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Online Electronic Auctions by Tom Cederlind. (Our first 1 auction, including quality ancient coins in all price ranges, will be held very soon.) Be sure to register to participate at www.tomcederlind.com. • TOM CEDERLIND PO Box 1963, Dept. C Portland, OR 97207 (503) 228-2746: Fax (503) 228-8130 Email: [email protected] l.... Vol. 18, NO. 6 Inside The Celafof"l ... June 2004 ~ ~rJk)!:i!~,m Consecutive Issue No. 204 Romal! CO;flflmd e ultl4re FEATURES PUbliSher/EditJ Ker r)"l<. Wetterstrom [email protected] 6 Medusa Coins: They'll Transform You by Reid Goldsborough Copy &Ii... Depictions of the Hero Perseus W• ./<I!rey WInIer 23 on Greek Coinage Page 6 For Back Issues From by Ed Snible 1987 to May I99'lrontact, 27 Some Observations on Auction Markets Doris J. Sayles [email protected] by Terrence W Faulkner 31 Statistical Analysis oiTriton IV An: Parnell Nelson by David Chiszar. Hobart M. Smith, Mark J. Chamberlain, Keith R. Farley, & Jeffrey P. Kurtz Maps & Graphic An: Kenny Grady DEPARTMENTS Page 23 P.o.Bax839 ~, p-. 1 7608 TeUFax:11 7~7 2 Editor's Note - Coming Next Month Expre.. mIIll (FedEx Ie UPS only) to: 4 Letters to the Editor Kerry K Wenerstrom 87 Apricot Ave 32 People in the News - tprofiltlf in ilumismatics Leola, PA 17540·1788 www.celator.com 33 Art and the Market Th$ C6IBtor (ISSN '1048-0986) 36 Coming Events Is an Independent journal pub· lished on the IIrs' day of each month al 87 Apricol Ave, Leola, 38 The Ot her Side by Phillip Davis PA 17540. II is circulated inler· nationally Ihrough subscriptions 39 ANTIQLJI T IE S by David Uebert and special dlsltibutions. Sub· scriplion fales, payable in U.S. 40 I£oi ns' of tbe lbIibl l' by David Hendin lunda. are $30 pal year (Periodl· cal rate) wltnln Itle United Stales; S36 10 Canada: $48 per year 10 42 The Market - Recent Catalogs, etc. About the cover: all other aQdresses (ISAl). Ad· by Jeff Winter An artist's representation vertlsing and copy dead~ne is the first WOfkday of each month. Un· of the Gorgon Medusa, solieiled artlcl.s and news re 43 'through the £'ooking glass and the obverse of a Ne lea_ are welcome, however by Wayne G. Sayles apolis hemidrachm, ca. pubUcelion cannot be guaran 4 11 -348 BC, depicting teed. Unleas axptessly statod, The Celator neither endorses nor 44 Th e Inte rnet Co nnection Medusa. Photo by Reid Is reaponalble !of !he conlants of Goldsborough. advert'Hmenla, lelters·to-the· by Thorn Bray & Kevin Barry editor. lealur. arlicles, regular columns and press releases in its 46 Cartoon - Quotes From The Past pages. Including any opinions The Ce/ator office slated therein. and the accuracy 46 On the Road - Th e Celotor's Show & Club Schedule 01 any data provided by its con· will be closed from tr1butOlS. P8f1odIca1 postage paid (USPS l1006(17) Lancaster. PA 47 Professional Directory ~.Jlroe 24· 17603 and addrtIonal offices. to ~. July 5". _02004._ 54 Club Directory 1t1e Surmer Nlmsmdcs & PttIishi'Ig, Inc. Sem i . a ' . Office 55 Classifieds - Index of Advertisers Postmaster: please send hours '""'~~ address changes to: 11AM ~to~ 6PM ES . P.O. Box 839 Please ::keep In Lancaster, PA 17608 ml .... lliat:t Is is a opera. FOUNDED 1987 BY tion when you're WAYNE G. SAYLES IJying to roach us. EDITOR'S NOTE I recently re ceived an e-mail T71racian Tetradrachrns from a reader, Dr. - A Proposal... Gordon Dickin son, that asked me if I could help ex by Reid Goldsborough plain the damage, actually the destruc Medieval Coins, West African tion, that had happened to a coin he had late, and I get some claim 10 his wis Gold: Secrets and Lies Behind recently purchased. His question brings dom." up a problem that can be a "nightmare" Thanks in advance, the Trans-Saharan Trade for the ancient coin collector, hence I Gordon Dickinson by Richard L. Smith asked his permission to share his story My reply was the following: and my answer with the rest of The Ce "Your Republican denariusfits the ex An Echo of BuceplUllus laror's readers. act deSCription ofcrystallized metal, asyou and Aornos Dr. Dickinson wrote: have sunnised. Unfortunately, crystallized by "/ am a flew collector ofancients and silver is virtually undetectable until it WIlliam F Spengler have encountered a coin that my local breaks. Your description of 'it is chalky AND COMING SOON experts cannot explain. J purchased a white with an outer coating of typical ap Roman Republican denarius, G. Hosid pearing old silver' is right. It is actually Priapus, The Fertility Demi ius CF Geta. DS5346, on eBay Ihat ar quite common for a crystallized coin to rived broken. The packing in cardbowd break in the mail, especially if it is shipped god on Ancient Coinage was relatively light, and [think the coin in an envelope. Ifa dealer ~·mpects that a by Marvin Tameanko had a side broken off in transil, although coin is crystallized, then they can ship it it is possible that in my efforts to get in a smnll box to prevent this sort ofthing The Art of the Cninnge of Mende by Jonathan Perkins "Your Republican denarius fits the exact description of Maximinus II or Julinn 1I? crystallized metal, as you have sunnised. Unfortunately, crys Or Both! tallized silver is virtually undetectable until it breaks. " by Ken Baumheckel TlOO Greek Notes through the Scotch Tape™ that I cracked from happening. If this coin was from a by Peter Lampinen it. A coin dealer says he ha~· never seen small (or large) hoard, then you can as Elagabalus: a coin break this way in shipping. The sume that the balance (if the hoard is also coin externally looks genuine - worn probably crystallized. A Question of Character with a nice appearance for what I would Perhaps, with your permission, / by Terrence W. Faulkner judge to be afine to about very fine. should share your experience with the rest The issue is the interior of the coin: afThe Celator's readers ill case someone Aphrodisias, City of Statues it is chalky white with an outer coating ehe has the same fhing happen to them by Marvin Tameanko of typical appearing old silver: Is this and wonders whnt happen?" crystallized silver? Is this an ancient In Dr. Dickinson's case, his Repub The Later Roman Empresses forgery? lican denarius was not "worth return by Jasper Burns I am not seeking redress from the ing", but this can happen to expensive seller (he offered to accept it back, but coins as well. I may have mis-spoke A Beginner's Journey as the coin was not expensive and comes about the probability of a hoard being by Jeff Zemke from the U.K., 'do not think that it is crystallized if one example from it is worth returning), but I do want to know proven (0 be, but I would certainly err Images of Power and Glory why the core of the coin is white. on the side of caution when handling any on the Coinage of the Em I hope that you can help me. Inci coin that is suspected of being crystal dentally, / subscribe to your magazine lized. Fortunately, this is not a common peror Trajan by buying a subscription for a friend problem, bUI if it happens 10 you, it is by Liladhar R. Pendse who then shares it with me. 1 save him still a very upsetting experience. money, I get the magazine one month 'lAe Cel4tO'< is M111ed to'< a1td dedicated to the coi1t die-e1t~Mve'ls at a1ttiquitlf ",hose Mt untai1ts as po",e.tut a1td appeati1t~ toda~ as i1t thei. 0"'1t tinte. 2 The Celator Ponterio & Associates, Inc. is now accepting consignments for this important Public Auction to be held in conjunc tion with the New York International Numismatic Convention January 14th_15th, 2005 Consignment deadline: October 5th, 2004 For more information, please contact our office. PONTERIO & ASSOCIATES 1818 Robinson Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 800-854-2888 or 619-299-0400 Fax 619-299-6952; E-mail: [email protected] www.ponterio.com Licensed Auction Company #968 III ! !UU Richard H. Ponterio - President L .M . tZI 6J June2004 3 tions for the victims of cri mes and the name fo r it, I theft and smuggling of artifacts The would like to new proposals seem intent on creat learn it. ing a Byzantine (or should that be My theory as Romaion) labyrinth of red tape for to the underlying any dealer and collector of coins meaning of th is over 100 years old. symbol is the fol I do wonder if the coin collecting lowing: Since community could band together to Perinthos sat create a lobbying group, or at least midway along th e northern shore of the Reader Suffers (make that fund a full-time lobbyist. Does Mr. Propontis, this Sam ian colony was situ Sayles envision ancient coin collec ated in the middle of the Athenian grain enjoys) From "Romaiosis" tors joining together with antiquities route, which stretched acro ss the Black deale rs and collectors, with other Sea to Kolch is. Perinthos. thus, was a Despite behaviors that could be U.S. coin collectors, or with all three city that looked both East and West. interpreted as 'symptoms' in the con groups? Th is reader certainly is will The horse. a common Th racian sym text of Bill Behnen's medical mono ing and at $50 million in sales per bol, was employed to depict this bidi graph in the April issue of The Gela year there should be enough money rectional orientation of this centrally-lo tor, I must protest that I do not suffer for one lobbyist.