin which I had coveted Was acceptable in the light of the day's many successes. I held to my maximums Qui te fi rml y for the last healS In a few more minutes it was all over; As I had seven trophies Thi s long awaited Olympiad Locked wi thin my purse Had closed its gates forever. And I felt that unplanned exertions Enjoined risk that I could no longer justify I walked up to the Man of the Book For lack of sufficient victories on the field of hono r. To confirm the cost of my victories, Indeed, exceeding my bidding limits at this point And we chatted amiably about the day Seemed to court hubri s And the events to come. Whose penalty could easily ru in my record of success, The little multitude of one hu ndred bidders Modest as it was. 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I seemed unahle to release myself My bankroll was not ex hausted. From these phantom competitions whi ch I never won. By my will to compete was. t grew frustrated wi th my obsession I was unsure as to the wisdom And swore at myself Of some of my purchases today For these useless recriminations. And decided that the best course Lay in declaring victory Later, when talking 10 my me ntors. And wi thdrawing from the fie ld. I was ad vised that I had been lucky Not to have won some of those races I rode the elevator down the many-storied building As the price of vielOry had been beyond reason . And exited to the streets Of The Grcat City I was complimented on some of my acquisitions To walk its most beautiful avenue And questioned on the wisdom of others. Back to the public transport In the end 1 decided That would return me to my temporary camp. That it was hard to know the truth In terms of how much I should have bid. As I strolled along the street I was of a diffe rent mien I was told to not worry, Than in the recent days past. That these events were in the past I was reveling in the completion of this challenge And beyond my power to change. And the many successes I'd had. But I fe lt that this remark missed the point. Avoiding both relUrning empty handed And bidding in blind fru strati on. I wanted 10 learn from this experience Dodgi ng the false start So that I coul d improve my performance And the immediate recriminati ons, The nex t time around. Knowing that I had capt ured seven prizes But the most valuable knowledge And that I'd stayed reasonably within my maximum bids. I retained from these encounters I was fairly well pleased with my performance Was the awareness of the inability to know Though it be of no great imporl The correct price for these treasures. To anyone other than myself. Indeed, thc concept that there was a "correct price" Seemed to me now to be an ill usion. The sun overhead seemed brighter, The shops more all uring, But did that not undercut The women more beautiful, One of the main joys of the pursuit of these objects? And the crowds friendlier. Did thaI not mean that I could never feel And though I knew That I had hought a coin at " th e right price"? All these perceptions The answer to this was certainly "yes" Were chimcras of mine own makin g But that did not mean that onc could They were pleasant none the less, Never know that a deal was II good one. And I gl adly welcomed their company. Deals, like beauty, are rel at ive and personal For right now A deal, or price, can on ly evaluated This moment of achievement was enough. In comparison to another one. I requ ired no other magic By any account. paying less tha n the typical price To ma ke my soul re plete. Of a coi n was a good dea l. [ had c li mbcd the mountain; I could go home a happy man A few days after the races For one day, at least. I went to the judges And arranged for the de li very of my coin s. I had thought originall y To take them on the spot IX. Counting the Cost And proudl y bear my trophics Directly from the stadium, As I rode the commuter train But the state taxes incurred thereby Back to my temporary abode Made me change my mind, And stared out the window And I had them shi pped across the border At the seashore passing by To avoid these hefty fees. I replayed the contests of the day Over and over agai n in my mind. I returned home and waited pat ient ly For my coins 10 arrive. Of th e successes I thought little, It waS not 100 long Rather I focused on those races 22 The Gelator Before I was rewarded. And there was no way to kn ow now The package was heavier If it would grow cold or increase. Than any I had ever received, And I fel t chuffed The strain these seven successes And full of expectation. Had wreaked on my financial reserves Was significant but not excessive. In the event In some ways I was gl ad Of spilli ng the contents out on my dini ng room table. That I had not won more races There was a brief moment of lack of recogn ition. For that would have made this somber celebration For in the last few weeks All the more troublesome. I had focused on the grand, magnified images of these coins And in my mind As I looked back on the campaign They had replaced the actual objects themselves. I felt both The photos were large and commanding The sat isfaction of accomplishment And now, in the cold light of day, And the pain of growth These objects seemed so much smaller and less impressive. For through these contests I had surely grown. I marveled at the apparent difference And had difficulty at first I had received education Acknowledging that these tiny, dingy things On some of my weaknesses Were in fact the grand totems And on some of my strengths That I had prayed to That I did not know existed. For so many days of late. But, most of all , I had become more aware However, after some time to adjust. Just how big the world was I realized that these coins were all and more And where I fit into it. Than what I had seen in my dreams, Th is was knowledge painfully acquired And I no longer had the dreams. But it would no doubt Now, I had to be content with reality. Serve me fa ithfully in the future. It would render some tasks easier I knew that it would take time And make others more acceptable. For me to tfuly understand And for that The depth of my affin ity for these coi ns I was very grateful. New this month: !}(!y ~IIII~~~~~ r-~---· -N-'-'~-"~--~-oc-cn.---o/' H AIiLAN 1. BEIiK, LTI). 500BC Harlan}. 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After we parted and I walked back to work He shared my passion for coins I felt validated and celebrated, And was a figure of some renown For according 10 Ihis grizzled vete ran [n the small world of ancient co ll ec tors [ had much 10 be proud of. Because of his scholarly writing .~ nnd publications. So once again [ had run the fHces, He brought some of his favorite coins, Once again I had reco unted my stories of glory and triu mph, And I brought several My stories of agony and defeat. That I had recently won al the Olympiad. Bu t th is time I was awarded the laurel wreath: Afte r enthusiastically reviewing This time I recei ved the he ro's welcome; The objects he brought . This time I was feted in the banquet hall. I timidly placed my trophies out on the table. I now knew that th is would nOt be Immediately, he grasped one and eltcitedly remarked about it. The last time I wou ld run these races, Encouraged, I picked up another And I knew as well that the crowds could be fickle, And began 10 describe th e races I had entered And I could never cou nt on gaining their approval. Both the ones I had won and had lost. But for thi s fleeling moment that was today This I had done, I asked him repeatedly And I would never forget il. What he thought a fair price was For these objects of beauty. Copyright © 2003 by Charl es D. Everett Time and again, He named numbers that were close on the heels About the ullthor-Charlie Everett is a compuler engineer in Massa Of the speed I had Tu n to win the m. chusells. He gradualed wilh a B. A. in mathematics from the Univer sity of Texas at Austin and a M.S. in compUler engineering from the Suddenly. in my mind I was back on the trac k University of California at Santa Barbara. He has been collcct.ing Retracing my winning ste ps, ancient coins for five years and specializes in Greek bronzes, Helle But with the crucial difference nistic portraiture, and eastern figural coinage. Everett has worked That Ih is time I had a winged spirit, overseas in Sierra Leone and Saudi Arabia. He is an avid fan of Hel In the person of my friend, lenis ti c history, historical ficlion, world travel, and classical music. He can be contacted al [email protected]. Dr. Busso Peus N achf. Freeman Coni. from page 2S - N UMISMATISTS AND AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1870- Caesars. Among the latte r are two a urei of Otho, ([ots 544 a nd 545), whose bri ef reign in AD 69 lasted only 90 days. The sale concludes with more than 70 large lots of Greek, Roman, Byzan· tine and Medieval coinage, including several lots assembled from coins in • PURCHASE AND SA LE OF ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND the Gomez collection. The group lots MODERN COINS AND MEDALS AS WELL AS OF IMPORTANT include ma ny coins of hig h enough NUMISMATIC U BRARIES quality and/or rarity to be included as • AT LEASTTIVO PUBLIC AUCTIONS I MAIL BID SALES A YEAR individual lots in many auctions. A complimentary copy of Mail Bid Sale • APPRAISALS AND EXPERT ADVICE 9 can be obtained by calling Freeman & • ATTEND [NG MOST MAJOR INT£RNA TIONAL SALES Sear at (310) 450·9755, or by emailing ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS them at info&freemanandsear.com. The compl ete sale is also available in Catalogs available by subscripti on at a biennial rate of U.S. $40 (4 issues). downloadable form on the fi rm's Inter Payments may llill be made by Credit Card net website, www.freemanandsear.com. To download the sale, go to the "Auc· PLEASE CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORM ATION tions a nd lists" page and follow the in £..,~ Bornwiesenweg 34, structions. ~..... D-60322 Frankfurt a.M. I, Gennany l A-it Phone: (011 4969) 959 66 20 Don't miss a single ~~~' Fa x: (0114969) 55 59 95 ~7 www.peus-muenzen.de issue of The Celator. • E·mail: [email protected] Renew today! 24 The Cefator Gomez Collection Featured In Freeman & Sear's Mail Bid Sale #9 LOS ANGELES, CA- A wide-ranging Mail Bid Sale #9 features 787 indi Seleucid silver and bronze coins (lots collection of Aoman Imperial bronze vidual and group lots of Greek, Roman 130-169). and silver coins forms the centerpiece and Byzanti ne coins, including many The sale Is parti cularly strong in Ro 01 Freeman & Sear's Mail Bid Sale #9 , pieces of exceptional quality and rar man coinage. In addition to the Gomez closing Wednesday, July 16"', 2003. ity. The Greek selections ind ude an collection, it includes more than 150 The collection of Roman second bronzes and silver denarii was as sembled by California collector Ray Gomez, PhD., over a 22-year span. Dr. Gomez was born in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to the United Slates in 1960. He earned a PhD from MIT and became a specialist in the biotechnol ogy field . His first encounter with an cient coins was in an outdoor market in Madrid's Plaza Mayor in 1981, where he purchased a denarius of Caesar Lot 240 from Freeman & Sear Lot gold solidus multiple Augustu s. The beautifu l patina s on 676 is a 1.5 Mail Bid Sale 9 is a of Constantine J the Great, estimated Roman bronzes quickly drew his inter dupondius of Germanicus at $16,000. est, and they became a primary locus from the Rey Gomez col/ec 01 his collection. tion, estimated at $1500. Dr. Gomez's Roman middle bronzes are offered in a specially designated section 01 Mail Bid Sale #9 (lots 228- attractive didrachm and a ra re Roman Republican coins as we ll as 334). His Roman silver coins are inte lelradrachm of Segesta (loIs 34 and gold aurei of all of the first Twelve grated in the body of the catalog and 35), a run of hig h-quality Syracusan are noted as being from his collection. coinage (lots 37-51), and a long run of COll tinued on prior page ... America IS Most Prestigious NYINC & NEW YORK Ancient Foreign INTERNATlONAL Coin Show NUMISMATIC • CONVENTION THE 32ND ANNUAL www.nyinc.info NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL Major Auctions NUMISMATIC CONVENTION Educational Forums • Club Meetings Exhibits JANUARY 16-18, 2004 h Admission : P rofe:"~'ioll(l { Preview- Thursday, January 15' , Friday-Saturday-Sllnday 2PM- 7PM - $100 $10 ror a Ihrtt-day pas,~ The Waldorf Astoria Hotel Gellerallllf ormatio1l: New York City Kevin Foley P.O. Box 370650 301 Park Avenue between M ilwaukee. 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The in a lmost every city. Nowhere is this rich soil of Thessaly is superior to the more true than in Greece. The traveler soil found in most of the rest of Grcece is constantly confronted with evidence in fertility. The soil provided abundant of bygone greatness and inOuenee. The erops for early Larissans. In addition, 2x ruins of many different cultures are pre the terrain lent itself to the breeding and served in the center of major cities and development of horses. The Thessal humble villages. In some cases, the ru ian breeders produced what would ins are famous throughout the world. come to be regarded as some of the fin whi le Olher ru ins do nOI even rate a est horses in the Mediterranean world. mention al the local tourist office. Laris Of all the cities o n the Thessalian plain. sa, Greece is far from Ihe reg ular 10U[ the horses of Larissa were the most fa ist tra il. In fact , most of the vi si tors \0 mous. Indeed, they were so famous that the ci ty are simply passing through on in later years Larissa featured a horse Ttli l journeys between the no rth and on most of the coins Ihat it issued. south of Greece. Relatively few forei gn As the early sC lll cments in the area visitors come through Ltlrissa 10 explore matured, the Lari s~a l1 s began 10 devel the archaeological remnants of what has op a poli tical relationship with the rest long been the dominant city in Thessa of Thessaly. In the years prior to 700 Iy. The travelers who do make it to BC, Thessaly was divided into four lel A silver didrachm from Larissa, circa Larissa may discover some impressive, rads, each ruled by 11 letrarch. Larissa 350 BG. (Photo courtesy of Leu Nu but currently under-developed, gli mps slowly built infl uence and utili7..ed its mismatics Auction 83, fat 215). es into thc long history ofthe city. u lri s natural geographic adv:mtagcs to SUT sa's history is, in many ways, the histo pass its Thessalian neighbors in wealth ry of the Mediterranean as whole. and prestige. In the 70}, Century BC, clan, usually held the office of ragas. Aleuas of Larissa o rganized the first For a time, the Thessalian League pos The Early History Thessalian League. The League was a sessed the strongest army in Greece, but The history of Larissa stretches far loose political and military union that its lack of strong central organi zation back into prehistori c times. The earli could be cal led to action in times of need. andcomtnunal identity prevented it from est identified seUlement in the area is An elected general, known as the tagos, mai ntaining thi s position. Indeed, in the about 8,000 years old. Looking at the led the Thessalian League. Because of coming centuries Larissa would often topography around Larissa. it is easy to their wide influence, members of Laris fi nd itself under the sway of ils more see why the locatio n for the ci ty was sa's predominant family, the Aleuadae powerful ne ighbors from the north and the south. For the next two centuries, however, Larissa continued to consoli datc its political position in Thessaly. Professional Directory Ad Rates: Larissa e merged as the dominant Thessalian power during Ihe 6t~ century ' 1x3 size = 2-3/16"w x 2-7/8"h = only $24 Be. Secure in its new position of pow 1x2 size = 2-3/16"w x 1-7/8"h = only $17 er, Larissa even felt comfortable with goi ng against the wishes of most of its ':;. Signature ads only, no direct sale offerings. ncighbors. While the rcst of the Thes ~ 10% Discount on annual contracts. salian cities tried to oppose the Persian invasion, Larissa chose 10 support Xe Professional Directory ads get results! rxes as he invaded in 480 Be. Because or thc lack of assistance from Larissa, The Celator the Greek city-states were unable to pre vent Xerxes from advancing through the P.O. Box 839, Lancaster, PA 17608 Tcmpi Gorge. Larissa's powcr contin PhonelF.x (717) 656-8557· e-m.iI: [email protected] ued to bui ld in the wake of this event. The city achieved the apex of its influ- 26 The Celator ence and importance in the period be At the height of its power, and even Larissa continued as a well-respected tween 450 and 370 Be. During thi s when past its political zenith, Larissa cult ural center. The city never ri valed period, Athens and Sparta bccame em was an important center of an and cul the great cities of the eastern portions of broiled in the politics of !he city. Ath ture. Because of ilS wealth and impor the Roman Empire as a center for aca ens supported the powerful Aleuadae tance, Larissa was able to attract a num demics or learnin g. In stead, Larissa family. while Sparta backed the tyrant ber of famou s artists and scientists to adapted to its new role as an important Lycophron. In 404 Be. Sparta's sup the cit y. The poet Pindar was an early regional center for agriculture, military port hc lped Lycophron conquer Laris resi dent who was sponsored by the movements, and transportation . In fact. sa. Later, the Aleuadae family regained Aleuadae. Pindar's earliest surviving an inscription found in Larissa states that control of the city by seeking assistance poem is the result of a commission from the city supplied grain to Rome itself. from the Persians, then the Thebans. and a member ofthe Aleuadae family. Per During the reign of Augustus, Larissa finall y the Macedonians. These moves haps the most fam ous citizen was Hip nourished and it re mained the most im cost Larissa its last vestiges of indcpen pokrates. the father of medicine. Hip ponanl cilY in Thessaly. Many years lat dence. When the Macedonians arrived. pokrates lived in Larissa for several er. Dioclctian made Larissa the capital they had other plans for Larissa; Phi lip years and was buried in the city after ofThessalia during his reorganization of II of Macedon annexed the city in 357 his dealh circa 377 BC. Another citi the empire. As the Roman Empire trans Be. Larissa would remain a part of zen, Philo of Larissa, was a prominent formed into the Byzantine Empire, Laris Macedon until 196 Be, when the Ro teacher of rhetoric. In the 2nol century sa found itself attacked numerous times mans arrived. Even under Macedoni an BC, Philo left Lari ssa to teach rhetoric by barbarian raiders. Despite attacks by control, the leading fam ilies of Lari ssa in Rome. Philo's most famous student the barbarillns, the most troubled part of maintained considerable influence over in Rome was Cicero. who would shape Larissa's history was still to come. the affairs of the city and Larissa was so much of the history of the late Ro Larissa's status as a transportation well represemed at the Macedoni an man Republic. Of course, famous cit hub meant that it was a crossroads for court. At its peak, ancient Larissa was a izens did not stop the political shifts lhat enemies who wa nted to advance on rich city of over 100,000 persons. The city were redrawi ng the political map of the er cities of Attica and the Peloponnese. featu red a music academy, two the Mediterranean world. The city was also perilously close to aters, an agora (forum), as well as nu Larissa, along with the rest of the many new and unstable kingdoms in the merous temples. Unfortunately for Kingdom of Macedon, fell under Ro Balkans. Larissa's location seemed to Larissa, the cities future was directly man domination in 196 BC. During the be an in vitation for attack. Justinian I tied to that of the Macedonian empire Roman Civil War, the city became the did take stcps to protect Larissa, includ and the future of the Macedonians was military headquarters of Sextus ing fort ifying the city, but this on ly de- domination by the Romans. Pompey. Under the Roman Empire, .. Glenn W. Woods Numismatist p.o. Box 7822 Dallas, TX 75209 214-725-4300 • 214-890-7609 (fa x) [email protected] • Dallas and Ft. Worth's only full time Ancient and Medieval coin dealer • Specializing in Late Roman/Byzantine Gold • Greek, Roman and Byzantine Ancients in All Metals • Better Quality Medieval Coins in All Metals • Extensive Stock in Varied Price Ranges • Purchasing and Evaluation Services Available Ju1y2003 27 layed the inevitable. Larissa was 10 tacked the city and then in 1210, the man rule and instead opted 10 aban change hands a number of times in the Franks captured Larissa during the don the city and rel ocate to mountain next few centuries. 985 AD saw Laris Fourth Crusade. The city remained in villages in the area. The abandonment sa under siege by Samuel of Bu lgaria. the hands of the crusaders for a full 28 of Larissa by some of its citizens did In late 985 or early 986, Larissa feU to years. The despots of Epirus recaptured little to dim the luster of Larissa. The the Bulgars. The loss of Larissa prompt Larissa from the Franks. but the return city was transformed into a cosmopol ed the Byzantine emperor Basil 11 10 at of the Greek rule would be short-lived. itan center for both commerce and the tack the Bulgarian Empire. Unfortu The Bu lgarians recaptured the entire Ottoman military. In the 17th century nately. the Byzantines were defeated and region in the 14th century AD. only to AD, it was reported that Croatians, Larissa remained under the control of lose it 10 Ihe Serbians a short lime later. Hungarians, Poles, Franks, Greeks. the Bulgars. In 1083, the Normans at- Finally, 1423 saw the arrival of the 01- and Turks peopled the city. There Loman Turks were large Christian, Muslim, and and the capture Jewish communities, as wel l. During of Larissa. the time of the Turkish occupation, Larissa was most of the ancient and Byzantine destined to re structures in the city were destroyed. main Turkish Throughout the 450 years of Turkish for more than rule, the Greek population of the city 400 years. tried repeatedly to throw off the Turk~ The Otto- ish yoke. The Greeks launched seri mans gave ous rebellions against the Turkish Larissa a new occupiers on at least five occasions. name. They None of these rebellions wcre suc called it Geni cessful, but the Ottoman Empire was Shehir. which waning qu ickly by the 18th and 19 tb means New centuries. Larissa and most of Thes City. Manyof saly reunited with modern Greece in the residents August of 1881 AD. T he Turks decided that briefly returned and captured the ci ty during the 1897 war between Figure 1- The large ancient theater in Larissa. Restoration is cur they did not rently in progress. When complete, this will be one of the most wish to live Greece and Turkey, but left Larissa under Otto- after a peace treaty was signed. well preserved theaters in Greece. (Photo courtesy of the author). Peaee did nOl last long for the resi dents of Larissa. In World War II , the Italians and Germans occupied the re~ gion for four long years. Because the city was a military and transportation hub, it was subjected to numerous air raids. The population was also very ac tive in resistance actions and the fascist occupiers executed many thousands of people from Larissa and the surround ing villages. In addition, an earth quake had devastated the city in 1941. By the end of World War II and the Greek Civil War that followed in 1946- 1949, Larissa was a decimated shell of its former glory. Larissa was rebuilt after World War II and it continues to grow and evolve today. It currently has a population of about 130,000 people and is the fifth largest city in Greece. Larissa is an im portant commercial center fo r the sur rounding ag ricultural communities. Because of its focus on agriculture and Visit ou r webs ite WWW.Bstartesa.com commerce, Larissa is sometimes consid ered to be mere! y an overgrown village by Greeks from Athens or Thessaloni~ ki. Larissa is fighting this image with cultural events and by reclaiming some of its ancient history. Current archaeo IE logical work means that portions of Astarte SA · Via Cantonale, I/a · CH,S900 Lugano Switzerland Larissa's rich history are beginning to Phone +41 91 9233640· Fa~ +41 91 9232718· [email protected] emerge from under the streets of the modem city. 28 The Gelator Ruins and Artifacts it wi th a mosque. Today, the modem chance as old buildings were demolished in Modern Larissa church of Saint Ac hil leus dominates the to make way for new construction. Be The numerous aUacks and occupa Frurion and has a commanding view or fore World War II , old buildings were tions that Larissa has suffered th rough the Pillios River. Portions ofthe hill are simpl y razed and new structures were the years have lert much or the cit y's home to a retai l district or modern Laris- built on top or the old. If anything was hi story buried underneath the di scovered during construc streets of modern Larissa. tion, it was often ignored or There have been some as hastily excavated. Now, for tounding discoveries made in tunately, all archaeological dis the last several decades, lind coveri es in Greece mu st re there will most likely be rur ceive at least an inspection by ther discoveries made in the scientists to determine their coming years. Most of the scientific and histori cal value. places of interest are clustered This means that when impor close to the acropolis o ve r ~ tant ru ins are discovered, they looking the Pinios River. The are excavated furth er and, if acropolis. called the Frurion, is the site warrants it, restored. located right in the heart of Perhaps the site that has bene Larissa. fited from this the most is the The name Frurion means larger of the two ancient the castle or fortress. This name aters in the city. signifies the importance of the The large ancient theater is hill in the history of Larissa. Figure 2-The building that housed the backstage area of the bui lt into the side of the Fruri The Frurio ll was the location large thealer. The decorative columns would have lenl a so on and stands. rather incongru of the origi nal city. It was also phisticated air to the architecture of the theater. (Photo cour ously, in the middle of the on this hill that most of the tesy of the author). downtown-shopping district of important buildings of Lari ssa Larissa. The theater was con were erected. During Greek and Roman sa. Because the hill has been in con structed in the 3rd century Be and re times, the Frurion was home to temples stant use for so many centuries. many mained in use during Roman times. and Larissa's main amphitheater. The of the ruins and archaeological sites are When the theater was in regu lar usc, it Byzan tines erected a church and city on top of one another. Most of the di s wa ll s on the hill and the Turks rurn ished coveries in Lari ssa have occ urred by SPINK FOUNDED t666 Specialists in Coins, Commemorative Medals and Tokens Consignments accepted for future auctions: -13 March - 3 July - 8 October - 12 November and outright purchases made for stock Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4055 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4068 Email : [email protected] www.spink-online.com JUly2003 29 could seat approximatel y 10.000 people allow the road to be removed. The cx condi tion. Because the ruins arc lo and hosted plays and other important cavati onsofthe thealercontinued some cated in the center of Ihe city, il is un events. The re mains of the theater we re what spomdicall y, but were completed li kely that more of the area .. rou nd the discovered accidentally when an old a few years ago and the theater is now theater wi ll be excavated any ti me building was demol ished in 19 10. Sev undergoing restoration. When the work soon. Tourists are not allowed in the eral surrounding buildings were subse is complete, thi s si te will most likel y be theater it se lf because of the on-going quently knocked down to expose the one of the best-preserved ancient the restoration efforts. but a very open entire si te. For the first several years aters in alJ of Greece. The restorat ion chain-li nk fence allows most ly unob work does not structed viewing of the site. prevent one from There is one other ancient theater visual izing how preserved in Larissa. Thi s small themeT impressive the was discovered when a building was de white marb le molished in 1985. While il is far less structure wou ld impressive and much smaller. it has al have looked in ready been fullyexcavutcd and restored. its gl ory days. This theater dates to the ]>' century Be Many of the and was apparently in use throughout original seats re much of the Roman period. The small main and the size makes the se!ling far cozier; the the miss ing seats arc mer consists of only two rows of seats. being recon At most, only 250 people could have structed from been seated at one time here. This site concrete. At the most likely hosted poetry readings, po Figure 3-The small theater. This smaff site is located near some time of writing, li tical speeches, debates, and rh etoric council buildings and may wel/ have been used for political workers are re classes. This theater provides an ex. events in the city. (Photo courtesy of the author). bui lding part of tremely interesting, and seldom seen, the hill that was glimpse into the senings of many Slllall after the theater was di scovered, a ro .. d leve led during the centuries and recon events in an ancient ci ty. The intimacy nm right down the middle of the themer. structing the seat ing rows that belonged and contact provided with the crowd The excavations simply continued on on the top of the theater. The stage area ga thered for the event can easily be vi either side of the road unti l Larissa was has also been un covered. The backstage sualized while looking at thi s small site . able to reroute traffic in such a way to area has survived in particularly fine Also on the site are the foundations of a cou ncil house from the same period of lime. The Ihclilcr is located in the mid dle of the eity and is surrounded by a ch .. in-link fence. Unfortunately, the TOPCOINS.COM gates 10 the fence are usually locked, making it impossible to enter the si te. 15 / 63 Marina Blvd. · Cullen Bay, (Darwin) Northern Territory - 0800 - Australia However. the fence does not obstrucl the view and the visito r can walk around ITc>pca,in ,s.c:acn has always been your source for elegant coins ... th ree sides of this small site and get a Greek, Roman, Judean, or Byzantine ... gold, silver, or bronze. Now good view of all the ruins. we are pleased to add fin e art to our offerings as well. Visit our One recently completed excavation in Larissa is that of a 6th century AD newly-opened showroom or continue to shop online at Byzanti ne basilica. The dig is located topcoins.com. on the Frurion hill,just above the large ancient theater. Unfortunately. th is dig The Roman Empire highl ights the problems Ihat ex ist with many archaeological si tes in Greece. Nero, (54-68 AD) IE as Most of the foundation has been ex posed showing Ihe outline of the church. In addition, the excavations ha ve revealed several graves in th e ch urc h and the immediate area. The excavati on work was compl eted in ap prox. imately August of 200 1. Si nce Issued A.D. 67, 12.01 grams, obv. laureate that time, the site has not been cared head, of Ne ro to left, a ro und for and is now overgrown with weeds IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P, and grasses. The plant growth is so rev. S C across, Victory advancing to left bad that many of the archeological fea holding wreath a nd palm, around tu res are obscured from view. Like VICTORIAA V GV STI, (cl.S.1969, RIC many of the small excavations in Greece, thi s site is open to the ele 523, C.342, BMC 356). Dark green patina, ments. There is no cover over the di g portrait extremely fine and very rare in this and little effort has been made to re strict publi c access to the excavations. 30 The Gelator A chain-link fence seals off the site, collection of funerary object from the museum itself is housed in a Turkish but the fence docs not run all the way Bronze Age and the classical period. mosque from the 19,h century. The around the dig. Children occasional One of the finest parts of its collec mosque is in a rather poor state and is ly play in the excavation itself! There tion is a selection of Neolithic vases undergoing repairs. The work has left are several shops and cafes in the im and tools. The museum also holds a the museum closed for over a year mediate area of the excavations and small collection of Hellenistic and now. There is currently no estimate often you will see trash in the pit. It Roman statuary and a Roman mosaic available for when the museum will would be extremely easy to enter the from the village of Kalo Nero. The reopen to the public. shallow dig and pick up fragments of During flooding in the 1970s. sev the human bones that are clearly visi eral ancient graves clime to light, in ble in the graves that the excavations cluding one that has been identified as have exposed. Needless to say, one the grave of Hippokrates. A short dis must wonder if any artifacts have gone tance away from the center of town is missing or if any remains have been a monument to the famous physician. disturbed. This is a problem in many The monument is located above the areas of Greece. There are so many purported location of his grave. The historical sites and artifacts that it single floor building is partially set would be financially impossible for into the ground and is composed of any country to preserve them all. In fine white marble. Atop the building stead, what often happens is that in is a ten-foot tall, marble statue of Hip adequately funded municipalities or pokrates. At one time the monument government organizations carry out contained a small museum dedicated excavations. The sites are not well to Hippokrates, but the museum is now protected during the periodS of inac closed and the collection has been sent tivity or after the completion of work. to another museum. Larissa proudly Larissa is no more prone to this prob mainlains il link with Hippokrates. lem than many other archaeological Many different clinics, medical facil sites in Greece that do not attract large ities, and ordinary bus inesses in Laris numbers of foreign tourists and the Figure 4-The remains of the agora atop the sa are named in his honor. money they bring. Frurion Hill. These remains would have Other small test digs around the been at the heart of the ancient city of Continued on page 36... Frurion have yielded evidence of what Larissa. (Photo courtesy of the author). the old center of the city once held. Parts of the ancient agora have been uncovered. These remains have been provided with a roof to protect them Are you interested in from the worst of the elements. The site is fenced in along with a small CHOICE WORLD COINS? Byzantine-Turkish fortress that used to form the heart of the city. 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The only temple that Vis it our web site at: has been positively located is the Tem www.ponterio.com ple of Demeter, which was on the same ground as the Byzantine basilica. In Ponterio & Associates, Inc. scriptions have also revealed that the archives of ancient Larissa were main 1818 Robinson Ave. tained in the Temple of Apollo. San Diego, CA 92103 Larissa has an archaeological mu seum with a nice collection of artifacts ._,. ';;;;;::;~' 1-800-854-2888 or 619-299-0400 ." ~uWISMRnS I ! Fax 619-299-6952 from the Paleolithic era through to the I' '"It,. ,.' Byzantine era. The museum collec ~ ~ Licensed Auctioll Company #968 tion includes items from Larissa itself P.NC. #308 Richard H, P(m!erio - President and from many small sites in the area. The museum has a parlicularly rich July 2003 31 sons, and running seminars by Souzana D. and workshops on the use of ancient coins in educational Steverding fields. The Memphis Rotary Club honored Dawn w ith a MEMPH IS , TN-A wonderful Titus grant of $240 to enable her ~J udaea Capla" denarius has recenlly to include more classes in the been awarded to teacher Dawn LaFon of program, and with the gen White Station High School in Memphis, erosity of spirit that is her TN, by Ancient Coins for Education (ACE). trademark, Dawn donated The announcement of the award in the part of the grant to another presence of an audience of 400 was ac school in Memphis in order companied by an endorsement of the ACE that their students should program by Ms. LaFon herself thai was also learn the joy of ancient so powerfullhat it was featured in the lo history through genuine Ro cal newspaper the following dayl man coins - theirs to keep Dawn won "The Pliny the Elder Prize and treasure foreve r. for Devotion to Learning", created by Dawn's students have been ACE with input from Curti s Clay, for her frequent competitors and innovati ve work in the classroom - inte prize winners in the contests Dr Tom Bugger. Professor of Education at the University grating 4'~ Century Roman coins into which ACE runs, and she of Memphis (right), presents teacher Dawn LaFon with exciting Latin and Roman history les- has also had the continuing 'The Pliny the Elder Prize tor Devotion to Leaming" support of Dr. Tom Buggey, Professor of Education at the University of Mem phis, around whose ancient coin website ~rofile5 in Dawn based and filmed a creative ~ in teractive" lesson plan. Dawn is on record as saying that the ~umt5mattt5 use of ancient coins is the best thing she Ernest Babelon has encountered in her whole teaching career. With enthusiasm like that, it is 1854-1924 nice to think how many students, their Among French numismatist s of the 19th cen interest in Roman history sparked and tury, Ernest Claude Franyois Babelon stands going home with their very own ancient out as a leading figure. He served at the tum Roman coins, will be motivated to take of the 20'h century as di rector of the Cabinet up coin collecting! des M edailles in Paris, the home of the French ACE is a non-profit organization national collection, and he was a prolific au deeply committed to encouraging the thor of numismatic reference works. Although Babelon's comprehensive stud study of the ancient classical past by putting "history, in the form of ancient ies focus primarily on Greek coinage, especially that of the eastern Greek minting authorities, he was also an expert on the coinage of the Romans. H is coins, in students' hands". This award most famous, and unfinished work, TraUe des mOllllais grecques el romaine.I', would not, however, have taken place w ithout the generous support of Curtis was published in five vol umes between 1901 and 1932, and reprinted in nine Clay, a world authority on ancient Ro volumes by Forni in 1967. Other titles for which he is noted are: Les rois de Syrie, d'Armellie el de Commagene (1890), Melange.I' numismatiqlles (4 vols. man coinage, Clay, a graduate o f 1892- 1912) , Les Perses Achemdllides ... (1893). Les origines de fa lI10nnais Princeton and Oxford, working for the comideres au point de vue economiqlle et historiqlle (1897), Les Origines de numismatic company of Harlan J . Berk Ltd. of Chicago, is well known to those fa monnaie aAlhene~ ' ( 1905), Les monnais grecqlles: Aperr;u historique (1921) in addition to a collaboratio n w ith Waddington and Reinach, Re(lIel gbu:ral in the ancient Roman coin world as "an des monnai.l· grecques d'A.I'ie Minellre (4 parts, 1904-1912), expert who is always glad to help new collectors", He helped ACE found this This feature is provided courtesy of George Frederick Kolbe award by suggesting its memorable Fine Numismatic Books, Crestline, CA 92325 name, and donating the Titus denarius that was presented to Dawn LaFon. 32 The Gelator ~:::::::~~~~~!!~!!~:~~~~!j[:::::::~ Very Successful Results at the May Leu Auctions 86 & 87 and dealers, it finally sold to an American with bidders and prices were often very by Ursula Kampmann dealer for a resounding 240,000! strong. The morning began with the coinage After the afternoon coffee break the day of the Roman Republic and there were some ended with an extensive selection of ancient really spectacular prices: as lot 709 a beauti ZURICH-On May S11 and f3I' the ballroom Jewish coins, most from the well-known col ful denarius of Pompey that soared overfour of the Hotel Savoy in Zurich was packed with lection of Teddy Kollek, the famous ex-mayor times its estimate of 2500 to land at 11 ,500' an audience of eager collectors and dealers of Jerusalem. "Biblical Coins" are extremely The portrait denarius of Brutus, the assassin who were there to fight over the numismatic popular, especiaHy the rare ones, so, as ex of Julius Caesar, is one of the most famous treasures presented in Leu Numismatics' two pected, there was a great deal of competi and desirable of all coins. Celebrated even major Spring auctions of ancient coins. As tion between bidders in the room and on the in ancient times, every serious modem col the sales moved along, the atmosphere be telephone. One of the most exciting coins in lector wants an example. The one here (lot came more and more electric, the competi the whole sale, the crude bronze (lot 481, 725, est. 65,000), finally sold, after the usual tion became fiercer, and the prices often est. 25,000) bearing an image of the Temple fight between bidders, at 90,000. It was fol reached record levels. Menorah struck by Mattathias Antigonos, the lowed (lot 726, est. 55,000) by an even rarer The important collection of Celtic coins last Hasmonean king, went, alter spirited gold aureus of Sextus Pompey that finally from England, Gaul, Spain and northern Italy, bidding, to a telephone bidder for 62,000! stopped at 92,000. One of the most beau which began Leu 86, often sold at moderate Another fight occurred over lot 544 (est. tiful of all gold coins olthe emperor Claudius prices, making the very specialized group of 18,500) a denarius of year 1 with the name (764, est. 22,500) went up to a dramatic collectors who bought them very pleased. of Eleazar the Priest: it finally sold to an 39,000, and possibly the best known de Yet some coins, which were also superb ex other telephone bidder for 34,000. narius of Galba (785, est. 4000) made an am~es of Ce!tic art, reached very high prices, The second day of the sale was devoted indeed: as the small silver coin of King to Roman coins, and the room was packed Eppillus lhat reached 1400.- (lot 16, est. 350., Continued on page 50 . all prices in Swiss Francs), the WOI1derlul sil ver drachm of the Biluriges Cubi (lot 133, est. 2200) that last appeared in 1966 and now sold for a record breaking 9500.-, and ~e Ql}lbe j[urto~ttte $boppe ~ the lovely gold quarter stater of the Parisii (a div. ofRCCA Ltd.) located at .m that went up to 6400.- (lot 150, est. 3200.-). Coins from all over the ancient Greek 111 South Orange A venue. South Orange, NJ 07079 world came next, and included many beau A complete collectors gallery buying & selling: tiful, rare and historically exciting pieces. As usual, some lucky buyers acquired some real U.S., ancient, & foreign coins, U.S. & foreign stamps, bargains, but others had to pay stratospheric paper money, tokens & medals, Classical Antiquities prices to obtain the coin of their dreams. The of Greece, Rome, Egypt, & ludaen, Pre-Columbian, Demareteion Master is the name given to American Indian, African, & Ethnographic objects the great Syracusan die engraver who was & active in the second quarter of the 5" cen artifacts, along with historical and popular autographs tury BC. His coins have always been sought & manHscript material, Revolutionanj War & earlier Americana. alter, and the one lovely example in the sale, lot 279 (est. 28,000) was snapped up by an BUYING & SELLING - FREE APPRAISALS English expert at a moderate 30,000.- Other "You 'd be amazed at what we will buy & how much we will pay" prices were far less moderate: as the solid 41,000 paid for an elegant tetradrachm of Akanlhos (lot 327, est. 18,000), the 32,000 it took to secure an equally elegant Prop.: Dr. Arnold R. Saslow tetradrachm of Mende (lot 333, est. 14,500), Look for ItS 011 eBay or the 54,000 paid by a German collector for the magnificent Kyzikos stater that appeared Phone (973) 762-1588· Fax (973) 761-8406 on the catalogue cover (Iot392, est. 30,000). Email: [email protected] But, of course, the highlight of the Greeksec tion was lot 380 (est. 125,000), the exceed Gallery hours: Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 6:00 ingly rare and important gold stater struck in Visa, MasterCard & American Express Accepted Athens in 407/6 BC, at the end of the Peloponnesian War. Fought over in the ------Giji Certificates Issued ------auction room by a number of collectors July 2003 33 ,..,,, ' ~ ""M ,.".. ".... "',. Book News m ·,... ' ,0 . A Review of Victor ''Tory'' Failmczgcr's each period, ,md reverse types are listed a1- Romon Bronze Coins, phabeticaUy. For each type there is a very From Paganism to Christianity. brief description of the type, the dlte when 294-364A.D. struc k, the mint where struck and a listing of the emperors in whose name the type was Like many collectors of ancient coins, issued. Both the Follis(Nununus ascallcd in I too started out collecting latc Roman the Ix>ok) and its fractions arc recorded. A bronze coins. They were cheap, plentiful total of4761llajortypes are Listed. Thischap Victor Failmezger. Roman Bronze and available in relatively high grades. I ter is the "me.lt" of the Ix>ok and it is from Coins. From Paganism to Christianity. was also attracted 10 the variety of bust here that the other ehapters are derived. 294·364 AD. ISBN 1·93210941·2. types and styles that these coins were The third chapter, entitled "Dating and Ross & Perry, Inc. Publishers. 216G known for. It was with some anticipation controlling the coins: The Roman way," is a Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. that J awaited Failmezger's new study, the fairly detailed examination of the Illintlllarks 20002. Tel. (202) 675-8300: Fax first comprehensive study since the pub fURl various control marks that appear on the (202) 675-8400 or e-mail at lication of the three Ronum Imperial Coin coins. During the perioo there were 20 dif [email protected] age (RJe) volumes thai cover this period. ferent mints that issued brome coinage and 8.5 x 1 I-inch format. Hardback with Failmezger's book covers the coinage a nice map showing the locations of the mint Smyth-sewn binding. Over 1,000 im from the rcfonn of Diocletian through the is included. Each mint is examined separate ages in color. $49.95 retail. Available cnd of the Constantinian dynasty, 294-364 ly in rather detail ed tables that can be a bit from the publisher or your coin dealer. AD. This is the peri od that is covered by confusing to use. The listing appear;; to be RIC Volumes VI. VU and VB and LRBC fairly complete bull did not check it closely. (Lale ROllum Bronze Coins, by Carson Hill Chapter four contains a detailed break known for each ruler. FinaJ ly, there is a and Kent). As stated in the preface, there down of some of the more important reverse detailed analysis of three of the most pop is no "single volume reference work that types and breaks them down into sub-variet ular types of the period: the camp gates, included the full nlllge of Types. This book ies based on the attributes of the reverse type. the anepigraphic types, and the Fe! Temp will fill that gap." There are eighl sections in this chapter de Reparatio series. The Fel Temp series is Unlike the volumes of RIC that areorga tailing eight basic reverse types. So, for ex obviously one of the author·s favorites and lli 7.ed by mint, Failmezger's Ix>ok is arranged ample, Coin # 127, with the reverse CON this listing is extens ive, covering nine pag chronologically, with an attempt to put the SERVATORES VRB SVAE, there are 18 es, the most of anyone series. coins in their historical context. The first chap different varieties from various mints with Chapter six examines theemperors them ter provides an historical overview of the different details in the pediment of the tem selves. Dates of birth and death, names, titles period within which is a li sting of the vari ple. At the end of the chapter is a detai led and consular dates are aU{."overed. There is O l1~ types that can be ~l~sociated with histori analysis ofthe coinage from 330-340AD, aJso a brief discussion on some of the major eal events. Each year from 293 until 365 has the Gloria Exercitus, Urbs Roma and Con bust types to oc encountered. an entry with a brief overview of the major stantinopolis types. Finally we come 10 the plates, all 42 of historical events of the year. Chapter five is entitled "Coliet..ting by them. All the illustrations are in colorand were The second and large..<;t chapter covers the Theme: The lconogmphy of the reverse." It provided by Doug Smith, an avid Roman listings of reverse types found during the details the various attributes that appear on coll ector and photographer. It was nice to see pericxl of study. It is divided inlO three parts, the revciSeS, from llilimals to leiters, to build color plates for a change as it shows the var each corresponding to the relevant RIC vol ing llild Gods. There is also a section dealing ious patinas in their true colors. A few of the ume, and these parts are further div ided into with the various Votive issues with a useful illustrations are a little dark, but overall the 26 historical pericxls. awts are provided for table showing the various votive inscriptions quality of the reproductions is very good. My only complaint is that many common variet ies are illustrated with low-grade coins re sulting in a loss of some of the finer details. The Professional Numismatists Guild, Inc. With a little search, better coins could have has stood/or KNOWLEDGE, INTEGRITY & RESPONSIBILITY since 1955. been found for the illustrations. The PNG membership lisl includes dealers from all around Ihe war/d. Now 10 the nit picking. Overall I found the book a bit difficult to use, at flrst. It A direclory of pNG members is available free by contacting: took me about two hours to finally under Robert Brueggeman, PNG Executive Director, stand the layout and organization, and I 3950 Concordia Lane, Fallbrook. CA 92028 consider myself fairly knowledgeable Tel. (760) 728- 1300 Fax (760) 728-8507 email: [email protected] about the coinage of this period. Once I fig ured il out though, with all the secret codes (bold facing, italics, bold lines etc.) I was able to work my way through fairly quickly. In order to find all the infonna www.pngdeaJers.com ti on aboul one coin, you may have to look in three or four different locations. The 34 The Gelator numbering system is a bit awkward with to what bust types appear with which only the basic types numbered. Sub-vari reverse types and there is not a single BUY OR BID SALE eties will have to be numbered by the user mention of an obverse legend. To my with the result that different people may eye. it is the obverse of many of these Closes August 31 ",2003 number coins slightly differently. Typos issues that is the most interesting. For DURST PUBLICATIONS appeared to be fairly limited, although example, RIC records 27 dilTerent bust there were two on the back cover. There types on the Genio Populi Romani se ANOENT & MEDIEVAL is a lot of unnecessary repetition of foot ries from Trier in the 289-299 issue (see B,.u.,.in.S),,,bo/im,,,,, ClnkCoW._ __ S ru notes and a few of the tables were re~ RIC VI pp. 186-189). That's incredible, Baldw'" _in!! I/roili "" Anri Alexandria, Lyon, Aquileia, Siscia, Trier, both. RIC has its weaknesses also, but Add S6.00 for f,mlille, SI.50each addilional tille Ostia and Nicomedia and some oflhe list there is a reason the 70 years in ques for shipping and pO' lage. Foreig" shipments al ing don't have any mint designations. tion are covered by three separate vol buyer', ri sk - suggeSi regiSierctl mail al $6.00. NY residenl' please odd sales lax_ What about London, Ticinum , Rome, umes. The amounl of material is so com We siock o"er 3.000 lilies on Nunoi,malic,_ Serdica, Herac1ea, Cyzicus and Antioch? plicated and so vast that it can't be cov Lisl' are O"ailJble: US/Canada. Foreign. Qr An · How will Ihe reader know that these ered in 156 pages. 1 am often times cient/Medieval al $ 1.50 ca"h for po'lage. AlIlhree mints also issued this type? There are guilty of considering this period in Ro forS3_oo_ Special Requests Honored. (H = Hard Cov. ered; S = Soft Covered; OOP = oUI-of-prim)_ also missing mints in the seemingly man numismatics as dull and boring, bul complete li stings of the Urbs Roma and Failmezger has rekindled my interest. Constantinopolis types. There mayor Hopefully he will do the same to other S~OIUO~DtnRST may not be other technical errors. collectors and more research in to the IIOintonAvenue The biggest weakness of the book is historical importance of thi s often~over Rockville Center, NY 11570 the almost complete lack of attention to looked coinage will be initiated. Phone (516) 766-4444 half the coin, the obverse. While chapter Barry Murphy six briefly mentions some of the bust types Lmu:aster, PA Fax (5 16)766-4520 that can be found, there is no mention as July 2003 35 Larissa Cont from page 31 The Surrounding Area The difficulty in accessing the many archaeological sites and the Ar cheological Mu seum may make it sound as if Larissa descrves its place off of the tourist trail. In some ways, this is absolutely correct. For anyone passing through with only limited time, Larissa wou ld represent a frus trating experience, as the visitor would have difficulty approaching and learn ing about many of the monuments that do exist here. On the other hand, Larissa does have a distinct character that makes it worth a visit, if one has time to explore it. Also, a basic knowl edge of the Greek language will go a long way to making Larissa a more accessible place. Any traveler who plans on seei ng both Athens and Thes saloniki will be very likely to pass through Lari ssa. Adding an extra cou ple of days in Larissa could be time well spent. The city also makes a con ve ni ent location to explore Thessaly. Located within easy driving dis tance are many sites of interest that are developed more fully than those avail able in Lari ssa. Among these sites are Meteora, a monastic community where the monasteries arc built on top of gi gantic spires of rock. 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Overlooking your checking account. Or you can still send payment directly to us the village of Damasi are the ruins of by check, money order or use your Visa/MasterCard. a castlc, wh ich show numerous bu ild ing phases. Unfortunately, even the The Celator ~ local tourist office cannot provide any ~ information on the castle, and the peo P.O. Box 839, Lancaster, PA 17608 ~ 1,.,1 ple of Damasi do not know the cas ~ PhonelFax (717) 656·8557 ~ tl e's history. The ruins of the castle suggest Byzantine, Crusader, and 36 The Gelator site have been carried out. Gyrtoni, now a town of about 300, is also Numismatic Literature nearby. As with Falani, there are no Greek, Roman, 8 yzantine remains to be seen in Gyrtoni. The Amandry/Huncr: [1) Rider £S,ay•. Greek ...... $75.00 few bui ldings that make up the mod Ashton, A,,,,iellt Coinage From Turkey ...... &0.00 ern village offer no insight into its BmeMlll-Cambell: Hunl'" VI. lIy«mrine ...... 80.00 lIMC Rnlll{Jn Empire I Or 2 (used) each ...... 165.00 history. BMC Roman Empire J (use That's about all for this month. www.ancientcoinmarket.com Summer is here and we arc going out side to enjoy the delightful sunshine New Articles Monthly and play with our coins. Copyright © 2003 Bray & Barry 42 The Gelator mislabeled, misfiled, or simply mis tiquities and ancient coins, continues to be placed. The approximately 50-70 "im considered by congress. Many potential portant" items still missing can and in collectors are turned away from the hobby deed should be actively pursued. How by the notion that they might be collect ever, the sad fact is that the whole rab ing "stolen" goods, and antiquities collec bet)' was a myth fostered on the inter tors and dealers are equated in the popu national press. The 170,000 missing lar mind and press with drug merchants. items were more like 17,000 and most I will not rehash all of the old argu of those were not looted in the first place, ments for and against collecting antiq but hidden by the museum officials uities, but it is time for us all to fight the themselves for safe keeping. current "thieves of Baghdad" mass de Many of the items which were actu lusion. The "Great Museum Robbery" ally looted in the closing days of the war never happened! Write your congress The Truth is out there were later returned under the amnesty m May 2003 Meeting of the Ancient Coin Club of Los Angeles Features Women on Coins LOS ANGELES, CA-A show of coins collection. The talk concluded with a ooin of in Ancient Rome" by Michele Sheldon, featuring women began the Mother's Day the Emperor DiocIetian who established the ~ oenomination and Motif Introductions (May 11 ") meeting of the Ancient Coin Tellarchy. The Tetrardly divided the Roman In Roman Republican Coins" by Ken Club of Los Angeles [ACCLAI. Women Er'r4:>ire into four parts and brought stability fO( Friedman, and uAncient Ceramic Oil featured included Cleopatra, Julia Domna, some twenty years. Lamps of the Middle East" by Ken and a Ga!lic woman. There was a lively A raffle of coins and books on numis Baumheckel. The developments de discussion of the coins and lives of the matics and ancient history was held. The scribed in the talks were illustrated with women. In addition, two recently acquired meeting ended with the sale of a number coins and artifacts from the speaker's unique Claudian and 8aktrian coins were of inexpensive Greek and Roman coins collections. presented and discussed. brought by an ACCLA member. Upcoming programs include presenta The feature "WHY ANCIENTS?H has The ACCLA meets at 1 PM on the tions on "Gold and Electrum Coinage of been added to the AGCLA Web site. On 2nd Sunday of each month at the Town Carthage", and "Coin Cleaning and these pages ACCLA members share Hall in the Balboa Mission Shopping Preservation". For more information con their fascination with ancient coins. Five Center in Granada Hills, CA. tact [email protected] onto the coin articles currently reside on the Recent ACCLA programs include ·oe ACCLA Internet site at http:// site. Coins discussed include a Venetian velopment of the Social Rights of Women mjconnor.home.mindspring.com/acclal. grosso 01 Doge Ranieri Zeno and a centenionalis of Valentinian II. The featured talk for May was "Coins of the Soldier Emperors~ by Barry Aightman. Beginning with Phillip I in 244 CE, Barry described the Roman emper ors of the next 40 years. During this pe riod the Emperor was selected by the Ao man army with 34 emperors or co-emper www.AmpboraCoins.com ors coming to power. End of a reign was drastic with 24 of the emperors being assas sinated. The talk was accompanied by a slide show using coins from Barry's collection. Our catalog is now online at the website Some of the coins presented were a rare antoninianus of Herennius Etruscus, an antoninianus of Laelianus, and a rare antoninianus of Aemilian from the Hunt July 2003 45 tact hi m A. H. Baldwin & Sons has issued a about un short list of 100 AR and AV medieval sol d s . coins from all corners of Europe and This full in between. All are photographed; co l or, prices range from £50 to £ 1800, with f u I ! Y many under £100. Among these are a pho t o wide selection of feudal French and graphed Italian issues. sale con Baldwin's Summer Argentum cat tains 378 aiog, a 434 lot auction composed AV. AR mostly of Bri tish and foreign coins and & Ai medals, was held June 7th. The panly from an photo The theme of this month 's column is c i e n t graphed Greece to ..Qszu; DEIlAl 46 The Gelator as "An interesting group of... .. (this or make us think that a little porosity isn't a that)". Of course, every coin is bad thing, because everyone has it-sort interesting to somebody. But, as an of li ke allergies in the Spring. Small flans adjective, the word "interesting" docs are often described as "compact", which not win any awards. bears a much less negative connotation. There are some words that beg fu rther One of the best, and I have to admit to explanation. like "elusive". Naturally. a having used this teon myself, is "honest rare coin type will be elusive or hard to wear". Somehow, wear on an ancient coin find when you want one. But sometimes is made to look like a badge of honor. even the most common of coins can be This rampant optimism spills over into elusive. lance had a request for a generic grading as well. The phrase "YF for the Vespasian As. certainly not an uncommon type" describing an otherwise Fine coin is coin by anyone's definition. But. 1 didn't a subtle ploy to make a coin seem better The Language of Cataloguers have one. I made about 20 telephone calls than it really is. Another popular, but difficult to verify, claim is "best known You're probably thinking, from the before I finally found it. One would have to say that at that moment in time old example". Coins that were "struck from above title, that this is going to be about Vespasian was bit elusive. It seems worn dies" tend to graded higher than understanding catalogues in French or a be German or perhaps the two English incongruous to be advertising a coin as the image would suggest, presumably versions of the British and Americans. elusive when there it is sitting in front of based on wear rather than detail or And. that would be a worthy subject you. Better yet, how about advertising a sharpness. At the upper end of the scale, coin as "untouched"? Now there is a neat the teon "uncirculated" is used by some without adoubt. But even within the limit~ of one's native language, numismatics trick, did someone find it in the ground cataloguers. This is a nebulous claim for has a language of its own. Beyond the and pick it up with a spoon? an ancient coin, since it has certainly specialized terms and technical One of my pet peeves has always been circulated after being found, if not the tenn "fine style". I've beat on th is drum nuances, there is a very subtle sort of before. The French term Fleur de Coin communication that goes on in the onen enough in the past. so I won't belabor (FOe) is much more appropriate than production of many sale catalogues. the point now, but style is not qualitative. uncirculated. In English. we lack a Maybe fine execution-but not fine style. Some people might refer to the special term for an ancient coin that is multitude of descriptive teons as "buzz Sort of on the same plane are the various essentially in the same condition as when degrees of "pleasing" found in 11 words". Indeed, they often are intended it was struck. Many cataloguers will to evoke a certain emotion or ring a bell cataloguers repertoire. Descriptions range only assign a grade ofEF or AU but will so to speak. Depending on the integrity from rat her pleasing to very pleasing, add the descriptor Choice, or Superb. of the cataloguer. these descriptive words highly pleasing, unusually pleasing, Coin catalogues definitely have a extraordinarily pleasing and more- ad language of their own. Collectors may be Objective a~sessments or they may nauseam. Odd, but we rarely sec that be fanciful illusions. They may be humble generally come to recognize the meaning "elusive" teon "displeasing". Another understatements or gross exaggerations. of these often used terms and phrases, winner is "unusually impressive". I guess While looking at the beautiful coins in a and to accept them for what they are. that is sort of like "very unique". Some cataloguers are flowery with their major sale catalogue can be entertaining and educational. reading thc descriptive In cataloguer's school, they must teach text and use a lot of descript ive hyperbole can be fairly entertaining as that portraits are "artisti c" and narrative adjectives. Others stick closely to the images are "historical" because the va~t well. Let's take a look at some of the more technical aspects of the coin without any commonJy used words and phrases and majority ofthcse sorts of images are thusly subjective comments. The latter are consider what they really mean. described. They must also offer a course probably oftbe opinion that a good coin One of my favorites is "Unique". Now in numismatic damage control. Or, will sell itself-or that a picture is worth there is simply no ambiguity in this word. perhaps better put. a course in how to a thousand words. It means literally one of a kind. No other portray the glass as half full rather than Learning the language of cataloguers example of the same variety exists. Now, half empty. Some cataloguers have a real is just one more small part of learning anyone who has collected ancient coins knack for making a very ordinary coin how to collect ancient coins. It comes for very long realizes that there are very sound great. Phrases like "usual porosity" with practice and experience. few unique coins. True, there are many coins thai have nOI been published. but il is the rare case that a coin is known from no other example anywhere in the VALUE YOU CAN APPRECIATE world- public and private collections FROM A NAME YOU CAN TRUST included. It is far less misleading to state We have served the ancient coi n collecting fraternity for more than thirty-five that no other specimen is published or years. You can count on us for honesty, in tegrity and fairness. known to the cataloguer. Considering Authenticity and satisfaction guaranteed. Call or visil online at the nature of coin production, it is unlikely that there are more than a handful of unique coins in existence. http://ancientcoins.ac Another word that is used repeatedly WAYNE G. SAYLES, ANTIQUlIRIJIN by cataloguers with a limited vocabulary po. Box 9 11 , Gainesville, MO 6 5 6 55 and lack of imagination is the word (4t 7 ) 679-2t42 • 679·2457 . "interesting". It is pointless to describe 20 [email protected] straight bulk lots of miscellaneous coins July2003 47 Figure 1 This month we will clean-up some small topics including one on Roman spoon finials. There are two reader's Roman scent bottles andlor cosmetic the connection . In some cases, i.e. questions, and one reader's comment storage vessels. Note that neither of bronze, the finial, handle, and spoon I hope you enjoy the column! these cosmetic spoons has a finial, as were cast together; so there should be that would interfere with their ability no connection welds. If the finial was "I found your column on spoons to get into slender bottles. allached in ancient times, the connec very interesting, especially since I There were, to my knowledge, tion weld/solder should have a patina had just recently purchased an an three reasons for using a finial on a the same, or similar, to the rest of the tique Roman cosmetic spoon last cosmetic spoon: I). functionality, 2). item. If the fin ial was added centuries month. Mine has a horse's head on appearance, and 3). value. later, the finial connection should have the finial. In your collecting expe The fi rst two reasons speak for a patina less than the rest of the piece, rience, have you ever seen a cosmetic themselves, and are simply what the and obviously if the finial was added spoon with an animal integrated into craft sman wanted to incorporate into the design?" Tom Thompson his design. The th ird reason is much more complex, and always creates de Thanks for your question and com bate among experts. In some cases the ments. Yes, I have seen several ex finial was added when the spoon was amples of animal heads used as fini crafted, in other cases the finial was als on cosmetic spoons. They are a added after the spoon was initially very attractive use of art. crafted. The question is: "Was the For those who arc unsure what a finial added in ancient times, later in finial is, I recentl y purchased two at the spoon's life, or in modern times to tractive, 5_6'h century A D , spoons/ allempt to increase the spoon's appear ladles wherc the fini al was a large ance and/or value?" We caU this later cross (see Figure # 1). These types of addition of a finial, "married"; i.e. one spoon/ladles were likely used for cer piece is married to another. emonial purposes, and were not day Thcre are several ways to discern to-day utensils. if a piece was married. One is percep Figure #2 shows two long (138 mm tion, i.e. the piece just does not look and 124 mm), small-bowled spoons. right, the finial looks too big or cum These spoons were required to be long bersome, the finial angle does not look and slender to reach to the bottom of right, etc. The other method is 10 study Figure 1 enlargement in current times, the piece will not have a genuine patina. MORTON & EDEN LTD There is also a reason for NOT hav in association with Sothebys 45 Maddox Street London W IS 2PE ing a finial on a cosmeti c spoon. Sometimes two (or more) cosmetics Auctions, Valuations and Sales of were crushed together to make one blend. Therefore a finial on the end Ancient, I slamic and World Coins, was not used, instead there was a small Medals, Decorations and Banknores ball used so that crushing was pos sible, and obviously a fin ial would make this impossible. Please contact James MorTOn, Tom Eden or I have also seen examples of Steve Lloyd for advice on buying or selling spoons with animal heads incorporated or to be included on our mailing list. into the handle, where the handle at taches to the bowl. This ty pe of spoon telephone +44 (0)2074935344 fax +44 (0)20 7495 6325 e-mail [email protected] also was likely crafted to show-off the maker's skill. 48 The Gelator This is all I could print; due to space considerations, from Dr. Goldstei n's detailed and informa tive reply to this question. If there is interest, perhaps Kerry could print the entire reply in a later is sue. See you next month. CARPE DIEM!! Have fun coll ecting - Share your Hobby -enjoy! - SEND Figure 2 IN SOME QUESTiONS/COM MENTS. I recently received this reader com- cording to the information presented by Salim George Khalaf on th is website, ment.. Copyright © 2003 James A. Hauck "I wis h you continued success "Although the Phoen icians used cunei Rellders, you can contact Jim at with "Ask The Experts", you always form (Mesopotamian writing), they also [email protected] provide an interesting article. II's produced a script of their own. The nice to have people like yourself Phoenician alphabet script of 22 letters th willing to put forth the errort and was used at Byb!os as early as the 15 time into educating the ancient coin century. This method of writing, later collecting community" . David adopted by the Greeks, is the ancestor Firmin, River Ridge, Louisiana of the modern Roman alphabet. It was the Phoenicians' most remarkable and Thanks, David for the nice compli distinctive contribution to arts and civi ment. Originally Kerry and I thought lization. The Phoenician alphabet is the this column must be 'scholarly' to at ancestor of the Greek alphabet, and tract, and maintain readers. When I read hence of all western alphabets. The ear magazines I want to be educated, but at liest Phoenician inscription that has sur the same time I want to enjoy the infor vived is the Ahiram epitaph at Byblos mation. I want to be informed, AND in Phoenicia, dating from the I l t~ cen entertained, and I felt that others wanted tury B.C. and written in the North the same experience. Please remember Semitic alphabet." to support the experts when you can; they are generously providing their ti me and experi ence to you, AN D SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS! STILL IN PRINT "In your May 2003 column you commented that Melqart is first men tioned in 1000 BC. It was my under standing that written Greek text first Martin J. Price appeared in the 8 th century. Did the Phoenicians leave written records as The Coinage in the name of Alexander the Great far back as 1000 BC." IJrian Holland and Philip Arrhidaeus Brian, thanks for your question. I A British Museum Catalogue . Ziirich/Londo n 199 1 think the answer 10 the question lies in 2 cloth bound volumes, 637 pages, 159 plates the semantics of the question. A picto graphic form of writing first began in T he Swiss N umismati c Society is pleased 10 announce that the the 2"" millennium, and is today referred late Marti n Price's masterwork on the coinage of A lexander to as the forerunner of Linear A, which was used in approximately 1700 Be. is still available fro m the Society's d istributor. Another early form of Greek, known as Linear B was used in approximately Special Price for Cetator readers: 1400 BC Written word then seemed to $275.00 including postage. disappear, until it resurfaced as Greek writing in approximately 750 Be. Therefore, it appears, written Greek tex t To order, send your cheque to: first ap peared in the gllt century, but the M r. Alexander Wild, Rathausgasse 30, CH 30 11 Berne, Switzerland Phoenicians did in fact leave written ev idence from earlier times. phone: 0041 03131 1 4480, fax: 0041 03 1 311 4470 Dr. Paul Goldsteill , "A great website and d o n 't forget to no te tha t y ou a re a Cefalor re ade r! that presents the Phoen ician alphabet in detail can be found at http:// www.phoenicia.orglalphabeLhtmI. Ac- July 2003 49 Druid Hoard Cont. from pg. 41 All we can say for certain at this stage is that the Market Harrorough hoard is unquestionably the most valuable Iron Age hoard of coins archacologically valuable, historically valuable, numismatically valuable, financially valuable - ever found in Britain. The only other British Iron Age coin hoards of compantble quantity are the Wanborough hoard, Surrey, 1983-85 (over 9,()X) coins), the Bowl hoard, Norfolk, 1991, (over 8,()X) coins in a bronze bowl) and a Wessex hoard found some years ago (over 5,000 coins in two wooden tubs). Tmgically these three colossal Celtic hoards were never reported by their finders and most of the priceless infonnation these coins could have given us has been lost forever, due to greed, dishonesty and vandalism. By contnbt, the archaeological integrity of the Leicestcrshire hoard makes it a national treasure and it'> finder, Ken Wallace, a national hero. Acknowledgement.'> For help with infonnation and illustrations I thank Dr Jonathan Williams and Dr Jeremy Hill of thc British Museum, Vicki Priest of University of Leicester Archaeological Services, Barbara Whiteman of University of Leicester Press Office, Chris Gordon of The Leicester Mercury, Dr Michel Feugerc of CNRS, Dr Hoyer von Prittwitz of Rheinisches Landesmuscum Bonn, Laura Dance of DCMS, Rosemary Hunter of Surrey Archaeological Society, Dr Philip de Jersey of the Celtic Coin Index, Ian Stephenson, Guy de la Bedoyere, Brendan Rallison. About the author-Chris Rudd is a coin dealer who specializes in Celtic coins. Leu Sales from page 33 impressive 15,000. There also were bargains to be had, as the rare silver six siliquae piece of Honorius (1047, est. 24,000) that went to an ecstatic German collector for only 19,500. Nevertheless, top prices conti nued to made throughout the sale: the very rare gold tremissis of the Merovingian king Sigebert II I (1099, est. 1200) went for the fantastic price of 6600. The total of the starting prices in Leu 86 was 2,700,cXXl, but the total sold, including buyers' fees, was a resounding 4,800,000. Auction 87, which began before a completely packed audience in the Savoy at 16:30 on May 6", consisted of 125 magnificent Roman gold coins, a selection from a collection put together by a man who demanded absolute pertection in the coins he acquired. His coins had to be in the best possible condition, they had to be of the best style wrth beautifu l portraits and attractive reverses, and they often had to be of great rarity. The whole wond of Roman gold collectors knew about this collection, and everyone wanted to own some of the treasures within it. The tone of the sale was set by the first lot, a lovely aureus of Augustus. Estimated at from 22-26,000 Swiss Francs, it soared to 42,000! Lot 5, an equally superb piece with the portraits of Cali gula and Oivus Augustus (also estimated at between 22 and 26,000), went up to 60,000, and then lot 8, a marvelous aureus of Vitellius estimated at between 35 and 40,000, was fought for up to 68,000! Of course, there were many coins that sold within their expected range, as the lovely aureus ofTrajan that was bought for 9000 (lot 20, est. 10-12,000) the Julia Domna that went for 8500 (lot 55, est. 8-9000), or the beautiful Crispus, which sold for 26,000 (lot 120, est. 28-32,000), but there were quite a number of extraordinary prices. Forexample, one of the greatest rarities in the sale was the aureus olthe Gallic usurper Marius who ruled in Mainz for a few months during the summer of 269 (lot 84, est. 175-200,()(X)). It sold well within the expected level at a solid 185,000. A coin of his murdered predecessor Postumus (lot 82, est. 50-55,000) bearing a wonderful double portrait on the obverse sail ed up to 74,000, while an even greater rarity, the Pescennius Niger (lot 47, est. 125-150,000), sold for 180,000. And finally, th e fabulous Severus Alexander with the Colosseum on the reverse, pemaps the most exciting of all the coins in the sale, sold for the record price of 170,000 (lot 72, est. 75-85,(00). In general, coins of the 1", ~ and early to mid 3"l century were the ones that sold for the greatest increases over their estimates, while those of the late 3"l and 4"' century proved more moderate (though, as with lot 107, a remarkable aureus of Constantius 1Caesa r estimated at 18-22,000 but that sold at 38,000, not always!). The sale ended wrth a round of applause from an delighted audience, exh ilarated by the experience and by how healthy it proved the coin market to be (total starting prices fo r the 125 lots in Leu 87, 2,700,000, total hammer price induding buyers' fees, 4,000,(00). 50 The Gelator Professional Directory C~ ____ ~A~n~ti~q~ui~ti~e~s _____) ( Antiquities & CoinS ) ( Antiquities & Books ) The Roman Connection Antiques () Ancient f~ AGt\\JfTS Of Tit\c Ancient Coins V Artifacts MUSEUM·QUALITY ANCIENT ART Specializing in Greek, Roman, John Ristow Egyptian and Etruscan Curiosities Antiquities 937 Sir Francis Drake Kentfield, CA 94904 P.O. 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Meets the 1 51 Friday of each Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 7pm at the American month at 6 :00pm at 17321 Legion Hall located on Missis sippi Avenue just west of Fed Eastman Street, Irvine, Califor Ancient Coin Club eral Blvd . in Denver, Colorado. nia. For more information, please of Los Angeles For collectors of Ancient, Medi contact [email protected] eval and World coins. 8.!l....5'!N or kenmartins@aol. com. Meets the 2nd Sunday of the welcome! month at lpm at the Town Hall in the Balboa Mission Shopping Center in Granada Hills, CA. For !JJnc/enf XumJsmalr"c more information, please con &xiely oj7J2JasJUnglon VG tact rmbaker2®Webtv.net. J Usua lly meets the 3ni SW1day of each month at 2:00pm. Please join us for our monthly programs and discussions of San Francisco Ancient ancienl numismatics and history. 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" .... 38, 55 Pegasi Numi.matlc. _, ...... 5. 55 Washington, D.C. 20510-1501 Peu., Dr. BuS$<) Nachfolger 24 Pr! i ~ ip •• Wayne C.. ______57 T (202) 224·3744 Pi""", of Time 52 Ponterjo S Associates .. . " ." ." ." ." ...... " ...... " . 3. 31 . 53 F (202) 228-1703 Pro1e,...;onal Numismali$l$ Guild 34 http://www.senale.gov/-grassley/webform.htm Rescigno, Harry ...... " ...... " ..... 51 RaucIl GmbH, H.D_ 44 Ristow, JoIm .. ____ 51 Roman Connection. The .. " ...... "."." ...... " ...... " .. ... 51 Congressman Philip M. Crane AoMonblum , Wo'liam M, ...... " ." ." ." ...... " ...... 6, 55 Royal At July 2003 59 The IAPN and the PNG Release an Official Statement on H.R. 2009 Iraq Cultural Heritage Protection Act The Iraq Cultural Heritage Protec but was immediately dispersed to oth the State Department's Cultural Prop tion Act (H.R. 2009) is legislation re er areas over 2,000 years ago, could erty Advisory Committee. The contact cenlly introduced in th e United Slates still be confiscated from a dealer or a information is provided below, and a House of Representatives addressing collector bringing the coin into the U.S. letter outlining the above concerns th ai the illegal importation into the U.S. of if that person does not have sufficient may be sent to representatives can be artifacts stolen from the Iraqi National documentation to prOve that it was ever found at following web sites: http:// "Museum (INM). Although this legisla legally exported from Iraq. www.iapn.ch. http:// tion addresses an important cultural The International Association of Pro www.pngdealers.com, http:// properly crisis, if passed in its current fessional Numismatists (IAPN) and the harlanjberk.com, and http:// form , it will have unintended harmful Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) www.goldcoinsoflheworld.com. consequences to those involved in the strongly condemn the looting and destruc The IA PN is a nonprofit organiza numismatic trade. Th is proposed leg tion of Iraqi cultural treasures at the INM tion of the leading international numis islation ignores not only the ample au and unequivocally support the return of matic firms founded in 1951. The ob thorily U.S. law enforcement already these treasures to the Iraqi people. Cur jects of IAPN are the development of a has to seize illegally imported items, rent law already bans entry of such mate healthy and prosperous numismatic but also the current administrative pro rial into the U.S. Representative images trade cond ucted according to the high cedure s in place to establish methods of such material are available on the U.S. est standards of business eth ics and of pol icing importation of illicit materi State Department's International Cultur commercial practice. The IAPN has 11 2 als with individual countries. Ancient al Property Protection web site at http:// member firms in 23 countries, includ coins have been exempted from previ e){changes.state.gov/culprop/. As numis ing 35 in the United States. The Asso ous cultural property import restrictions matic dealers, our members will coop ciahon's Secretariat may be reached at aller a close review of the issue by the erate in every manner 10 ensure there is 14, rue de la Bourse, 1000 Brussels, Presidenl's cuUural property experts; no trade in coins stolen from the tNM Belgium or P.O. Box 1057, Clifton, New however, this particular bill with its collection including encouraging the re Jersey 07014. broad definitions of restricted materi patriation of any INM coins discovered The PNG is a nonprofit organization als will hinder the legitimate import of in the stream of commerce. founded in 1955. The PNG's motto, a vast amount of coins into the U.S. The focus of any new legislation MKnowledge, Integrity, Responsibility· As currently drafted, H.R. 2009 pro should be to protect those unique and continues to reflect its aims, and is ex hibits the import into the U.S. 01 arche irreplaceable objects from early Meso pressed in the strict requirements for ological or cultural materials of Iraq potamia ca. 3000-1000 B.C; however, election to membership to the PNG. The without either documentation that the the bi!l is currently drafted so broadly that PNG has over 300 members across the materials were removed from Iraq pri it could be interpreted 10 put restrictions United States and abroad. The PNG may or to August 2, 1990 or official certifi on any coin struck as late as ca. 1903 be contacted at 3950 Concordia Lane, cation from the government of Iraq th at AD. Thus, it is not the intention of the Fallbrook, California 92028. the materials were not exported in vio IAPN and the PNG to provide cover for IAPN, Arthur L. Friedberg, President lation of any Iraqi laws. H.R. 2009 de those attempting to smuggle illicit Iraqi PNG, Harlan J. Berk, President fines archeological and cultural mate treasures into the U.S. However, the rials in extremely broad terms, altering overly broad defin itions and unrealistic Contact Information accepted definitions and categories documentation requirements of H.R. Please fax andlor email your individ under current la w. Additionally, H.R. 2009 necessitate an amendment to eX ual member of Congress. Contact infor 2009 contains stringent documentation empt coinage from its scope so that le mation for members may be found at the requirements that are virtually impos gitimate numismatic trade may contin following: sible for a legitimate coin collector or ue. To further this end, the IAPN and the U.S. House of Representatives http:1 dealer to meet due to the transitory PNG are requesting their members, coin Iclerk. house.gov/membersJindex.php nature of all historical coins. Since lirst collectors, and other concerned parties U.S. Senate http://www.senale.gov/ being struck in the area, circa the 411\ to alert their elected representatives in ge n e ra IIc onta c t _ i nfo rm a t ion / century Be, very lew coins that may Congress to the important issues over senators_cfm.cfm have originated in what is now de tooked by this ad hoc legislation. Due to Additionally, please lax andlor email scribed as Iraq necessarily have slayed the speed wi th which this legislation is a copy of your leiter to the following: in that region. It is the very nature of being considered, time is of the essence Congressman William M. Thomas coins that they ollen became immedi and all interested numismatists are re Chair, Committee on Ways & Means ately transitory (e.g. Alexander the quested to contact not only their Con U.S. House of Representatives Great paid his mercenaries in coins gressional members, but also the Chair 1102 Longworth House Office Building stamped with images of his own choos of the House Ways and Means Commit Washington, D.C. 20515 ing with the expectation that the mes tee, the Chair of Ihe Trade Subcommit T (202) 225-3625 sage they convey would be widely dis tee of the Ways and Means Committee, F (202) 225-2610 persed as the mercenaries returned the Chair of the Senate Finance Com http://wa y sand mea n s. h ous e . g ovI home). Thus, a coin that may have orig mittee , the Chair of the Trade Subcom contacl.asp inated in the geographic region of Iraq mittee of the Finance Committee, and continued on prior page .. 60 The Celator Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. 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