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November 20 11 5 Sceattas: The Neglected Silver Coinage of Early Anglo-Saxon England A Collector's Perspective
It is all the morc surprising that this Historical Background by Tony Abramson coinage has been all but ignored by art As a consequence of the sudden and monetary historians. numismatists Roman withdrawal from Brita in, many and collectors al ike. I can count the organized aspects of life could not be During the politicall y chaotic pe other dedicated collectors of this ne sustained. The production of coinage riod be fore King orra of Mercia ex glected earl y Anglo-Saxon silver coin was a casualty. This makes a sign ifi erted his authority over a wide area age on one hand ~an d that includes cant CO l1trast to the areas on the Con of England, a remarkably varied sil three major di s posal s~w hile balancing tinent. which also wi tnessed a decline. ver coinage circulated. The diversi all the books written on the subject in although morc gradual, in Roman ty of Ihc iconography arguably sur the other hand! power. In Frankia, the invading tribes passes that of Ihc Iron Age coinage It m ight be argued that there is took great care to preserve Roman o f Britain. Such a variety of designs greater security in the mature and ac structures. and it is particularly notice circulating simultaneously would be tive market in big and beautiful. in able that the Ostrogoths and Visigoths inconceivable in better regulated scribed and attributable, hammered were able to sustain the production of times. th at is, both in earl ier Roman coinage, of classical and medieval coinage but did not have the confi (and , arguably, Celt ic) and latcr, times, Ihan in the price-volatile sceat dence to break away from exact simu medieval times. The level of tech ta market, if the prevailing low level lation of Roman and Byzantine proto nology. the skill of execution nec of sceaHa activity can even be de types for many years. essary \0 produce this coinage. and scribed as a market. Moreover, while Merovingian gold tremisses (one ils s urprisingly large volume have the blight of fakes is ubiquitous, the third of a solidus) had already infil profound implications for ou r under huge variation in scealla types, lack of trated the English economy by the time standing of the then prevailing lev familiarity, absence of inscriptions of St Augustine's visit to the court of el of technical and economic activi (except in the more literate Northum King Aethclbald of Kent and hi s Chris ty, both domestic and international, brian emissions). ease of reproduction tian consort Bertha, in 597. A lthough to the cxtent that it is no longer ac and consequen t plausibility of coun this denomination may have been suit ceptable to apply t he term " Dark terfeits, compound the risks especial able for regal transaction, it was not Ages" to 7,b and 8Lb century England. ly for the un initiated sceatta collector. viable fo r everyday pu rposes (being a The sole denomination issued at This is exacerbated by the high cost single denomination worth perhaps this time is now referred to as the as ex treme scarcity of these tiny. of S300). A purse containing 37 Merov sceal, the pronunciation "skeets" is len debased, coins (typically Ilmm ingian pieces (all different, plus 3 gold preferred to "shatters" (pl ural diameter and weighing ca. I gram) blanks and 2 ingots) was found in the "seems," pronounced "Skeets") but it makes them inordinately '!xpensi ve for Su tt on Hoo ship-burial deposited in is a matter of individual taste, neither their size. On the other 'land, die-du th e late 620s. But the lapse in coinage version having any historic claim. See plication (Le. occurrence of speci mens production in England lasted until na (11/(1 ("shatter") can be used as an ad made from the same dies) is such a rare ti ve Anglo-Saxon gold thryms{/s start jective as in " the sceatla coinage:' phenomenon in this coinage that. al ed to be minted from about the 630s, Purists wou ld prefer to call these coins beit it an oxymoron, uniqueness is com initially in the sty le of their continen carl y pen ni es~a nd their gold predeces mon and extreme scarcity, the nonn. And tal prototypes or copied from obsolete Sors not rhrymsas but gold shill ings. then there's the iconography! Roman coinage, then later in pure Anglo-Saxon style. This is evidenced. and the arrangement of thrymsas is given structure, by the mixed Crondall hoard of 101 gold coins (69 Anglo Ancient Coins Saxon, 24 Merovingian or Frankish, I Villi /JUI II/{t life (// Byzantine, 7 others) deposited a de • Mail Bid Sales /til( \\ U n ,nlst'lIhlumcoi ns,COOl cade or two after Sutlon Hoo. The Sut , • MOllthly Web Lists ton Hoo hoard is in the British Muse (j~ . Numismatic Literature um and much of the Crondall hoard is • at Ihe Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Specializing in judaeall coins By the middle of the 7'h century, the (serious wallt-lists solicited) gold coinage was being increasingly ~ .. debased with si lver, down to about 4% Wl1liam M . Rosenblum. LLC ; gold by ca. 675, and was entirely su "l.J i.~ "', perseded by ca. 685 (this decade con- p.O. box 785, Ittt ieton, colo 80160-0785 ..... ~ ~ phone 720-981-0785, 303-91Q.8245 ' fax 720-981-5345' bill@rosenbiumcolnScom .?
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November 2011 7 stituting th c transitional pale gold to rs migrate to the uniform rather th an In the 1980s, the 71h and lO'h Ox phase). The silver sceatta coi nage then exploring the unknown. Vastly morc ford symposia on Coinage and Mone commenced and is generall y arranged hunter-gatherer energy is dedicated to tary Hi story gave an opportunit y to into primary and secondary phases the minutiae of design in very well re review the early Anglo-Saxon coinage di vided by the Aston Rowant (Oxford searched earl ier and Iale r coinages, in depth. Michael Metcalf 's resulta nt shire) hoard . deposited ca. 7 10. Con rather than the neglected and largely lII(1glllll11 opus enti tl ed, Thrymsas tinental sceats are produced in paral un explored explosion of creativity alld Sceartas at the Ashmolean Mu lel to both phases (with the Danish is characteri zing the sceaua period. sellm, Oxford, Vo lu mes 1-3. (Lon sue, Series X, extcnding to ca. 800). don, 1993-referred to as "T&S·') The extent to which the North Sca Classification predates the most active period of trading area operated as a monetary The first serious attempt at a com metal de tection in the 1990s onward. union- Denmark. Fri sia. Frank ia and prehensive classification was by bu t ha s proven durable in the face England all using an interchangeable Charles Keary in his 1887 volume on of this surge of finds. denom ination-should not be over the Bri ti sh Museum's Caraloglle of This surge gave an opportunity to looked. The secondary phase is ac En glish Coins, Anglo-Saxon Series. explore thi s largely un inscribed coin companied by groups of eclectic 190 silver sceats were arranged as age in the economic , cultural, poli ti sceats. whi ch orten display remark Roman, Frankish and Native in 54 cal, and religious mi lieu of 8'h century able iconography, mainly Conver types, largely on styl istic grounds. England, resulting in a sh ift of empha sioll period Christian propaganda However, the coins gro uped together sis from classification to meaning as often of a syncreti c nat ure, that is, in these types are often di ssimilar and best illustrated in Anna Gannon's Th e assimilating native cultural icons with only 65 coins illustrated, there is a Iconography of Early Ang lo-Saxon into a Christ ian context. resultant lack of clarity as to whether the Coinage (Oxford Uni versity Press, In th is early Anglo-Saxon period illustration is defin iti ve of the type. 2003). Numismatists may have been a the chaotic political and religious sit Moreover, the coins then known have little slow 10 recognize thi s watershed uation is renccted by a high ly diverse been given a grealer significance than contribution, but it now ra tes along coinage. Early English hammered merited compared to more recent finds. side Metcalf's T &5 as essential read coinage on ly becomes more uniform In a concise article, "The Principal ing on the subject. as Ihe political hierarchy centralizes Series of English Sceanas," in British From Rigold's lime onward , typol fro m the mid 8'h centu ry. A basic tenet Numismatic loumal47, 1977. Stuart ogy became obsolete but conti nues to of growing nationhood is the adoption Rigold mapped out a more comprehen be referred to, the types having been of a state religion. Yet. in the face of sive alphabetic se ri alization. which grouped into Rigold's Series. Afte r th is dynamically changing situation, now forms the basis of the current ar morc than 20 years of detecting finds it seems counter-intuitive that collcc- range ment. and with in terest now being channeled through an alternating series of bien nia l symposi a and consequent publi cations, Srudies ill Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage (Boydell & Brewer) orga nized by the author, the time is ripe for a reclassific ation. Indeed. thi s has been co mpleted (The Scealla List, fo rthcoming) with a substantial in crease in the number of recognized vari eties (now 510 compared to the typology when last updated in 1984 at 109 types). The types have been aban doned. They are replaced by these de finitive varieties arranged within each existing Series or eclectic group. How ever, as we are in a transitional period from the old scheme to Ihe new, both Review: 8:00am - \0:00am references are given in th is article (the \0:00am - 6:00pm type reference is shown in parenthe SIO.O ses). The new scheme of varieties is $0 numbered as to leave headroom for $5.00 discou lit new finds. ,,1i'rlIH"'·II\1Il~ 111I'.hl ('f Il'il,'t,>t;"I'1 lilCIC(1t Einl!> In his 1953 work " Uncata logued $ceatlas in National and Other Collec ti ons" (Numismatic Ch ronicle 13), Ph illip Hill noted that "since the pub lication of the B. M. Catalogue of En glish Coins (Anglo Saxon), vol. i, in 1887, the National Collection has ac- .... 8 The Cefator $10.00 for a three-day pass valid Friday through Sunday - 16 and under free with an adult (Check our \H'hsitl· to print a discount admission t'oupon - www.nyint..info) America's Most Prestigious NYINC NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL Ancient & Foreign Coin Show NUMISMATIC CONVENTION The 40th Annual NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION
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November 2011 9 qu i red a further 147 sceattas." In the I/al for 2007 alone records 150 sceat cation. The vast majorily of finds fall 1970s, Seaby's Standard Catalogue las reported for the proceeding year into a small range of trading curren showed sceatta prices well below what and. sadly, that wi ll be a fraction (let's cies-nOiably the product of Fri si a, the would now have to be paid for a base. say between a third and a half) of what forme r Rhine mouth area across the common, 9'h century Northumbrian was actually unearthed. North Sea, whose emissions arc ty pi styca. However, there were virtua lly Proper recording of finds (i. e . cally-and intentionally-of a fairl y no sceallas to be had. Only in the '80s through the Portable Ant iqu iti es anonymous design (Figs. I & 2). This with the adve nt of metal detecting-for Scheme) is essential, not only to pre may well be because they were issued better or worse-did these coins be- serve the integrity of detectorists, but by commerciall y minded authorities
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A high-grade specimen might They have a northerly di stribution and ation to say that every disclosed find reach the zen ith of early Anglo-Saxon may have been imported from contributes 10 our knowledge. Such a art. To demonstrate that these are not Southumbria for usc in the interval contribution need not be trivial or mar wild claims, I will use recent finds to il between the more conven ti onal ginal- a variation in design might reveal lustrate each point. Northumbrian emissions of Aldfrilh profound insights into religious propa and Eadberht. The reverse designs fea ganda- this is, after all, the coinage of Selected Illustrations ture one, two, or four birds. Figures 3 the Conversioll period. A literate leg and 4 contrast the conventional revers end can endorse the in fluence-even 1. Religious Iconography es with some rare variations. existence-of a loca l ruler. A type found Series 1 consists of scveral differ Those not used to viewing these outside its normal dist ri bution area ent types, most of which are thought tiny coins often have difficulty in vi sualizing the images. Fig. 3, right, shows two birds, one in th e bac k ground (or possibly in !light) while the bird in the foreground has a cross, pos sibly representing the C hristia n church, before it. The symbolism res onates of the church tending its flock. On the lefl, we see not the cross of the conventional variety 130 (type 36) re verse but a tiny, coiled serpent. vari ety 140. Were 130 and 140 issued si multaneously? Presumably this varia tion speaks of the chall enge of good versus evil; the coins are Christian propaganda in the face of a pagan pop ulace, \though 'pagan' should not be taken to mean the same as barbaric . Logically, the type with the serpent, Figure 3- Series J reverses: i) the rare variation, J40, left. and ii) conventional J40 (Fig. 3, left), would have been is issue o/variery J30 (type 36), right. sued first, as it represents the chal lenge, and the defeat of the serpent demonstrated by the replacement of the serpent by the cross, 130 (Fig. 3. NUMISMA TICA ARS CLASSICA.NAC AG ri ght), would be the second episode in this story- the defeat of evil. Much can be said about the con Ancient Coins - Greek - Roman - Byzantine trasting use of symbols such as the ser Mediaeval - Renaissance - Medals pent to appeal to the different tradi tions in the mi lieu of Anglo-Saxon En Auctions - Sales & Purchases - Estimations gland. The serpent, as an example, would have carri ed varying signifi cance for different cu ltures and,will be used in an inlemionally ambiguous manner on this coinage. For il)stance, the serpent is often used as a protec tive device on sceats surrounding a bird on a cross representing the Chris tian church. This use of the serpent prevailed in Germanic cu ltures (c.f. Tolkien's Smaug in The Hobbit, protect ing its treasure). However, that is one of NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA NAC AG numerous topics deserving full explo ration in the fu ture. The point is that Niederdorfstr. 43 3rd Floor) Genavco House some extremely rare variations of the POBox 17, Waterloo Place coins illustrated. hcre have been detect CH - 8022 Zurich GB -London SWIY 4AR ed in recent years and a second illustra tion is given in Figure 4 on page 14. Tel +4 144261 1703 Tel +44 20 7839 7270 The coin on the left, variety J5 0 (type 72) shows a large bird on the Fax +41442615324 Fax +4420 79252174 right, loo king_back (a device maki ng zu ri [email protected] [email protected] best use of the space avai lable on the round flan). The bird looks straight www.arsc1assicacoins.com 12 The Gelator Grade The amount (or ~bsence) of cilOJlation wea r is ex ~ using a fam iliar adj«tival scale. SICILY, SYRACUSE Ch XF (. 405-390 Be (Euainetos) Strike: 4'5 Strike AR Dec Style The Fine St)'Ie ~n ... of the world's first coinage With its unique grading system, NGC Ancients provides an accurate and concise analysis of the quality of ancient coins. By separately assessing wear, strilu; surface and style, we offer a more thorough evaluation of a coin's condition. Furthermore, coins of exceptional merit that stand out above their peers are awarded a Star Designation (*) - a feature exclusive to the products ofNGC. Discover the true value of your ancient treasures. Visit www.NGCcoin.comlancients November 2011 13 2. Local Ru ler The secatla coinage of Northumbria distinguishes itself by its literate in scriptions. Not long after the coin il lustrated as Fig. 5 was minted, Offa of Mercia was emulating the sophistica tion of Charlemagne and producing some aesthetically pleasing coins in a succession of innovative designs. Ear lier Northumbrian sceattas had carried a magnificent, spirited, heraldic beast (Fi g. 9 left, part stag, part lion- part Celtic, parI Christian), but one assumes th at by the middle of the 8'h century a nod was being given to the iconoclasm infecting Byzantium, perhaps itself a Figure 4-Series J reverses: i) conventional issue of variety J50 (type 72), left, vic tim of the Islamic view of imagery and ii) the rare variation J60, right. as idolatrous. Northumbri an coinage into the gaping jaws of a huge serpent, be the subsequent de with its head to the left of the nan, feat orevi!. The Oock whose beaded body curls round the pe has contemptuously riphery on the coin to form the bor turned its back on Sa der. These design elements signify the tan and now looks to battle of good and evi l, God and Sa thc church for succor. tan, the church and the devil. or as the Bible stales The rare variation of the reverse of "Get thee behind me, variety J60 (Fig. 4, right) has the bird Satan." The people now turning away from the serpent. would nOl have been The conventional issue J50 (Fig. 4. literate, but were in left) represents the chall enge, and the creasingly well rare variant J60 (Fig. 4, ri ght) would versed in the Bible . Figure 5- Northumbrian sceatta of Aethe/wold Moll (758-765). bears only inscriptions at th is point. The recent find illustrated here (Fig. 5) is the second known specimen of a coin of Acthelwold Moll of Northum bria (758-765). Two coins of another issue of his, issued jointly with Arch bishop Ecgberht, are known. It is of ,.- ~tbitbal ten the case with seems that the sec ond find validates the first, dispelling initial doubts harbored about a no vel design perhaps being ornamental rather ~tlbtr than monetary. Counter-intuitively, often, the market price goes up when a second specimen is found ! The reverse of this coin refers to the king's son Aethelred-presumably an $9 attempt to establish a dynastic claim, although in the evenl, Alchred inter Curious about medieval as a natural complement to your ancient vened before Aethelred won the throne. collection, but don't want to invest much until you know you like il? Then start small and painless. For every $9 you send, I'll send 3. Trade Links? A coin perhaps lacking the aesthet you a different medieval coin ... $ IS for 2 different, $36 for 4 ic charm of some sceats is known as different, $90 for 10 different, etc. With 12 different, get a free an interlace cross type (Fi g. 6 on page copy of Walker's Reading Medieval European Coins. 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After aiL such a proclamation of ince where Constantine was declared confidence in the orthodox hierarchy, Emperor. both regal and religious, could only Sceats display a wide variety of augment the authority of the issuer and drapery and coiffure, but fashion and the authenticity of his coinage. The as- textile historians have continued to ig- Figure 6-lnterlace cross type, found at Sutton Courteney, ca. 2002. and why was this type chosen to be emulated. 4. Early Anglo-Saxon Art One cannot leave this subject with out a display of Saxon art (Figs. 7-9) in its purest fornI-just to whet the appetite! Figure 7-A selection of portraits. nore such evidence in their researches despite pleas from numismatists. Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. Again, standing figures (see Fig. 8 on page 18) are a prominent design feature of sceats. These are typically Greek, Roman ~ & shown as standard bearers conveying the Christian message. The mission For all youn:ollecfing needs'- Visit our ~ ,'" 10- ary theme is emphasized by the figure --.Ancient €oins I often standing in a crescent or celes • N~rti ,smatic books tial boat-one can easily envisage I,If • Atial lt coin cases I.f Northumbrian missionaries crossing P",~ the North Sea to Frisia-indeed, sceats !S~i~hO~~W:'~~~~::=1 ~"Q ~!), [<, are known that might even bear the ~ names of such missionaries. The at ~~"'"' " ~.,,, 16 The Celator November 2011 17 garded as wolves are almost exclusive centaur with palm fronds. The fin al To summarize, we have taken a ly lions. The first sceat shown in Fig. imagc of a seabird carrying a fi sh, with brief look at a small number of unex 9 shows the proud lion representing a triquetra tail-knot above, could al pected finds that have the potential to Northumbria, though clearly it has at lude to Bede's story of a bird pro challenge prevail ing views and offer tributes (horns) reminding the contem viding for a hungry Saint Cuthbert. alternativc interpretations of history. porary northern holder of the coin of The reverse of the coin at the head There are many othcr such instances the local Celtic deity Cernunnos. The of the article is a human- faced gry of radical reapp rai sals provoked by third image in Fig. 9 appears to be a phon. This coinage contains a re this extraordinary coinage. Is there any priapic wolf-whorl. The fourth is a markable bestiary. other artifact of which this can current ly be claimed? Should th is display of some of the many types avai lable encourage the reader to collect thi s coinage, there are a few dealers who carry small stocks, advertise in th is magazine, attend coin fairs , and have websites. The scarcer sceats are becoming very expensive, but a representative and very satisfy ing collection of the trad ing types can be aSSembled without too much finan cial pain, opening unexpected and pleasurable access to this fascinating treasure trove of learning. A quality specimen wi ll always hold its value but be sure to buy from a reputable source offering a full guarantee and cash re fund. [hope that my fo rthcoming pub lication of two books- The Scealta Li ~·t (supported by web-based current pric es) and Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits 600- J066- will he lp prevent inexperienced Figure 8- A selection of standing figures. collectors from paying excessive amounts for imi tative specimens. 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Renders The Tradition of Fa mify might know of him as the creator of Inherited Occupations. the Pythagorean Theorem, although he alld the Occupation of probably was not its original di scov Pythagoras' Father erer. By "created" I mean that many of the dies were designed in his work We sho uld not be s ur- a ll y mentions two of his works;} Aris prised that Pythagoras had a tradition shop, and some were aClUull y done by totle was trained in medicine and Par him. It may sound bizarre to the read al occupati on. In the Archaic and men ides was a type of healer called an er that Pyt hagoras. a philosopher and Classical eras, "ph ilosopher" was nOI ilJlromanti.f.4 Empedocles was also a a mathematician, could possibly do so much an occupation as it was a call medical doctor, probably of a type that. However, Pythagoras could do ing, acall ing Ihal was said to not even closer to Parrnen ides th an to Aristo tl e that because before he was a ph il oso have a name 10 il unti l Pylhagoras or Hippocrates. Plato was an aristocrat, called himself a "philosopher." l But pher or mathematician, he was a eclu as was Heraclitus. Xenophancs and in the art of working with even as a youth. Pythagoras would tor, trained Gorgias were bards. gems and precious metals. The liter have been trained in hi s father's lrade. The most important clue to Pythag ary record shows cvidence oflhis ccla In the Archaic and Classical periods, oras' training in cclature is in Diogenes lure background. everyone had some family occupation Lacrtius where he call s " Pythagoras. It is not the purpose of this article passed down to them. Everyone in the son of Mnesarchus a gem-engrav to deal with theories concerning the ancient Greek society had their place e r [a dakty fioglyphos] .'" Agai n, Pythagorean origin of the incusc coins and that place was dictated by their Pythagoras was a celator, because hi s of Magna Graccia. I do that elsewhere fa ther's place. and hi s father's place. fathe r was a cclator. In a traditional (Editor's note: lohn's article, "Pythag It was a very traditi onal society. evcn society it is as simple as that. The name oras and the lncusc Coins of Mag na after the in trod uction of philosophy of Pythagoras' fa ther, Mnesarchus. is Graecia," will be published in a future began to stir Ihings up." Pythagoras, known to us in our sources as early as issue of The CefalO r). This article is who trained in hi s father's trade of Heraclitus, ca . 500 Be. However, the to show that Pythagoras of Samos, the cclature, was pari of that society. onl y pl ace his occupation is mentioned philosopher-mathemUlician, was tradi All the Olher early philosophers seems to be in Diogenes Laertius. Still, tionally trai ned in celature. As a ce had occupations, Socrates, according ancient sources do mention one ere· lator, he crafted objects mem ioned in to tradition, was a stone sculptor. The at ion by Mnesarchus: the Temple of the lite rary record. Pythagoras also ancient travel writer Pausanias actu- Apollo Pyth ios at Samos. Bu t before we look at it fu rther, we should remem ber that wh il e celature is the ski lled working in precious metals and mate rials, a competent celator al so could do bronze work and architecture, even work in wood. Mn esarchus' Temple of caw/oglle 011 request Apollo Pythios at SalllOS KIRK DAVIS In lamblichus. Mnesarchus is said to have bui lt a temple to Apollo Pythios C LassicaL Numismatics after he returned 10 Samos from a suc Post Office Box 324, Claremont, CA 9171 1 cessful s ea - voyage . ~ Part of that suc cess was the prophecy at Delphi of Tel: (9 09 ) 625-5426 [email protected] et 22 The Gelator We'll see you at the ... www.lreemanandsear.com SUFRUCISCO Unsurpassed expertise and experience in the field of classical coins. We offer HISTORiCAl • Alarge inven tory of quality Greek, Roma n, Byz.'Ultine and Biblical coins 10URSE in alt price ranges. D«embv 9-10, 2011 • Among the fin est Fixed Price Li sts and Ma il Bid Sales in the field , available MUIIITTIII SIll 3 in print and down loadable fOnll. Nn» York, NY JantUlry 3, 2012 • Personalized service in startin g, building and liquidating collections. • !\uction representation and consultation at all major sales the world over. Freeman & Sear I p.o. Box 641352 I Los Angeles, California 90064-6352 TEl: 310/450-9755 FAX: 310/450-8865 email: [email protected] November 2011 23 Pythagoras' birth, and part was the birth itself. Although lamblichus men tion s the extensive wealth and resourc es that Mnesarchu$ obtained on the trip, we should think of Mnesarchus as actually designing and overseeing the construction of the temple, not just commissioning it. Mnesarchus is not only paying for the temple to honor .fr/indexgb.html the god who prophesied Pythagoras' ;/<'lcifmts (GreekIRoman) birth, he is also dedicating the temple Celtics as a gift created from his own hands. We have another reference to this Fr-ench Royals temple. Diodorus Siculus says that the Merovingians celators Telecles and Theodorus, sons , Fendals of Rhoecus, made the wooden cult Medievals statue of the Pythian Apollo at Samos in two halves in the Egyptian manner.7 French Moderns Each half was carved separate from the 46, rue Vivienne other, and because of the exacting 75002 PARI~ standards they could be combined to gether afterward. Mnesarchus was not t 42. 33 : 25.99 only a gem-engraver, a sculptor, and an architect, he also was a member of the group of celators best known to us in literary sources from archaic Greece, those from Samos mentioned by Herodotus and others. Herodotus refers to the other celators and their works, but does not mention Mne sarchus. Pythagoras and the Artistic Communif), in Samos Pythagoras was born around 570 Be. He probably grew up amongst those skilled craftsmen who later ben efited from the patronage of the tyrant Polycrates of Samos. Ancient Greek tyrants often used the talents of cela tors and other artists to naunt their power. 8 These include the men men tioned above, Theodorus, who made Polycrates' emerald signet ring, Tele cles, and Rhoecus, who designed the largest temple of the time, the Tem ple of Hera of Samos.9 But, Polycrates' patronage was not limi ted to celators, and Pythagoras probably benefited from those connections as well. Poly crates had a library and hosted poets such as Anacreon of Teos and lbycus of Rhegium.'o While these individuals We are currently accepting material are not mentioned in Pythagoras' edu for our future auction program. cation, Pythagoras' education proba bly benefited from both of them and If you're thinking of selling contact us today. from the library. Pythagoras also may have found out about his future home DIX NOONAN WEBB of Kroton from a doctor, Democedes of Kroton, retained by PolycratesY 16 Bolton Street Mayfair London WIJ 8BQ England Mnesarchus was probably a minor member of this group of skilled crafts Telephone 44 20 7016 1700 Fax 44 20 7016 1799 men, not as illustrious as Theodorus, Email [email protected] 24 The Celator Gomy&.Mosch Giessener MUlllhandll,lng GmbH MaximiliansplalZ 20 80333 Munche" Tel. +49(89124226430 Fax +49(89)2285513 [email protected] Gorny&. Moscb. New York. Hixenbaugh Ancient Art LTD 320 East 81st Street. USA-NawYork. NY 10028 Tal . +1-212-861-9743 +1-64&-326-08 20 Fax +1·212·327.()870 [email protected] SHOPS The big online coin mall • Ancient Coins 200,000 coins, meda ls, banknotes a nd a ccessories • Medieval • The Holy Roman Empire • German Coins makes coin buying as easy as • Medals, marks, jetons • Error Coins child's play • Empire Germany Coins • Colonies • Weimar Republic, 3. Reich • All ied occupation • BRD I DDR • Worl d Co ins and Euro • Gold ... and much more. November 2011 25 Telecles, or Rhoecus and remembered order to really get access to the secrets the south with its great temple com only because he was Pythagoras' fa of the temples, he had to do something plex at Luxor. Although Pythagoras' ther. Undoubtedly, there were others, that would impress the head priests. natural intelligence and extensive ed commissioned not only by the tyrant According to Diogenes Laertius, ucation would make him welcome at Polycrates and his court, but also by Polycrates gave Pythagoras a letter of any temp le site, Pythagoras also would other kings, tyrants, and men of dis introduction to the Egyptian king Ama have had a particular affinity with the tinction. Again, Pythagoras would sis.12 In turn, Amasis gave him intro priests at Memphis. At Memphis, the have learned his rather's trade as was ductions to the head priests of Mem craftsman god Ptah was associated by customary. He also probably associ phis, Heliopolis, and of Thebes, also the Greeks with the smith god Hep ated wilh these other celators who had called Diospolis. In order to impress haestus . l~ However. Ptah was a much worked on his father's temple. When the head priests, Pythagoras, again more important and respected god in he became old enough, probably age according to Diogenes Laertius, con Egyptian society than the crippled twenty, he decided to travel. His nat structed three silver chalices for Hepha'estus ever was for the Greeks. ural in telligence and his educati on them.13 Pouring libations to the gods would help him gain access to foreign was an important ritual in Egyptian Pythagoras' Other Voyages temples. But in his travels, he also religion as well as Greek. Therefore, a used his talents at celalure to open chalice for each priest was a sign of Pythagoras also went to Crete. In doors. reverence and respect. Also, silver is fact, Pythagoras was said to have gone scarce in Egypt since there are no to many places both within and out Egypt and Three Silver Chalices sources of it in the region, In other side of the Greek world. Some of the words, not only the workmanship, but places he reportedly traveled to were Egypt was a logical choice for a the materials themselves would be Egypt, Phoenicia, Babylon, even Gaul destination. It was an older, more so impressive to the recipients. in their and India. Peter Kingsley points out phisticated culture than the Greek own way, more imp ressive than gold. that he probably also went to Persia world. Telecles and Theodorus had Porphyry writes that Pythagoras and to the east of Persia because ac~ brought back new skills from Egypt, went to Heliopolis first, then Mem counts have him wearing pants, a Per using them to construct the cult statue phis, then Thebes, sent from one to the sian invention. 16 Pants appear incon for Apollo Pythios. Greek wise men next on the pretext that the mysteries gruent for the (toga wearing) Greek such as Thales and Solon had learned were more ancient at the later loca philosopher, and that is, pardon the from the Egyptians as well. Anywhere tions.14 More likely he came 10 Heliop expression, why they would fit. Over Pythagoras went, a man with his type olis first because it was farthest to the time, one would expect such details of skills would be respected. But in north, then Memphis, then Thebes in that were inessential or even apparent ly incongruent with the characteriza tion of a famed individual to be weed ed out. not added to a tradition. I am increasingly inclined to be AST RTE lieve the breadth of Pythagoras' trav els. All ofthe locales mentioned above COINS & FIN E ART arc possible for the ancient traveler, even India and Gaul. The ancients were not as provincial as we think. For example, at the temple of Hera at Sa mos, there were peacocks from India. Since peacocks could make it from India, it certainly would not be much Ancient Coins - Modern Coins of a problem for an ambitious traveler such as Pythagoras to travel in the oth Historical medals er direction. Also, there is a difference between the casual traveler and some~ one who sets out to visit, say, every country in Europe. Pythagoras is more like the latter, trying to visit every source of wisdom he can find . Admit tedly, one cateh in believing that Pythagoras may have gone to so many places is that it would take time for him to visit each site, win the trust of the locals and learn from them. 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M edieva l coins to these important events. o,rector of Anci Annual Sales Exceed 5700 Million I 600,000+ Online Bidder Members HERITAGE NYC ".,,;o~ .. ' li November 2011 29 In the Greek wor ld, he traveled to Idaean Dactyls (in one account five part of his initiation, Pythagoras was at least Delos, Delphi, Eleusis and male, five female for the ten fingers) purified by a lump of meteoric iron. 20 Crete. Everywhere he went, he soaked were smi thy gods. According to He In th in king about the Dactyls of Mt. up knowledge. The philosopher Hera siod, the Dactyls of Crete were respon- Ida, we should remember that Mne clitus mentions him as a polymath. In sarchus' occupation was a daktyliogly addition to going to and being educat phos (seal-ring cutter). We should also ed at the temples, he also learned from note that the small est measurement fo r individuals such as the mythographer the celator was a dactyl, or finger Pherecydes of Syros, the rhapsode width.21 Hermodamas, and from the Milesian Also according Lo Porphyry, philosophersY Again, he may have Pythagoras did inscriptions during his been familiar with the poets of Po ly visits to Mt. Ida in Crete and at Del crates ' court and some knowledge of phi, carving his messages 10 the gods medicine from Democedes and lat into the rock. Porphyry gives the be er, other Krotoniate doctors. Like ginning of an epitaph for Zeus' tomb the ex.tent of his travels, he had a at Mt. IdaY It should be noted that the wide range of knowledge besides Cretans were not on ly known to have celature. But, it is celature that we one of the declared bi rt h sites of Zeus, are discussing today. they also claimed to have his tomb as well. Porphyry also gives part of an Pythagoras' !lIitiarion al elegy to Apollo written by Pythagoras Mount Ida in Crete, Inscriptions at "Apollo's tomb." This does not at Ida and Delphi make sense in terms of what r under The reverse of a bronze from Samos depict stand about my thology. Apol!o is Po rphyry states that, "going to ing Pythagoras with a sphere on a column called Silenus' son, not the son of Crete, Pythagoras besought initiation before him. Zeus, and he was ki lled by the Python, from the priests of Morgos, one of the instead of slaying it. He was buried at Idaean Dactyls."'8T here arc di fferent, sible for the introduction of smelting a place called "Tripod," named after conflicting accounts about the Dacty Is and tempe ri ng iron,I 9 But some oflhe the mourning daughters of Tri opasY from Mt. Ida in Crete, Mt. Ida in Phry customs of these gods probably pre Again, these details do not make sense gia, or Rhodes. In general, the male date even the smelting of iron, for as in at least the standard Greek Mythol ogy. These, however, may have been part of a mystery teaching. ANCIENT COINS ONLINE Orphic Bronzes? Iamblichus said that: www.vcoins.com/ancient/waynephillips Pythagoras imitated ... the way they [the Orphics] honored the gods. representing them in images and in brass not resembling our [human] form, but the di vine re ceptacle [of the Sphere] because Lhey comprehend and provide for all th ings, being of nature and form sim ilar to the universe."4 This is possibly another example of Pyth agoras utilizing his craft. Howev er, this god-as-a-sphere picture sounds suspiciously Platonic. Plato's Til/we us refers to god-as-a-sphere and to re ccptacles for Platon ic fo rms. A pseud onymous work of "Timaeus of Locri" WAYNE C. PHILLIPS docs exist, but it is a middle Platonic interpretation of the Timaeus, rather P.o. Box 4096 than a genuine Pythagorean work.2S Still, Pythagoreanism influenced Pla Diamond Bar, CA 91765-0096 to in writing the Timaeus. Pythagoras ANA Life Member ANS S ince 1963 also was a mathematician and a sphere is a type of mathematical solid. So it Phone (909) 629-0757 email: [email protected] should be an open question whether this god-as-a-sphere account origi "Serving The Collector Since 1959" nates from Plato or from a genuine Py thagorean account. Still, despit c being suspiciously Platonic, the above 30 The Gelator account involves Pythagoras as the authority. By introducing weights creator of metal work and so may and measures, Pythagoras was have a kernel of truth to it. Also, setting the stage for coinage. It is some Greek Imperial coins from also reasonable to believe that he Samos show Pythagoras with a went the next step and introduced sphere or a globe (see image on the coinage to the Achaean cities previous page). Therefore, while of Magna Graecia. showing that the evidence for or against "Orphic bronzes" is mixed, Summary with some reservations I include these Orphic bronzes with the oth In the final analysis, Pythago er examples of Pythagoras' work ras was no.! only a philosopher of celature, and mathe.matician. but also in his traditional family occupation, a Any Literary Evidence celator. This tradition of celature for the /ncuse Coins? pokes through the accreted ha giography that surrounds Pythag Pythagoras of Sam as, philoso oras. We see it in the silver cups pher and mathematician, was also he made for the Egyptian priests. a ceiator. At age 40, he decided to It is in the inscriptions he left at immigrate to Magna Graecia, more Mt. Ida after he was initiated into specifically, to Kroton. There, and the mysteries of Morgos the Dac in the other cities of Magna Grae tyl, a smithy god. We see it in the cia, he developed a following that inscriptions at Delphi and possi believed in hi s teachings and his ' bly through the gods portrayed in exceptional way of life. In the brass as spheres in the "Orphic" Achaean cities, their first coinage style. We also see it hinted at in developed along an odd design. his introduction of standard For the various mints, this design weights and measures to Magna had a type on the obverse and an ill ai, design and weight."2s Coins essen Graecia. In other words, like many cuse type usually of the same object tially are weights of a certain purity other artists whose works have long on the reverse. This design is similar of metal stamped by a guaranteeing to a brock age error, except that the re .. verse usually did not have all of the same detail as the obverse.26 As a celator, Pythagoras would have had the skill to personally make the dies for these coins. I believe that he was the genius behind the inc use style of coinage appearing in Magna Graecia, 6'" century Be. and I support my case elsewhere. The question here though is whether there is any lite r ~ars ary evidence that would point to Referrals Work! Tell your friends about The Celator 32 The Gelator 1987) and co-editor of Iron Age Coinage and Ritual Practices (SFMA, 2005). who together with Dr. Stefan Krmnicek, also of leicester University, will look at money, coinage and networks in Celtic Europe and beyond; and Ian l eins, Curator of Iron Age and Roman Coins at the British Museum and co-author (with John Talbot) of "Before Boudicca: the Wickham Market Oxford Conference to hoard and the middle phase gold coinage of East Ang l ia ~ (British Celebrate 50 Years of Numismatic Joumal 80, 2010) Celtic Coin Index he will talk about the Celtic Coin Index in the 21 't century and its A one-day Iron Age conference al the role on the Internet. Finally, at the end of what promises to be University of Oxford, scheduled for Sat Figure I-Co-founders of the CCI; Derek Allen, a full day, I shall reveal some re urday, 10 December 2011, will celebrate inset, and Sheppard Frere, seen here at Verula cently discovered coin types that the 50'" anniversary of the Cellic Coin mium, 1958, former capital of king Tasciovanos aren't recorded in Ancient Brit Index (Cel) at the Institute of Archaeol tbadger killen. ogy, Oxford. The theme of the confer ish Coins (Chris Rudd, 2010). ence is ~ Between archaeology and his If you wou ld like to book a tory: new research on Iron Age coinage; place at the CCf conference (fee £55, 50 Years of Growth and il has been organized by Or. John plus £10.50 for fulltunch), please con Sills, author of Gaulish and Early British tact Day & Weekend Office, OUDCE, How and why was the Celtic Coin Gold Coinage (Spink, 2003) and current Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Index founded? And what is there to ly working on his next book. Oxford OX1 2JA. Email: celebrate? Setting up an index of Celt Among the seven speakers is the [email protected]; Phone: ic coins found in Britain was first Guernsey archaeologist Dr. Philip de 01865270380/270368; or Fax: 01865 Jersey, former keeper of the eel and 270309. contilllled 011 page 37 .... author of Celtic Coinage in Britain (Shire, 1996). who will talk about coin hoards in Iron Age Britain. Since metal detecting mushroomed in the 1980s , some big ancient British hoards have been unearthed. The majority 0 1 the largest and most important of these coin hoards found in the past two de cades have been responsibly reported by their finders, due in no small mea sure to higher levels of mutual respect and mutual trust established first by the Celtic Coin Index and latterly by the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) , set up in 1997 by Dr. Roger Bland of the British Museum. Both the CCI and the PAS have proved to be highly effective recording and research resources, unique to Britain and the envy of other European countries. Other speakers at the Oxford con ference, all of whom have been in volved with researching Iron Age coins recorded at the CCI, include John Sills who will cover the continental back ground to ancient British gold coinage; David Holman, the Cantian archaeolo gist, who will review recent work on lIat linear potins and propose a new clas sification system for them; Colin Hasel grove, Professor of Archaeology at Leicester University, author of Iron Age Coinage in South-East England (BAR, November 2011 33 Larry Shepherd Joins Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. CHICAGO, IL- Harlan J . Berk, Ltd. o f numismatic is pleased to announce th at Larry fields. I look lor· Shepherd, long-lime numismatist ward 10 working and former Executive Direclor of the closely with Mike American Numismatic Association, Printz, who I've has joined the U.S. coin team al HJB valued as a Ltd. larry joins Mike Pri ntz. Robert close , perso nal Greenstein, and David Greenstein in friend and have their continuing effort to enhance respected for his their presence in the high-g rade U.S, c I ie nt· 0 ri ented coin market. Sammy Berk and Dennis expertise for Forgue are recognized experts in U.S. nearly 20 years. paper money, maps, and U.S. medals. The opportunity Tom Delorey's encyclopedic knowl to work closely edge of U.S. coins adds further expe· with Mike, Har· rience and depth of knowledge to the lan, and Ihe rest team as a consultant. of the staff was a ~ I 'm thrilled to join such a well strong incentive rounded team of experts. Harlan and to join the firm," the staff at HJB have an outsta nding says Shepherd. Harlan Berk (left) shaking hands with Larry Shepherd, the reputation for honesty, integrity, and Harlan Berk former ANA Executive Director, and now part of the U.S. coin experti se across a broad spectrum adds: "larry's un- team at Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. q uestioned integrity and extensive knowledge of rare coins and the coin f}ro{tles in market allows us to supply our cus tomers with an even larger invento ry of high-quality coins to choose ~ umismatics from. We fe el this will enable us to Charles E. Anthon move into the top tier of U.S . coins, which we have occupied in the fi el d 1823-1883 of ancient coins for the lasl several Cb.1rles E Anthon was born in New York City in 1823. thesoo of decades. Additionally, Harlan J. Berk a prominent lawyer. He graduated from Columbia CoIJege in the ltd. is able to provide larry'S clients class of 1839 31 age sixteen. After some years spent studying with a wide array of numismatic prod abroad in Europe, he returned to the United Sates and accepted the p.1Sition of Chair of HislOfy at ucts and services." SI. John's College in Annapolis. Mruyland. In 1852, Anthon was appointed Proressor of Histoty l arry can be reached via email at: and Belles-WIreS at the New York FrecActdcmy (now the College or the City of New York) and [email protected] or via phone at remained in this ~ition unti l shordy before hisdcath in 1883. Anthon bcgml studying nwnismat 71 9-464-8801. ics in 1865. and he became a member or the American Nwnismatic Society. then known as the American Numi smatic and Archaeological Society. in December of 1866 and wa.~ nominated a.~ Preside nt ofthc Society in 1868. Anthon would remain a.~ the Society's president unti l his death in Send your society news or 1883, except for a three-year period from 1870-73. A noted scholar of numismatics. Anthon was personal announcements to p:u1icularly well -known for his work on medallic art :Uld the GIOriillll Regl1i coins of the Fr.mco Amcricml colonics. As an officcrof theANS. Anthon also played an importlUlI role in continuing and ~panding the Society's publications progrum through his ....urk a.~ editor of the American ~ The )ollnull o/N/ullimuuics. Anthon maint3lned the scholarly integrity of the journal, and increased the length and frequency of this publication at a time when Olhers were in support of changing its ~ Celator content to meet the concerns of collectors. Md in favor of limiting the number of ,'oIumI.'5 issued C'.lCh year. Anthon died on June 7, 1883 in Bremen, Germany. (Photo and tc.xt cowtesy of the P.O. Box 10607 American Numismatic Society at www.nurnisrnalics.org). Lancaster, PA 17605 This feature is provided courtesy of Kolbe & Fallllillg Fax: (717) 656-8557 Numismatic Booksellers, Gahanna, OH 43230 Email: [email protected] 34 The Gelator A Brief History of Armenian Numismatic Literature under the title of ~A r menian Numis format, and had lasting patience in by Y.T. Nercessian matic Literature" was c reated for the locating endless titles in many dif abstracts. This sect ion continues ferent languages. The process of In 1971, a few collectors joined through today and remains an inte searching and photocopying titles on together and founded a club for Ar gral part of the ANJ. Armenian numismatics in the Re menian coin collectors. Simulta Once the ANJ started being pub search Library of UCLA took every neously, to satisfy the needs of club lished regularly, it was obvious that Saturday over a three-year period. members, the Secretary of the orga the editor should be able to locate The final glory of the total ten-year nization started publishing a fixed and efficiently search the content of research project was the publication price list known as Armenian Coins each numismatic literature composed of Armenian Numismatic Bibliogra and Books: Bulletin, for the purpose on Armenian coins. He was very for phy and Literature (1984, 729 pp.). of selling coins and books. An ad tunate that the Research Library of The main mission of the ANJ was vertisement was placed in The Ar the University of California at Los to offe r information to the member menian Observer weekly newspaper Angeles had a vast numismatic sec ship on Armenian numismati cs . for a year. Soon, collectors from oth tion. Furthermore, then the bibliogra Therefore, new and unpublished ar er slates and foreign countries sta rt pher in charge of the Armenian sec ticles and essays would be constant ed asking for copies of the Bulletin. tion was Miss Gia Ayvazian. Words ly gracing the pages w ith unpub Many of the collectors wanted to join would not be enough to say that she lished coin pictures illustrating the this new organization. was extremely gracious, and more photographic plates of the ANJ. In 1975, it became necessary to than willing to help a novice like the establish a medium of communica editor of ANJ. She offered her valu tion to keep oul-ol-state members in able assistance in the bibliography contillued 011 page 36 . formed about the activities of the Armenian Numismatic Society. In 1975, Armenian Numismatic Journal (ANJ) was founded as a bilingual ~ C!C (!E)lllc ~urio5'itic ~boppc quarterly publication in the form of IlL (a division of RCCA Ltd.) located at a newsletter. The secretary of the Society, Y. T. Nercessian, was nom 111 South Orange A venue South Orange, NJ 07079 inated as the editor of the ANJ. A complete collectors gallery buying & selling: In the mid 1970s, Armen ian nu mismatic publications were not very U.S., ancient, & foreign coins, U.S . & foreign stamps, abundant. Fr. C. Sibilian's book, paper money, tokens & medals, Classical Antiquities Classification of Roupenian Coins of Greece, Rome, Egypt, & judaea, Pre-Columbian, (Vienna, 1892), in Armenian, had American Indian, African, & Ethnographic objects line drawings as plates but lacked a & corpus. P. Z . Bedoukian's Coinage artifacts, along with historical and papillar autographs of Cilician Armenia (New Yo rk, 1962) & manuscript material, Revolutionary War & earlier Americana. was satisfactory for the non-Arme nian speaking collectors, but it was BUYING & SELLING - FREE APPRAISALS out of print. Its Armenian version "You'd be amazed at what we will buy & how muc h we wi ll pay" (Vienna, 1963) was in print, but not very acceptable to non-Armenian speaking collectors. This was one of the problems that the ed ito r of the Prop.: Dr. Arnold R. Saslow ANJ was facing. In 1971, the Secretary had start Phone (973) 762-1588 Fax (973) 761-8406 ed collecting a copy of each piece Email: [email protected] of published Armenian numismatic literature (books, articles, and off Gall ery hours: Monday to Saturday lO:OO - 6: 00 prints, or their photocopies). He was Visa, MasterCard & Ameri can Express Accepted preparing abstracts on each one of these publications for his personal Gift Certificates Issued use. When the ANJ started being ------published, a special bilingual section November 2011 35 Armenian Cont. from page 35 Nearly twenty years ago, an Ar menian coin co llect ion was a uc tioned in a foreign country. Fo r a group of si lver trams of King Levon I (1 198·1219), then with a re tail va lue of $200, a collector paid $2000 ham mer p rice. No doubt, an informed knowledgeable collecto r wou ld not bid ten times the market va lue . In 2011 , the 37'h volume of the Ar menian Numismatic Journal includes several feature articles that will arm the collector with the latest and up· to-date information on the market values of Armenian coins as well as the latest on newly discovered Armenian coin hoards. Some of the feature articles include: "The Armenian Coin Auction of R. A. Collect ion (2 010);" "The Rosa Forgeries of Armenian Artaxiad Era Coins ;" "Coinage of the Armenian King · dom of Sophene;" "America Meets Ar· menia: US Marine Corps Chall enge Coins from Ye revan;" numerous bibli· ography and abstracts on Armenian nu mismatic literature; and metrological tables on copper coi nage of the Artax iads of Armenia and the Armenian ki ng· dom of Sophene. 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" .... ~ " ...... l 36 The Gelator Rudd Cont. from pg. 33 Philip de Jersey writes: "As a result of his collaboration with Allen on th is New Titles gazetteer and the discovery that Numismatic Literature many coins had become separated from their findspots, Frere realized For Sale that unlike mass-produced modern coinage, Celtic coins each pos Roman Coins & Their Val ues sessed a unique identity, having Volume IV, 284-337 been individually struck and with SSO.DO small differences resulting from the position of the dies. It followed that a photographic record would tie each coin to its context-even if its provenance was forgotten in the fu ture-and would also facilitate the Figure 2-John Sills, researcher on Celtic detailed study of die-chains. Early coins and convener of Oxford conference, in 1959, Allen and Frere thus con with his die drawings of two Gal/o-Be/gic ceived the idea of the CCI: a record Broad Flan gold staters, ABC 1 and 4, ca. of every British Celtic coin, plu s 175-120 Be. continental Celtic coins found on thought of in 1959 by the archae ologist Professor Sheppard Fr ere, excavator of Verulamium and author of Britannia (1 967), and the numismatist Derek Allen (1910-75), who authored live books on Celtic coins (four of them for the British Museum) and who was the undisputed ~ king of Celtic coins~ lor thirty years. Frere and Allen had pre British Commemorative hkdals viously collaborated on a coin & Their Values gazetteer for Problems of the $125.00 Iron Age in Sou/hem Britain (1960), a collection of lectures given at a CSA conference held Figure 4~Hallaton hoards, Leics, 2000-02. Over at the Institute of Archaeology, 5,000 coins, mostly of Corieltavi, ca. AD 30-50. london, in 1958, which was ed First found by metal detectorist Ken Wallace, ited by Frere and which con above, site dug by archaeologists. Coins and ta ined Allen's pivotal paper"The artifacts valued at £300,000, now in Harborough origins of coinage in Britain: a re Museum. appraisal." British soil. Each coin was to be recorded on an 8" by 5" index card, with a photograph of ob verse and reverse at twice ac tual size, and information on weight, provenance and other details~a format basically un changed to the present day" (Ancient British Coins, p.161). The first index cards were cre ated by Frere in 1960, and six Each plus S6.00 shipping years later, when he was ap pointed Professor of Archaeol ogy 01 the Roman Empire at Charles Davis Oxford, and when he moved P.o. Box 547 from the Institute 01 Archaeolo Wenham, Mass'" 01984 gy in London to the Institute of Figure 3~Wickham Market hoard, Suffolk, 2008. Archaeology in Oxford, he took Tel: (978) 468 2933 Fax: (978) 468 7R93 840 gold staters, almost all of Iceni, ca. 20 BC-AD the eel with him . It has re [email protected] 20. Found by metal detectorisls Michael Dark and mained at Oxford ever since, hl1p:llwww.vcoins.comlancienl.ichar1csdavis Keith Lewis, site dug by archaeologists. Coins valued at £300,000, now in Ipswich Museum. November 2011 37 "graduating slowly from what could fair (1972-2007), who vigorously champi ly be described as a broom cupboard oned its cause for a quarter of a centu through to a modestly-sized office," ry, and who raised funds for it, year af says Philip. ter year, decade afte r decade. In 1992, In 1983, overall responsibility for the he asked Phi lip de Jersey, author of Celtic Coin Index was transferred to (Sir) COinage in Iron Age Armorica (OUCA, BarryCunliffe, Professor of European Ar 1994), to become keeper of the CCI. chaeology at the University of Oxford During the sixteen years that Philip man aged the CCI , he transformed it from a little known file of scribbled index cards to an internationally acclaimed, comput erized database, widely used by archae ologists, numismatists, museum cura tors, collectors, dealers, authors, re searchers and students. He also virtu ally trebled the number of coins record Figure 6- Brighstone hoard, Isle of ed by the CCI from 14,000 in 1992 to Wight, 2005. 967 silver staters of 40,000 in 2007. This wasn't because Durotriges, ABC 2157 and 2160, ca. three times more ancient British coins 55-30 BC. Found by 74-year-Old Albert were fo und or traded during this period; Snell, above, and other metal detec it was because Phi lip, through his diplo torists. Site investigated by archaeolo macy, dedication and rapid-response in gist Frank Basford, coins examined by formati on service-he was often answer British Museum and returned to find ing as many as twenty different enqui ers and landowner. ries a day, mostly from metal detec Figure 5- Rare linear potin coin of Can torists-persuaded more people to record ology, University of Oxfo rd, and co-edi tiaci, ABC 159, cast in clay strip-mold, and report more coins. lor of Communities and Connections: ca. 80-50 BG, and found by metal de Today, the initial recording of prove Essays in Honour of Barry Cunliffe (Ox tectorist (GGI 05.0218). Type unknown nanced finds is undertaken by PAS finds ford , 2007) and Rethinking Celtic Art until Thurnham hoard, Kent, 2003, per liaison officers and, in parallel with this, (Oxbow, 2008).oMoreover, the CClonow haps buried around time of Gaesar's Oxford records mainly unprovenanced houses one of the world's finest librar raids in 55 and 54 BC. Hoard found by coins fromodealers' lists, auction cata ies on Celtic numismatics, and at present metal detectorists Peter and Christine logues, and the Internet. Today, the CC I the tolal number of CCI records exceeds Johnson, site dug by archeologists, comes under the protective wing of Chris 50 ,00Q-an appropriate achievement for coins now in Maidstone Museum. 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This remark Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane, able exhibit is now described in a de 2010, card covers, 110 pages (unnum lightful booklet that I earnestly recom bered). Available direclly from the pub· mend to ali collectors. lisher at: 51 John's Cathedral Shop, I confess my first impression on GPO Box 421, Brisbane, Queensland, opening the pages was somewhat re 'II"'''~\ "t, 11M"""", ", ,"" Australia 4000; or Fax 07 3832 3173; served. The sight of a Lydian one-third ------or order online from stater struck 600 years before Christ The Cathedral Coins-A Histo sgoodger@angl icanbrisbane.erg.au. as coin #1, and a Queensland 2001 fif ry of Christianity in Coins. Anony Priced at AUD$1 0 (about US$10) plus ty cents as coin #110, struck me as a mous author. Published by The postage. little anachronistic if not gratuitous. My Corporation of the Synod of the mind boggled further at the glimpse of Diocese of Brisbane, 2010, card Reviewed by Dr. Kerry A. Rodgers a Saint-Gaudens gold $20 late in the covers, 110 pages (unnumbered). booklet. But then I put my feet up and Available directly from the publish After 103 years, construction of SI started to read. Within ten minutes I er at: 5t John's Cathedral Shop, John's Ang lican Cathedral in Brisbane was converted. It was not quite a Paul GPO Box 421, Brisbane, Queen was completed in 2009. !t is probably on·the-road-to·Damascus experience, sland, Australia 4000; or Fax 07 the last Gothic-style stone cathedral but one most worthwhile. I became 3832 3173; or order online from thai will be built. enchanted, intrigued, and informed. [email protected]. The new building not only employs One page is devoted to each coin. Priced at AUD$10 (about US$10) a traditional architectural style, but also It provides an image, a description that plus postage. adheres to a much older and more vi- would not be out of place in a top-line auction catalogue, and a discussion. Each discussion is a delight. They are THE SWISS NUMISMATIC SOCIETY written in a clear, thoughtful style that Founded ill 1879 succeeds in integrating each coin and its history into the overall dis At the forefront 01 scientific and historical research for over one hundred years, the Swiss Numismatic Society has established a worldwide reputation by its work with leading play. You need no numismatic knowl· scholars. co llectors and dealers diffused through its well known Revueand Gazelle Journals edge to follow the argument, but a wi th articles in four languages. together with numerous monographs and special publica· casual encounter with the history of tions in such series as Typos and the Catalogues of Swiss COins. Europe and the Middle East would The Society itself owes its inception in 1879 to the pion ee ri ng spirit of Dr. Charles F ran~OiS help, but is not essential. 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Please visit our website at: www.num/suisse.org. tetradrachm refers to Matthew 17:24- 27 in which Jesus and Peter pay their SWISS NUMISMATIC SOCIETY temple ta x with the coin found in a fish's mouth. Hopefully, the identity of the c/o Secretary: Pierre-A. Zanchi, Chemin Cure 6 B Tribute Penny (Mark 12: 17) will pro CH-1008 Prilly, Switzerland Fax: +41 217286561 voke some letters to the editor. E-mail: [email protected] continued all page 56. .. 40 The Celator protectors of man. It W 42 The Gelator calla replaced the denllrius with th e "antoninianus" or double-denarius, wh ic h weighed aro und 5 grams of Tiim Wilkes less than 50 pe rce nt pu re sil ve r. Speci~list in Medi1e\-al and blamic Coi ns Within a relat ively short time, the antoninianus was debased to a piti ful " billon" sil ve r coin on ly aro und two percent fine a nd we ig hin g around 2.5 grams. The devalua tion process continued throughout the his to ry of Rome and Byzantium, and has PO Box 150 become standard fo r the monetary sys Battle tems of almost every civili zmion. c-mail: [email protected] East Sussex The manufllcturing of ancient coins www.wilkescoins.cOIll TN330FA was probably accomplished at modest www.ycoins.com/ancient/timwilkes UK fa ci lities more closely resembling blacksmith shops than today's modern minting factories. An ancient mint may have been madc up of as few as 3 or 4 workstations where minters struck coins using hand-engraved dies on Early blank di sks of meta l. Be fore coinage was in vented, the Islamic & Oriental metals had "comm odity" weights. But on ce coins were nwnufactured Coins there was an added va lue to them. known as fidu ciary va lue. The fidu ciary va lue of a coi n was partly d ue to the convenience provided by hav www.vcoins.com/najafcoins ing a read ily we ighed and measured object for trade. But the most signi fi www.najafcoins.com cant fiduci ary va lue was set by the govern ment, which ult imately deter mined the relat ive values of its coins. In the an cient wo rld . coins were CULTURAL CHANGE: manufactured by empires, but also by much smaller entities and many Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Coins ot the hundreds of smll ll Greek city-states and Roman provincial citi es manu Hoi,:) Land factured their own coin s. For exam ple, the si lv er shekels and half-shek DAVID HE:NDIN els st ru ck at the ci ty ofTyre in Phoe nicia between 126112 5 Be and 66/ 67 AD were widely known for their metal purity and true weight. This was th e reason Tyre coi ns were th e only ones accepted as du es for the Jerusalem Temple. While va lues o f coin s cou ld be establi shed by issuing authorities. mo re powerful laws of econo mics came into play regard ing th e ex change rate betwee n various coinag es. Moneychangers we re ac tive in many marke ts and reli g ious areas such as the Jerusale m Temple, and conversion rates and commissions -+Full color throughout, 128 pages, sturdy soft-cover binding. were es tabli s hed and cert a inl y -+Signed, numbered edition (of 250 copies) available on first- changed from time to time. Special premiums were certainly also come, first-served basis, $40,00 plus shipping, charged if one wa nted to convert -+Order from the American Numismatic Society bronze coins to sil ver or gold coins. Every time coi ns were devalu ed. http://numismatics,org/Store/CulturaIChange or thc oldcr. bell er quality coins van - orders @numismatics.org -+ 1 00% of proceeds to the American Numismatic Society contillued 011 page 46 .. November 2011 43 While many had l\tated thcir intentions We currentl y have the mosl accurate to start such a project, several years list of Roman Prov incial. Greek. Ro had passed and no real progress had man Republican and Roman Imperial been made. The si tes thut were in ex issuing authorities ANYWHERE- on istence then were either managed by line OR in pri nt (at least in one place). individuals or were aggregate collec We also have been working for the past tions of existing auclion data with no year to put together an accurate list of thought to provide a comprehensive Medieval issuing authorities. some normalization o f the data and ensur thing th at current ly docs not ex ist ing its accuracy and search abil ity. ANYWHERE. We are probably 40% That was the genesis of the Coi n complete and the list of Germanic Project of today. Medieval Issui ng authorities alone has over 3,000 entries (c urren tly they are The Coin Project Quite all ambitious project. lIow being added 10 the site). about some details ? This momh we have a special treat I.f there allythb,g that oll r readers for OU f readers. a brief interview wi th The first challenge I faced was the call do 10 help? Alfre do Dc La Fe. founder and execu monumental amount of work that was tive director of CoinProjecl (http:// req uired to work with virtually hun At this po int what we need is more Co inProj ccLcorn). dreds of thousands if not mi ll ions of volu nteers. We cover all areas of nu record s that covered all facets of nu mismatics from the ancient classical. First of all, how about a little mismatics. Part of the challenge WUl\ East and Medieval to modern coins. backgroulld? technical. such as creating a useable Several areas are very well developed, database design. but a big part of it was such as anc ient Spain, several Roman I consider myself a collector fi rst (and still is) the need for people. Provinc ial cities, Roman Republican, and a dealer second. I have been col About this time. Dave Surber passed and many issuers with in the category lec ting coins si nce I was fiv e years old. away quite un ex pectedly and Wildwinds "Roman Imperial. " My fa ther is a professional musician went down. its fu ture was uncertain . If you have a speciali zed interest, and whenever he traveled he would This brought aboul the second challenge whether il is one small city in Asia bring back coins fro m distant lands. that needed to be addressed-how do wc Minor or the Roman Imperial issues One day a classmate showed me some insure that whatever project is staned of a sin gle emperor or empress, or ancient coin s his fat her brought back can outli ve its creators? even if you have very little knowledge from a vacation to Turkey. I traded The solu tion to both was to make but a desire to learn and be a part of some comic books fo r them and that it a collaborative effo rt. At thi s point someth ing. please contact me and of start ed a life-long fasc ination with it ceased being "Alfred's project," and fe r to volun teer. Even 11 few mi nutes a ancient coins, which has grown over I started in viting friends and col week would go a long way toward 32 years now. leagues to join the team. Several of helping us reach our goals. and we I am the owner of Imperial Coi ns & these in itial team members were not ha ve need for the speciali st and the Artifacts (http://impcrialcoins.com)and only numismatists. but they also were new collector alike. since 2001 I have considered myself a inc redibly talented tec hnologists. and Another thing I would like to point full time coin de'ller. I also am the edi over the pcriod of two years and thou OUI is I h m this project has been expen tor/publi sher of a free on li ne journa l. sands of hours of discussion, develop sive. If you thin k it is worthwhil e. The Journal of Anciellt Numismatics. ment, and plann ing, we finall y creat please consider making a donation to ed the framework for a system that cover the monthly operating ex pense lVlral;S Coil/Project? could meet most of the needs of col of our dedicated server and the pro lectors and academics alike. grammer development costs. Even a About five years ago I noted a need Over 150 people from all wa lks of few dollars goes a long way. Dealers for a comprehensive numismatic da life and degrces of numismatic knowl are welcome to inquire about purchas tabase freely avail ab le to the public. edge have contributed to CoinProject. ing a banner ad. CoinProjec t is commit ted to never charging a fee for its use, thus selling banner ads and donations are our onl y form of support. That's aboul aI/for this mOlltll. If YOII wallt to participale ill a very worthwhile project, contact A lJredo at [email protected]. Learn All About Collecting Ancient Coins Do it the Easy Way - www.ancientcoirunarket.com RENEW ONLINE! at www.vcoins.coml New Articles Monthly celator 44 The Celator in Ancient Coins. To th is day, I believe that : ., was the first and last progmm of its type. . .' In the intervening years, there have ", been a few ancient coi n-collecting pro .. fessors who lI sed their love for coi ns to "r in spire students, and there have even been a few classes at Ihe universi ty lev -." ~. ... ;,:. el about ancient num ismati cs. All were, , I _. unfortunately, short-lived or out of the reach of most coll ectors. There have been some video programs of:L scholar ly nature, Ken Harl's lectures come to Future home of ANRI center. mind, but even these don't have the same "Voids" "traction" that a live experience does. The effectiveness of ancient coins as to do with if'? True to fonn, I envisioned The paths we take in life through our teaching aids in elementary and second the place as a way to fill a void. Out of conscious effort. some might call it a ary school classrooms has been demon that blossomed the inspiration to create plan, seem in retrospect to defi ne who strated repeatedly by the successful pro an Ancient Numismatic Research Insti and what we become. I' ve always won grams of ACE (Ancie nt Coins for Edu Lute. It may seem like the least li kely dered how it happened that I came to cation) aL schools across the country. place in the world, and the most fool arrive at this precise point in life's mys Still , this program is not particularly hardy plan ever de vised by man, but that terious and sometimes arduous journey. about the coins-it is more about the is exactly what we are doing. I'm re If it was by plan, then it must have been world or culture that they represcnt. This minded of something that Fi rst Lady somebody else's plan because I could obvious and lingering void in accessi Barbara Bush once said, "You don't just never have guessed the oUicome. For me ble numismatic programs for the ancient luck into things as much as you'd li ke personally. I think that the paths ta ke n coin collector has bothered me person to think you do. You build step by step, were simply the paths of least resistance. ally for many years, whether its fr iendsh ips or opportuni As a long lime believer in Horatio Earlier this year, an unusual oppor ti es." The past 45 years seem to have Alger and a born-again entrepreneur, my tunity appeared at the small town where been earmarked wi th small steps that led instincts have always been to seek out we live. The City of Gainesville is coun to thi s place and time-indeed to this the voids in an area of interest and try ty seat of Ozark County Missouri, but decision. It just feels right and seems like to fill them . Indeed, The CeialOrw as one the city population is barely more than an opportunity to he lp fill another void. of those voids, as was the Ancient Coin 600 sou ls (and I think some of them are TheANRI wil l offer a structured pro Collecting series of books and the books just that). Still, it is incorporated as a city gram of re~ i dent seminars that willtyp on TllrkOllllln Figural Bronze Coins that and is the largest ci ty in this ve ry sparse ically run for fi ve consecutive days (40 my dear friend Bill Spengler and I co ly popu lated county. The cit y govern hour certificate program) with a limited authored. Even my works in progress ment had been housed in a Depression class size of 6 to 8 part icipants. The cur· seem to follow this pattern. In fact, when Era WPA building with massive stone riculum wi ll be delivered through an I apply that "looking glass" to my own walls and latent charm. For some rea interactive program of lectures, open life introspectively, it seems that I prob son beyond my abi lity to comprehend. discussion, workshops, and directed re ably have a penchant or propensity to they opted to move 10 [lnother location search. The object is to create a un iq ue seek out voids. and put the fonner Communi ty Ha ll up educational and social opportunity that During my 45+ years of interest in for sale. The building sat em pty for sev can fit into a one-week (vacation time) ancient coins, one of the consistently eral months before my wife Doris and I window for the average working collec glaring voids has been the paucity of could no longer resist and look on the tor. Each seminar will have a core fo resident educational programs about restoration and rej uvenation of this his cus, with the first sessions being planned ancient coins and coJ1ecting. After re toric bui lding as a private enterprise, for the Spring of 20 12. An information tiring from the US Air Force, I had the The immediate quest ion cireulating al web site with details and schedules urge to learn more about these voices around town was "what are you going will be announced soon. from the past and started looking for formal programs of study. The search was less than fruitful and I ultimately opted for a program in Art History be cause the Un iversity of Wisconsin at thai time had a professor in that department Buy or sell with confidence at who collected ancient coins and was an active member oftheANS and theAIA. Sayles and Lavender It was an incongruous choice academi call y, since I had no background in Art http://vcoins .com/sa ylesandlavender History at all . I needed to take 21 se mester hours of undergraduate work before I could even start working on a SAYLES AND LAVENDER Call or Elliail Master's program. But, I had excellent P.O. Box 926, Watkinsville, GA 30677 about mentors and sixteen months later I found [email protected] • (417) 679-2142 comigning yOll r myself leaving the UW with a Masters De jOhn@saylesandlavender,com·(321)946-4633 coins or books gree in Art History with a specialization November 2011 45 Hendin Coot. from pg. 43 One reason we understand these mint. We speculate that perhaps the to be forgeries, and not desirable in mint master was suppl ied with a spe ished from the market to be hoarded trade, is that during certain periods cific amount of silver, expected to or melted down. This phenomenon, we find many coins with "test cuts" produce a specific number of coins. in which "bad" money drives out in which the coin was partially Bu t for either reasons of production "good" money, was identified by chopped with a blade to determine inconsistencies or outright fraud , not Engli sh financier Sir Thomas Gre if it was silver through and th rough. enough coins were produced, and the sham (1519- 1579), and became This test-cut phenomenon is espe mint master had to throw some of the known as Gresham's Law. c ially common in the Athenian sil silver-plated coins into the mix to Forgeries of coins in the ancient ver tetradrachms struck in the 4'h to satisfy his masters. world were a different, but related 3' ~ centuries Be. T here were less nefarious copies issue. We know that in some cases However, silver-plated or "four of ancient coins. For example, at craftsmen created forgeries of an ree" coin s are not always the prod several mints th roughout ancient cient coins. especially gold and sil ucts of forgers. Especially during Greece, including in the Levant, the ver coins. These coins were often the Roman Empi re , but also among Athenian eoins were eopied in "ori made from base metals, and were some Greek coins, die matches en ental" styles and often with local coated or plated with silver or gold. able us to know that "founee" coins mintmarks or inscriptions. These coins were manufactured at the official were of true weight and purity and Rudd Cont. from pg. 39 apparently circulated side-by-side with the official issues of Athens. Even bronze coins were often 50,000 crudely copied at local mints. When these were copies of Roman coins, we often refer to them as "barba rous" because many were created by the barbaric tribes invading Europe COINS RECORDED in the 4'h and 5'h centuries AD. 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