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www.TomCederiind.com/[email protected] Vol. 24, No.4 Inside The Celator'" ... April 2010 ncorporating Consecutive Issue No. 274 Roman Cainl'and euifllre FEATURES PublisherlEditor Kerry K. Wetterstrom [email protected] 6 The Walls of Nicaea by Walter C. Holt, M.A. Associate Editors Further Thoughts on the Julius Caesar Robert L. Black 20 Michael R. Mebalick 'Elephant' Coinage Page 6 by Mike Gasvoda For Back lNles From J987 to May 1999 contact: DEPARTMENTS Wayne Sayles [email protected] 2 Editor's Note Coming Next Month Art: Parnell Nelson 32 Art and the Market f)rofilcS' in j}umiS'matirS' Maps & Graphic Art: Art and the Market Page 20 Kenny Grady 33 36 Coming Events P.O. Box 10607 L.anca8t1tr, PA 17605 38 Special ized Shows: The San Francisco Historical TeUFax : 717~557 Bourse by Victor England For FedEx & UPS deliveries: Kerry K. Wetterstrom 41 ANT IQlJ ITl E5 by David Liebert 87 Apricot Ave Leola, PA 17540· 1788 42 Q[ oins of to e ~ ib[ e by David Hendin www.cetator.com 44 The Internet Connection The Gelator (ISSN #t048·0986) is an independent journal pub· by Kevin Barry & Zachary "Beasf' Beasley lished on the first day of each month at 87 Apricot Ave. Leola. PA 1 7540·1788.11 iscircu!aled in· 45 C'fhrough the Cooking glass ternationally Ihrough subscrip· by Wayne G. Sayles tions and special distributions. About the cover: Subscription rates. payable in Photos of the walls of U,S, funds. afe $36 per year (Pe· 46 Cartoon riodical rate) within the United Nicaea as they look States: $45 to Canada: $75 per 47 Professional Directory today, and the photo year to an other addresses (ISAL), of the reverse of an Advertising and copy deadline is 53 On the Road - The Celator's Show & Club Schedule the first workday of each month for .lE23 of Macrianus the following month's Issue, Unso showing the city-wailS Classifieds licited articles and news re~ses 53 of Nicaea. All photos are welcome. however publication cannot be guaranteed. Unless e~· 54 Club & Society Directory courtesy o f Walter pr8sslystat&d, The CeJatorneither Holt's Old Money. endorses nor is responsible IO!' the contents of advertisements. letter& 55 Index of Display Advertisers to-th&-editor. feature articles. regu· Celator office lar columns and press releases in The its pages. including any opjnions w ill be closed on stated therein, and the accuracy of April 2nd , and April any data provided by its contFibu· tors. Periodical postage paid 22"'-26'" (C ICF). (USPS #006077) Lancaster. PA Cnect the "On the 17604 and additional offices. Road" section (p. 57) c:opyr-q-rt© 2010. Paradigm for furthe( details. Of Numismatics & Publishing, Inc. fice fio~ ~re nor Postmaster: please send mally NOQO...to 6PM address changes to: EST. Please keep in P.O. Box 10607 mind tfiaf this is a Lancaster, PA 17605-0607 o ne-person busi ness when you're FO UNDED 1987 BY trying to reach me. WAYNE G. SAYLES Thank you!
April2010 1 EDITOR'S "i COMING NEXT '"" MONm NOTE ~- IN THE CELATOR" I will be attend The Tetradrachms of Pyrrhus-- ing the 35 th annual Chicago Interna A Preliminary Die Study tional Coin Fair (C1C F) this month. It by Kimon Tsoukanelis will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chi cago 0' Hare, wh ich is in Rosemont, The Dr. J.S. Vogelaar Ill inois from April 22-25. There afC Room of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. This Romano-British Collection only three coin shows thaI I attend is an important opportunity to find out by Lee Toone from start to finish: the New York In what the ACCG is doing to defend the ternational Numismatic Convention ancient coin hobby. On Saturday, April AND COMING SOON (NYI NC), C l eF, and the summer 24'\ at lIAM, the Ancient Coin Club American Numismatic Association of Chicago will hold its monthly meet On a "Dig" in Italy convention, which will he held in the ing in conjunction with ClCF, fol by Victor "Tory" Failmezger great city of Boston this year. I also lowed by the Chicago Coin Club meet attend the Baltimore coin shows con ing at I PM. If you can tear yourself Unmasking a Modern ducted by Whitman Coin & Collecti away from the bourse floor, all three Armenian Fantasy: bles Expos, but usually only for a day of these activities are always interest The Profile Head Coin A t or two. ing and educational. For further infor The New York and Chicago Inter mation about CICF, please visit their tributed to Baron Levan II national coin shows are the only two website at www.cicfshow.com. by L. A. Saryan major events in the U.S. that specifi I would be remiss, as a member in cally cater to the ancient and world good standing of the Bermanian Guild Anti-Christian Coinage coin collector. There used to be a few of Numismatists, if I fai led to mention of Maximinus II other similar shows in Dallas (Numis that BeGON will conduct a meeting matics International), Los Angeles on Friday evening at ClCF. The topic by Brian Rowe Fifty Coins in 2,500 Years: " ... CleF will host several club meetings and educational programs. A Numismatic Walk The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild will conduct their meeting at I PM through Indian History on Friday afternoon. April 23"1, in the Kennedy Room of the Crowne by Pankaj Tandon Plaza HOlel. This is an important opportunity IOfind au/what the ACCG is doing to defend the ancient coin hobby." The Helmets of Perdikkas 11 by Randall Hixenbaugh (Convention of International Numis is "Wine Bottling in Bermania," and The Pilgrim Tokens of Saint matists), and Wi lmington, Delaware it promises to be both fun and educa Simeon the Younger (International Numismatic Society), tional- a sense of humor is helpful but but these shows have all been defunct not required! by Max Spiegel & Sam Spiegel for many, many years now. There arc Finally, after you have spent all of An Introduction to also smaller events that cater to the your hard-earned money on a few trea ancient and world coin collector (see sures for your collection, please stop Roman Imperial Vota Victor England's article on "Special by The Celator's table on the bourse by Paul R. Bredt ized Shows: The San Francisco Hi s floor (#604). It 's always fun to see my torical Bourse" on pages 38 and 39 friends and readers from the area, meet A Controversial Reverse of th is issue), and big conventions new subscribers, place a name with a by Pierre R Monney like the ANA that have a significant face, and catch up on what's new (or and designated ancient and world old) in the ancient coin hobby. If I' m From !conium to the coin section. not at my table, I' m either attending Home of Saint Luke: In addition to the bourse floor and one of the aforementioned club meet auction by HeritageAuction GaUeries. ings, or perusing a dealer's stock, so A Numismatic Odyssey CICF will host several club meetings feel free to have me paged, especially by Peter E. Lewis and educational programs. The An if you want to hand me a check for cient Coin Collectors Gui ld will con your subscription renewal! See you in Trajan: The Perfect Prince duct their meeting at I PM on Friday Chicago! by David Wend afternoon, Apri l 23'd, in the Kennedy
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2 The Celator April2010 3 ing that the original was written on a than a hundred copies printed in the codex and not on a scroll) is going a initial run? Pe rhaps there is a treasure long way past the evidence. trove in some warehouse where the 2. Having made the quantum leap publisher's disputed assets wound up? (sorry for the cliche, but it seems ap About a quarter of a century ago, I propriate here) that the front page was happened to see these books li sted torn off by person unknown before even and thought, "those look very handy" one single copy was made and circu buying them without imagining that lated, he then assumes that this was they were "rare" books. Now, a hundred done because Mark had recorded a dollars for a used copy would be sur Reader Comments on "Natural birth " for Jesus. Really? Are prising-were it not for the skyrocketing "Coins and the Synoptic there no other possibilities? prices of other not so rare numismatic As an avid collector of biblically re books. I now realize how fortunate I was Problem" lated coins, the article pleased me im atlhe righl moment years ago, but col The article by Peter E. Lewis on mensely, but as a student of the New lectors and growing numismatists should "Coins and the Synoptic Problem" (The Testament, it was otherwise. not have to be lucky or rich to have ac Celator. February 2010) breaks new Jack Blankley cess to such immensely helpful works. ground, as far as I am aware, in the long Sunbury, Australia This is all an elaborate way of adding history of attempts to solve the question my dichalkoi worth 10 other voices call ing for republishing the "GSAC." of priority in the first three Gospels. Readers Appreciate I read it with great appreciation, and Greg Franck-Weiby am still thinking about it (numismatical Interview with Rev. Plant Silverton OR Iy). On a couple of points, however, I believe he has gone astray in his pre I greatly enjoyed the interview with Congratulations for having accept sumptions. the Rev. Plant in the March issue. His ed and published that wondertul inter 1. The so-caUed ~ blatant error" that Arabic Coins and how to read them and view with Rev. Richard J. Plant written he refers to regarding the opening particularly his Greek, Semitic, Asiatic by a very competent interviewer and verse of Mark's Gospel, is nothing of Coins and how to read them are prob writer, Mark Fox. Rev. Plant's first book the sorl. Mark quotes the Prophets ab ly the two most heavily used books on Arabic Coins and how to read them, Malachi and Isaiah on a related theme, in my modest numismatic li brary. They published in 1973, was my first view of and attributes the whole to only one of are useful, both for my comprehensive his writing, and I found it to be excep them, viz. Isaiah, who was by far the generalist pattern of collecting, and tionally clear and lucid on an otherwise more important of the two. This was not even more so for my work as a graphic obscure subject. I resolved at that point unusual in Jewish writing at the time. artist using numismatic themes and my to buy every book he authored on coins. It was a simple matter of the lesser work cutting dies for coins, medals and My next purchase was Greek, (prophet) being subsumed in the great tokens for historical re-enactment and Semitic, and Asiatic Coins and how to er. It should not be seen as a blunder fantasy micro-nations. Beyond being read them published in 1979. I have caused by ignorance. re ferences with broad application, they always wondered why this book never Although the ending of the gospel are very stimulating books, because seemed to be available when it is so seems to have suffered an unnatural they go beyond merely providing trans useful as the gateway for understand shortening, the abrupt beginning of lations to include exercises in apply ing and collecting so many coin series. Mark does not necessarily point to a ing the presented elements of gram To find that ONLY 100 copies were missing page, or a torn off portion of a mar and diction to coin inscriptions not published is beyond astounding! This scrol!. The Greek text makes good translated in the main text. book cries out for a reprinting. I sure sense as it currently stands. To claim It was shocking to read that the au hope Rev. Plant and Sam Kazmi can that the "on ly possible explanation" for thor only received royalties for a hun make it happen. If not, then perhaps this situation is that "someone removed dred copies (for Greek, Semitic, Asiat the outer leaves" of the codex (assum- ic Coins ... ). Surely there were more Please tum to page 40 ....
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April2010 5 The Walls of Nicaea by Walter C. Holt, M.A.
Just one of the joys of collecting ancient coins is the opportunity to go Black beyond the coin, beyond the cata logues, and beyond the history books, and into some aspect of the th ing it Sea self. It may be almost anything relat ed to the coin or the subject or the his tory, but it is something personal and something that draws out the collect ing emotions in an individual and sometimes in a palpable manner, An even rarer pleasure is to be able to vi sit an ancient si te and see, in per son, the place where a certain coin was struck, or perhaps see something ac tually depicted on a coin, physically bridging the time gap of around 2000 years (or more). This is the case with these coins from the ancient city of Nicaea (also spelled Nikaia), now the city of lznik in modern Turkey (see Fig. 1). r had the good fortune to visit thi s city, located about 90 kilometers (ca. 55 miles: as the crow flies ~lon ger by road) southeast of Istanbul, in 1996 and again in 2004. In between these two vis Figure J ~Map showing the location ofNicaca. Map © 2010 by Kenny Crady. its, I found out about a fascinating issue of coins (see Fig. 2 on page 8) . Quite remarkably, these coins were emperor or empress, with the male fig depicted with a reasonable and effec struck only for a very short time, in ures wearing a radiate crown and each ti ve degree of perspective. The city's the years 260-261, under Macrianus with their respective legends"in Greek. ethnic, NIKAIEQN, is shown in the and his younger brother Quietus after It is the reverse that is of most in exergue. they usurped against Gallienus. Each of terest here (see Fig. 3 on page 8), as it City walls were a very important these coin types is very rare, and there shows the magnificent protective walls structural feature of ancient cities, as are similarly rare issues under Gallie of the city of Nicaea. The walls are they provided the first line, in fact, nus (253-268) and his wife Salonina. usually depicted with eight towers, most of the city's defenses. They were The obverse of each of these coin giving an octagonal appearance, and ahsolutcly necessary in times of war issues shows the draped bust of the two of the city's arched gateways, all and other disturbances, but were of ten neglected in times of relative peace. The walls of Nicaea stretched about five kilometers around the cir cumference of the city, and had fou r Ancient Coins main gates, situated roughly in line with the compass points, with a few Mail Bid Sales ~/'III 011/ 11111'1111'/ II/(' (// . smaller gateways or posterns (pedes .i"i T~ • Fixed Price Lists " "".roscnhlumcoins.colU trian access ways). ~ W • Buy or Bid Sales The city was probably founded in +ft~ • Numismatic Literature the early to mid-first millennium BC , having the name Attaea and situated Specializing in moderate priced ludaean coins on the shore of Lake Ascanius (lznik (serious want-lists solicited) CoW). It was colonized by the Boeo tians (from their island-state across the Wl1liam M. Rosenblum, LLC Aegean), destroyed by the nearby p.O. box 785, littleton, colo. 80160-0785 Mysians, and then later refounded un- phone 720-981'{)785; 303-910-8245 · fax 720-981-5345· [email protected] .. 6 The Gelator The Miinzen ond Medaillen Companies 1942-2010 For 68 years our legacy has been to serve the collector ofAncient, Medieval & Modern Coins ... and we would like to serve you too!
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April2010 7 der Antigonos Monophthalmos (the lowing this, the city one-eyed) and named Antigoneia. It was substanti ally re may have previously been named An designed and rebuilt core or Helicore, and ultimately took under Hadrian, and as the name given to it by one of the suc such it took on the cessors of Alex ander the Great, the typically Roman grid King of Thrace Lys imachos, who plan design. It had two named it after Nicaea, his wi fe (and main thoroughfares, the daughter of Antiputer). Other tra the north-south and ditions have the city founded by Bot east- west roads, inter· tiaians, rather than Boeotians, or per secting near the center haps settlers from Al exander the of town. It is said that, Great's Macedonian army from the in ancient times, from similarly named Nicaea, not far from this central point one the site of the famous Battle of Ther could see all four mopylae (near modern Molos). gates. such was the A major earthquake early in the 20d plan of the city. century AD destroyed much of the The city's ru in s, city, including parts of the walls. Fol- which remain today, in cluding the walls, are mostly from the Ottoman, Byzantine Figure 3-Reverse of .-£23 of MacrianllS from Fig. 2. and Roman pe riods (and probably in that order). Very little of the earlier Helle off-set to the one in the outer-wall be nistic period ruins remain, and scant fore it or the inner-wall behind it. 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It relates dead in the now disused are to the city's large amphithe na of the theater. ater, which had a capacity of On my first visit to this about 15,000 people, and site there was what appeared which was rebuilt in Roman to be a small test-pit in the times by the famous Pliny middle of the arena, at the the Younger, during his time bottom of which were· great as governor of Bithynia in quantities of bone. My first the reign of Trajan. thoughts were that these In about the 13'h or 14th must have been animal century. during the early Ot bones, but then I .saw ·what toman times or about the were clearly human bones. I time of the Byzantine emper have a basic· familiarity with ors of Nicaea, the city was human skeletal anatomy, and under threat of attack from I quickly recognized human without. The walls were femurs , ribs, the odd pelvis, again in a state of disrepair and most shockingly, a cou and had to be reinforced. The ple of skull fragments. 1. city officials decided to sacri wanted to find out more. fice one part for another, and This was when I discov much of the masonry from its ered a large "tourist" sign ,. once grand auditorium was re Figure 4-Google Map image of the modem city of Imik, clear paint flaking and half-fallen moved and reutilized to help ly showing the outline of the ancient city walls. the major among the shrubs and bush rebuild and reinforce some cross-streets, and the grid-plan layout. © 2009 Google-Im es, which revealed the story behind the bones. On my sections of the wall s. agery, © 2009 DigitalGlobe, Cnes/Spot Image, GeoEye. subsequent visit, I saw that much more of the arena had now been excavated, as had many oth er p~rts of the structure, and that the fallen sign had been removed along ANTIQUA INC. with any tou ri st information (hopeful • Specializing in ancient art and numis ly to be replaced sometime soon). 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April 2010 11 for any city, bu t is given added of the figure, and there seems to be a context when it is recognized need to explain the long, curved ele that the nearby city of Nicome ments to either side. I have yet to find dia also vied for these titles, and any historical reason for this to be a that there was an ongoing walls type, though my search has not "friend ly" rivalry between these been exhaustive. two neighbors. The walls are not the only thing There is one additional type, about Nicaea that stirs interest or in struck under Severus Alexander spires thought. It was the birthplace of in the fi rst half of the j'd centu the famed historian Dio Cassius as ry (about 25 years before th e well as the second century BC astron coins in Fig. lIon page 16), omer Hipparchos, the latter gaining that may also refer to the walls greater numismatic recognition with (see Fig. 13 on page 18). It shows a fi gure of Sera pis standing wi thin what may be the city walls, but has also been de scribed simply as a polygonal lattice enclosure. The former at first seems less likely, as there Figure 5- The view from the top of the walls are no gateways (ill the southeast corner), with the roadway or towers visi beside, looking toward Lake lznik (note the ble, apart from masonry used, fallen sections, and the large one indistinct el crack in the rower), ement to the left Figure 6- The eastern (Lejke) gate of the city of Nicaea. his appearance on the reverses of the NUMISMA TICA ARS CLASSICA.NAC AG second century rulers Antoninus Pius and Commodus (see Fig. 14 on page 18), and some of the later rulers such Ancient Coins - Greek - Roman - Byzantine- as Valerian and Gallienus. Mediaeval - Renaissance - Medals Some of the other more notable coins show a portrait of the poet Hom Auctions - Sales & Purchases -Estimations er; there are some quite rare bronzes showing what is believed to be the first portrait on a coin of the great dictator Julius Caesar (by the proconsul C. Vibius Pansa-see Fig. 15 on page 18); and there are some quite ra re issues stru ck under the Roman proconsuls Gaius Papirius Carbo and Thori us Fiaccus, the laller being a ra re non imperial portrait piece. The city had several temples, in cluding one to the cult of Rome and NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA NAC AG Julius Caesar, about which it would be romantic to think that it may be the Ni ederdorfstr 43 3rd Floor, Genavco House one shown on some later coins (see POBox 17, Water\oo Place Fig. 16 on page 18). However, it is CH - 8022 Zurich GB - London SWI Y 4AR most likely to be the same temple as , the one shown on the coin of Caracal -Tel +41442611703 Tel +4.4 2,O }839.727.o . la (see Fig. 17 on page 18), which is • named explicitly to Agathe Tyche . Fax +4144261 5324 Fax +4420 7925 217.f Nicaea was granted the illustrious [email protected] [email protected] title of neokoros under Hadrian, but later lost it under Septimius Severus www.arsclassicacoins.com 12 The Gelator is pleased to present The Zachary 'Beast' Beasley Collection of Roman Camp Gates Sale Schedule Sale 236 - Aries Mint Part 1 Sale 238 - Alexandria, Ticinum & Aquiliea Mints Sale 240 - Sisda, Sirmium & Constantinople Mints Sale 242 - Aries Mint Part 2 Sale 244 - London, Trier & Lugdunum Mints Safe 248 - Thessafonica Mint Sale 250 - Aries Mint Part 3 Safe 252 - Nicomedia Mint Sale 254 - Rome Mint April2010 13 after the city gave its suppo rt to least being that the ri v Pcscennius Niger in the connicts of er S aga ris does no t 193- 194. Unfortunately, there arc no now thro ugh or even coins known with this ti tle, nor wi th near the cit y. 11 is geo the corresponding temple. graphicall y iso lated Unusual for this particular city is a from the city due to the coin type depicting the River-god Sa intervening terrain . The garis (see Fig. 18 on page 18). It is un modern Sakarya Ri ver usual for a couple of reasons, not the 1S one o f the longest rivers in Turkey, a nd a l tho ug h its loca I i o n does re late gen Figure 8- The Theater of Nicaea, showing th e damaged erall y to rows of the seating area, and the ongoing excavations t h , in the arena. province of Bithynia in which some description, perhaps some form this cit y is located, it is of gall cy. This is a liule perplex ing for still quite a long dis a city that is situated on the shore of a lance away. The closest lake, which at ils closest poi nt is about it comes to Nicaea is at 16 kilometers from the Sea of Manna a bend some 20+ ki lo ra, and with no sea coast (though the meters (ovcr 12 milcs) Sagaris itse lf does ulti mate ly flow into to the east. the Black sea). Having said that, there The other reason is some speculation that at one time th at thi s coi n is unu su there was some sea access beyond the Figure 7- The northern (Istanbul) gate of the city of al is th at the river-god lake, but tectonic movements have now Nlcaea. is holdi ng a ve ssel of interru pted that route. Th ere are a great many other coin types that are worthy of ill ustration, but 3re perhaps beyond the scope of thi s articl e. Let me simply mention them in passing, and o ffer yo u the choi ce of doing your own search to seek out what may be fou nd from this cit y. They incl ude seveml more archi tbitbal tectural ty pes, a broad pant heon of gods and goddesses, Imperial scenes (es peciall y under the Severans), Labors of HerculesfHerakles, and some interesti ng ~t[ber fe sti val and games ty pes, incl uding the one in Fig. 20 (see page 18) showing three busts and three prize crowns. If you should fi nd yourself in Tur key, for any reason, then take the op $9 portunity to visit Iznik and see the re mains of Ihe walls, theater, and Ihe Curious about medieval as a natural complement to your ancient man y other ruins found all about the coll ection, but don't want to invest much until you know you like cit y. It is yet ano ther of those wonder it? Then start small and painless. 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(http:// Schweiz II, SamJ11IWlg lean-Pierre Righet Imperials (London, 1988). rubens.anu .edu.au) ti (Bern, 1993), ed. Balazs Kapossy. Cary, M., H. H. Scullard, et al, eds., Head, Barclay V, Historia Nwnor Th e Oxford Classical Dictionary (Ox um, a Manual of Greek Numismatics Acknowledgements ford, 1949). (London, 1963), pp. 516f. Unless otherwise stated, images have Cohen, Gctzcl M ., The Hellenistic Price, Martin Jessop and Bluma L. been supplied by Walter Holt's Old Selliemellts in Europe, the Islands, and Trell, Coins and Their Cities, Architecture Money, Copyright © 2001-2009. Other Asia Minor (Berkeley, 1995), pp. 39Rf. on the Ancient Coins ofGreece, Rome and images are courtesy of Classical Numis- Figure 9- 1E23 of Macrianus, showing Figure 10-1E22 of Quietus, showing the the city-walls of Nicaea. Photo courte city-walls of Nicaea . Reverse: NI sy of CNG, Inc. KAIEilN, with APJITilN I MEr within. Photo courtesy of CNG, Inc. Dumper, Michael R. T. and Bruce E. Stanley, cds., Cities of the Middle East Palestine (London, 1977), pp. 99ff. and North Africa: A Historical Encyclo Sear, David R. , Greek Imperial pedia (Santa Barbara, 2007), pp. 194f. Coins and their Values (London, 1982) Figure 11 - 1E22 of Gallienus, showing the Greenhalgh, Michael, "Spolia in nos. 4730, 4733. city-walls of Nicaea. Reverse: NlKAIEf2N, Fortifications: Turkey, Syria and Smith, William, Classical Dictio one with APJI TilN I MEr! within. 80th North Africa," Ideologie e Pratiche nary of Biography, Mythology and struck with the same obverse die! Photos del Reimpiego nell'Alto Medioevo, Geography (London, reprint of 1972) courtesy of eNG, Inc. (Settimane di Studi del Centro Italiano p.476. matic Group (www.cngcoins.com). Mlinzen und Medaillen (www.muenzen Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. undmcdaillendeutschland.de), Dr. Bus Ancient Coin sa Peus Nachf. (www.peus muenzen.de), Numismatik Lanz (www.lanz.com). Forvm's Classical Nu mismatics Gallery (www.forumancient coins.com/gallery), and Oxford Univer sity's RPC online catalogue (http:// rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk!coinsJ5545/3/). * The original, and slightly abbrevi ated version of this article first appeared in Australasian Coin and Banknote Mag azine, Volume la, Numher 5, lune 2007. About th e author- Walter C. Holt is· a specialist in ancient Greek and Ro man numismatics. Hc received his Master's Degree in ancient history from Sydney's Macquarie University in 2002, following a career in Law En forcement with the New South Wa les Transit Police. Walter is a member of the ANA, the ANS, ASAN, and a con tributor to the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (ACA NS) at Macquarie University. He has written articles for The Celator, the P.O. Box 3759, Frederick, MD 21705 America~ lournal of Numismatics (AJN 15):.!lndAustralian Coin & Ban Phone: (3 01) 473-8600 ' Fax: (301) 473-8716' E-mail: [email protected] knote Magazin e. 16 The Gelator :I):.!:. " -.:.~.:-:I.·. 1/0>".",,,,,,,1 =®=7N=P=J=Y=, P=,,=~ ~~=~ "f' / 0\1 11/\ FORES TIER 'li! ~ & LAMBERT April2010 17 Figure 12- 1E22 of Salonlna, showing Figure 13-JE20 01 $everus Alexander Figure 14- JE25 of Commoous, showing the city-walls of Nicaea. Photo courte showing $erapis within enclosure. Re the Astronomer Hipparchos. Reverse: sy of M&M GmbH. verse: NlK-A-IEnN. Photo courtesy of tnnAPXo.r NIKAEflN. eNG, Inc. Figure 15-1£24 showing the first known portrait of Julius Caesar, NIKAIEQN. Reverse: Nike holding palm and wreath, Em rA/OY OY1B10Y nANEA, Dated to Figure 17- JE30 of Caracalla, showing an or 47/6 BC, RPC 2026. Photo courtesy of namented hexastyle temple. Reverse: TY- XH CNG, Inc. l ArA - eH, NIKAIE/QN in exergue. Photo via Forvm's Classica! Numismatics Gallery. Figure 16- 1£24 of Macrinus, showing a hexastyle temple. Reverse: NI-K-A-IEI QN. Photo courtesy of Dr. Bussa Peus Nachf. Figure 18- JE30 of Cara calla, showing the riv er-god Sagaris holding a ship. Reverse: NI KAIEDN, CArAPIC in exergue. Photo courte sy of Numismarik Lanz. Figure 2D-JE35 Medallion of Valerian I, with Gallienus and Valerian II. Photo courtesy of CNG, Inc. <= Figure 19-The internal arch-section of the eastern gate of the city of Nicaea . April2010 19 Further Thoughts on the Julius Caesar 'Elephant' Coinage ------offer a direct opin by Mike Gasvoda ion, Curtis suggest ed I do some further research on any It has been over a year since James carnyces either Hauck first proposed that the Julius shown on other Caesar elephant coinage actually rep forms of ancient resented Jul ius Caesar (as the ele medium (vases, phant) trampling over a Gallic carnyx statues, etc.) or (war horn). See the October 2008 is found in excava sue of The Cefator. Followi ng thm ar tions. He further ticle there appeared several commen suggested I com taries-some genuine- some tongue in pare these other de cheek. I must adm it, when first read pictions to those ing the article I was ready to abandon found on various conventi onal theory on this coin and coins for both the agree with Jim's well thought out and carnyx and the ser Figure 2-Reassembled carnyx head from the find at Tintig presented arguments. pent/snake/dragon nac, France buried circa 150 BG. A few months after his article first (hereafter simply appeared in The Cefalor, J happened referred to as "snake"). I was intrigued came recommitted 10 completing my to be in the offices of Harlan J. Berk, by where this would lead me so I set research on this subject. Ltd., and had the chance to ask Curtis about doing just this research. Unfor Clay what he thought about the argu tunately, along the way, I became side T he Gallic Carnyx Research ments Jim had presented. Rather than tracked on other projects and never summarized my find I found very little archaeological ings. source material on Gallic carnyces that When the article on had been published. There was a group the Gundestrup Caul of five that had been found in an exca dron, by D ouglas vation at Naves in Correze, southern Kroll, appeared in {he France. Four of these depicted a boar's December 2009 issue head at the trumpet end. The fifth de of The Celator, r was picted a snake's head. In the related reminded t h is very article, they indicate only ten frag item had been a fre ments of carnyces have been found a!J quent "hit" when over Europe in archaeological excava searching the Internet tions. Needless to say, the direct for more information sonrce material, while significant, is on the Gallic carnyx. rather sparse. The images in Figures Now that t here had 1~3 show excavated carnyces other been two articles relat than those found at Correze, for which Figure 1-Four carnyces in-situ during excavations at ed to the Gallic carnyx no published information could be Tintignac, France. in just over a year r be- found (see Fig. 3 on page 22). All four carnyces found at Tintig nac, France have a horn "head" that resembles what is shown on the Julius MORTON & EDEN LTD Caesar Elephant coinage. The swept in association with Sothebys 45 Maddox Street London WIS 2PE back ear or flute adds a "horned" look to the snakehead. There certainly is Auctions, Valuations and Sales of nothing herc 10 dispute Hauck's claim. Ancient, Islamic and World Coins, Note in Fi gure I, however, that the ris Medals, D ecorations and Banknotes er, or body, of the horn is smooth with only minor assembly ribs between the strai ght pipe sections. This construc Please contact James I'I'forton, Tom Eden or tion is similar to carnyces shown on Steve Lloyd for advice: on buying or selling other coins and the Gundestrup Caul or to be included Oil our mailing list. dron. This then brings us to images of the carny x on ancient media, such as tdephotlc + 44 (0)20 7493 5344 fax + 44 (0)20 7495 6325 c-mail [email protected] 20 The Celato( April2010 21 the Gundestrup Cauldron (see Figs. 4- with Roma 5), and also on coins. crowning tro When we tu rn to the clear images phy with carny of carnyces on coins, we have many ces and shields distinct representations from the late below (see Fig. 200s BC up to and beyond the Julius 7 on page 24): Caesar issues. This article will only and Jun ius Sila consider those coins that depict carny nus denarius of ces up to the time the elephant denar 9 1 BC showing ius was minted. Starting with the ear a biga riding liest representations on Roman coin right over age, we have in order: a denarius of carnyx (see Decius from 206- 200 BC showing the Fig. 8 on page Dioscuri riding right over a shield and 24). In all cas Figure 4-lmage of one panel of the Gundestrup Cauldron show es, the carnyx carnyx (see Fig. 6 on page 24); M. Fu ing three uhorn blowers~ using the Gallic carnyx. Notice the rath rius L.f. Philus denarius of 120 BC head depiction er pipe-like risers of the hom-unlike a beaded riser representa tion as shown on the coinage of Julius Caesar (as is proposed by Hauck). varies slightly, but the head with carnyx behind. This coin is body remains a consis relatively common and is found in all tent tubular design states of preservation. Unfortunately, with periodic bu lbous this coin was often struck off center, connecting ribs. and the carny x is frequently incom We then come to plete on these coins. Well-centered the contemporary im coin images are shown in Figures 9 - ages of the carnyx on 12 (on page 26). Notice the head of the Roman coinage as carnyx, in all cases, can be said to re follows. We have the semble the image on the elephant de issues of L. Hostilius narius. Also notice, however, the stem Saserna showing the (pipe) is still generally a simple tube Figure 3-Carnyx head found in Oeskford, Scotland. female Gall ic captive .htm. JGreek/R9man) ...... :...t,. C. eltics Fr ench Royals Merovingia" s , Feudals Medlevals Figure 5-Blow up view of the three Fr,on<:h Moderns horn blowers. 46"rue..Vivienne wi th infrequent bulbous connecting 75002 PARIS points. This issue is frustrating in that 33(0)1 42. 33n.'.-'2 5 .9... 9'" it shows the widest variation of the E-mai b. f.r representation of the carnyx. Some are plain, some are ornate, and most fall in between. But in all cases, the stem, or pipe section varies little from other historical representations. 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Centering is less of an is elephant coinage almost universal sue with this coin, and the carnyx, ly has a continuously curved body. as known in ancient times, is easi If you look at the images of the ly identifi able (see Figs. 13-15 on elephant denarius issue, you will page 28). Again, notice both the see what I am referrin g to (see head of the carnyx and the shaft! Figs. 16- 19 on page 30). Note, that pipe with ribs (bulbous connect I have chosen to only include pho ing points). These coins show tos where the elephant engraving much more consistency in the en was artistically detailed and accu graving of the carnyx. There are Figure 7-M. Furius L.f. Phi/us denarius of 120 BG. rate. The issue was so large that again variations to the head of the poorly engraved specimens are fre carnyx, but otherwise the images are But, after all this investigation. what quently encountered. My goal was to extremely similar on all dies . continues to be troubling with Hauck's see how experienced engravers would What is clear from all these imag proposed interpretation is the repre treat this detail on the coin. In all cas es is the carnyx did indeed have a head sentation of the shaft/pip e of the es shown here, the elephant does in that would match the "elephant tram carnyx, as it would have been trans deed appear to be "trampling" some pling carnyx" detail as proposed by ferred to the elephant coinage. Th e thing (either the carnyx or a snake?). Hauck (see Figs. 16- 19 on page 30). continuous beaded body "being tram Lesser quality engravings often show pled" just doesn't match a single his torical representa tion of the carnyx on other Roman coin age, found in excavations, or as shown on the Gun destfup Cauldron. The carnyx body on these other repre Figure 6-Decius denarius of 206-200 Be. sentations is also Figure 8-Junius Silanus denarius of 91 BG. the detail in question far in front of "" ~()"'N' N ", • • the right foreleg of the elephant- l disregarded these images as the work of inexperienced engravers. " DNW (These coins usually showed poorly '" I , \, I engraved elephants as well.) So while I had confirmed that the www.dnw.co.uk interpretation by Hauck has merit based on the "head" of the carny x as CELTIC COINS, London, 17 March represented on Roman coinage, I was left troubled by the discrepancy of the ANCIENT COINS, London, 14 April body engraving. The body of the snake (or carnyx) on the elephant coinage clearly needed more evaluation before Dix Noonan Webb are the only auctioneers in the I was convinced. While all images of true carnyces- both excavated and UK staging specialist auctions of ancient coins. We shown on coins of the period-depict a are currently accepting material for our next fairly smooth body with bulbous ribs auction. If you're thinking of selling, whether it be at the "pipe" joints only, they are en your collection or some duplicates, please contact graved on a much larger scale than the object "being trampled" on the ele our consultant Italo Vecchi today on phant coinage. Could this size reduc 44 20 7016 1822, or at [email protected] tion allow for the dramatic difference in engraving? The reduction in size would be on the order of three to one DIX NOONAN WEBB or four to one from the coins shown in Figu res 16- 19. Would this reduction 16 Bolton Street Piccadilly London W1J SBQ England have caused experienced celators to Telephone 44 20 7016 1700 Fax 4420 70161799 disregard the obvious straight sections shown on larger sized carnyces? 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Box 641352 I Los Angeles, California 90064-6352 : 310/4 50-9755 fAX: 310/450-8865 email: info@freema nandsear.com April 20 10 25 Serpents on Roman Coinage The most obvi ous coin that would have had wide cir culation at the time these Juliu s Caesar coins would have been conceived is Figure 9-L. Hostilius Sasema denarius of 48 BG, the issue of L Ro SCL US Fabatus, a Figure "-L. Hostilius Sasema denarius of 48 Be. moneyer during the fo re I made this evaluation, I believed late Roman Republic, circa 64 BC (see sues, yet the head shown is clearly not it was time to explore other re presen Figs. 20-22 on page 56). These coi ns what we would think of as a snake/ser tations of serpents shown on coinage. havc a maiden desc ri bed as "fce ding, pent head today. Hauck seems to base from her dress, a sna ke/serpent risi ng part of his argument on the image the up before her." These coins are rela elephant is trampl ing as clearly not be tively common, even today. They sure ing a snake/serpent. These coins clearly ly would have had wide circulation dur ing the time of Julius Caesar. What is in teresting :Iboul these coins is the image of bolh the head of the snake and the body. In all cases, the head of the snake/serpent resembles that shown on Ihe e le Figure 12- L. Hostilius Sasema denarius of 48 BG. Figure 10- L. Hostilius Sasema denarius of 48 Be. phanl trampling is- show that the camyx is not the onl y im age re presented on Roman coinage that shows such a "head." This snake/serpent ASTralRTE has an unworldly depiction that is the Roman nonn for a representation of such COINS&FINEART a creature. It would seem that the coin in Fig urc 22 supports Hauck's theory that the image of a snake is not of a threaten ing nature. However, this coin is be lieved to have shown Ihe annual cere mony at Lanu vium where a virgin is Ancient Coins - Modern Coins sent into the grotto sacred to Juno $os pita to feed her sacred snake. If she is Historical medals chaste, then she survives, but if not, then "otherwise." So this coin, while at fir st glance supports Hauc k's theo ry, it does not, in the end, provide any concl usive evidence to support hi s clai m. It can also obviously be sa id th at the image of the snake is much larger on the Fabatus coinage, yet clearly shows a ~ body for th is reptile over ils entire length . This was clellrly how snakes/serpents/dragons were engraved at th is point in li me. This larger image is on the sa me or der in size as the carnyx images of Saserna and the trophy denarii of Ju lius Caesar, yet the bodies of each are clearly di fferent in style. 26 The Celato( ~ f{ ~"'" , ~# SHOPS The big online coin mall • Ancient Coins 200,000 coins, medals, banknotes and accessories • 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 • Allied occupation • BRD I DDR • World Coins and Euro • Gold .. . and much more. Apn'12010 27 If we move back a bit farther in 56) and then compare those with time, we come to the issues of L. Figure 26 (also on page 56). While Procili us from 80 Be (see Fig. 23 it can be said I didn't compare on page 56). These coins show a enough images of reduced carny snake/serpent under a biga advanc ces here, the fact is I overlaid many ing ri ght. This snake is clearly of of them with identical results. Any the same physical size, as engraved one with basic Photoshop skills can on the coin, as the elephant tram check this if they wish. It is clear pling denarii . We now notice not from these images that reduction in only the head of the serpent/snake size of the carny x does not dupli in this reduced imagery but the cate what is shown on the elephant body as well. This coin much more Figure 14-Julius Caesar denarius of 48-47 BC. coinage. Where l ance believed clearly shows an image of a snake James Hauck was correct in his in proportion to that shown on the de plete interpretation of what is intend new interpretation, 1 am now com narius of Julius Caesar in question. If ed to be shown. Notice the complete pelled to believe the long held de we assume the correct engraving of the similarity to this image with the ele scription of this coin is in fact the elephant denarius would have the front phant trampling serpent issue. Assume correct one. foot of the elephant on top of the coiled the elephant is stepping on the snake I can't say what the original eela part of the snake, then we have a com- from this Procilius denarius and the tors intended wi th the elephant tram- Imagery IS com plete. But to bc certain that I wasn't disre ga rding a simple scale issue, I over laid both the snake and the camyx on an image of the ele phant trampling coin in proportion al size. See Figures Figure 13- Julius Caesar denarius of 48-47 BC. 24 and 25 (on page Figure 15-Julius Caesar denarius of 48-47 BC. pIing serpent/snake/dragon design, but I believe the modern interpretation of what is shown on these extremely common coins has been correct all along. I believe the elephant is defi nitely trampling upon a serpent/snake/ dragon. While the imagery may be unclear if we look only at the head of catalogue 011 requesJ the object, it becomes very clear when we look at the engraving of the body. KIRK DAVIS I don't believe a reduced image of a C la ss ical Numismatics carnyx would have taken on such a curved and beaded body design. Post Office Box 324, Claremont, CA 91711 This still leaves the question about Tel: (909) 625-5426 kirk @ancientgreek.net what is intended with the design. Is this an image of good conquering evil? I don't know. It is my best explana tion but more may be forthcoming THE PROFESSIONAL NUMISMATISTS GUILD, INC. from historians smarter than me. For now, I bel ieve the accepted descrip Om 50 YEARS of tion is correct. I would welcome fur KNOWLEDGE, INTEGRITY & RESPO NSIBILITY ther comments from the experts in Founded in 1955. the PNG is a non-profit orgallization, comprised this field. of the top rare coin and paper money experts from all around the world. In closing. I will say this about the carnyx. James Hauck's article caused For more information on the PNG, please contact: me to learn much more about the im ages on the Saserna coins and the tro Robert Brueggeman, Executive Director phy coins related to the life of Julius ,.i:;L 3950 Concordia Lane, Fallbrook. CA 92028 Caesar. While that knowledge has ~ PNG Tel. (760) 728- 1300 Fax (760) 728-8507 been beneficial, I cannot agree with his www.lmgdealers.com email: [email protected] assessment. T am now convinced after 28 The Gelator auction II zurich . 18 may 2010 widder h otel , www.widderh otel.ch greek, roma n , early medieval a nd ea r ly m o d ern coin s an d m ed a ls view a u ct ion a t: _ .subid.com COLOSSEUM COIN EXCHANGE .. S"OIYII are aJelY ofl"e {OIS offered ill Mail Bid Sale #10 Jrolll rhe persoflaJ <.:ollecliol1 oJlra E. 1eilelbauIII (111e fanner owner oj . P.O. Box 2 1 CCE, IIIC.), closing 011 Tuesday. May JJ Ih , 2010al2PM. Hazlet, NJ 07330 10 viellJ, please visilIVWlV.CO/ocoiflex.COIII after April2?h, (732) 264-1161 Fax (732) 264-6467 April20tO 29 provok ing argu ment. I hope others will have the de sire to analyze long held beliefs about ancien t coins and their imagery. I find it refreshing to see modern col lectors/h istori ans drawing their own Figure 16-Julius Caesar 'Elephant' denarius of 49- conclusions. I Figure 18-Julius Caesar 'Elephant' denarius of 49· 48 Be. think this is what 48 Be. makes th is hobby sign ificant research that David Scar, so special! fessional engineer in the environmental and others, were correct all along. But field. He is also a serious collector of nonetheless r thank Jim for his thought Acknowledgments coinage of the twelve Caesars. He is a All coin photos fre quent presenter allocal, regional and are from CoinArchives.com. T he photos and images for Figures 1 and 2 are from www.kelticos.org. and Figures 3-5 are from www.digital medieval i SLcom AboUI the au Figure 17-Julius Caesar 'Elephant' denarius of 49- thor-Mike Gasvoda Figure 19-Julius Caesar 'Elephant' denarius of 49· is a registered pro- 48BC. 48BG. national coin club meetings. He may be reached at msgasvoda@sbcglobal. ner. ANCIENT COINS ONLINE continued on page 56 ... www.vcoins.com/ancienUwaynephillips Don't miss a single ~ issue of ~ The Celator. Subscribe today! Muscular Dystrophy Association Where WAYNE C. PHILLIPS Hope Begins P.o. Box 4096 Diamond Bar, CA 91765·0096 ANA Life Member ANS S ince 1963 Phone (909) 629-0757 email: [email protected] 1-800-FIGHT-MD "Serving The Collector Since 1959" www.mdausa.org 30 The Gelator AUCTION XXII Antique and modern coins Saturday, the 15th of May 2010, Hotel Splendide Royal, Lugano (CH) The lots purchased w ith EUdes ti na tion, w ill be shipped from an EU country. April2010 31 New York International Numismatic Convention Bourse Sold Out for 2011 MILWAUKEE, WI-Kevin Foley, Switzerland, Austria, India, Ireland, states, as well as 31 foreign coun Bourse Chairman for the 39th Annual Hong Kong and Sweden." tries, to be part of the just conclud New York International Numismatic Foley continued, " I am convinced ed 38 '~ Annual NY INC. Convention (NYINC), has announced that the NYINC is truly the most com In addition to the foreign and ancient that the bourse area for that event, to mercially active numismatic event in specialty bourse that is a central fea be held January 1-9, 2011, has been the world. Serious collectors from ture of the NY IN C, the event consists sold out. Foley stated, "Our bourse around the globe quite li terally make of eight days of auctions. At the 2010 area, which will function Thursday-Sun New York City the numismatic capital NYINC, auction sessions were spon day, January 6-9, as one portion of our of the world during the ten days of ac sored by Heritage; Numismatica Ber· larger schedule of educational pro tivities that comprise the NYIN C. While nardi and Numismatik Lanz; Freeman grams, club meetings and a full eight everyone who manages shows likes to and Sear; Classical Numismatic Group; day presentation of auctions, has now make superlative claims of one kind or M&M Numismatics, Baldwin's and been sold out. Just four booths were another about their event, I believe that Dm itry Markov; Ponte rio and Associ not renewed from our 2010 NYINC, and the roughly 98%+ renewal rate we ex ates- a division of Bowers and Mere they were eagerly reserved by dealers perienced this year at the show and the na; Gemini Numismatic Auctions; and on our waiting list less than two weeks complete sell out that has now taken in addition, a numismatic literature auc after the conclusion of the 2010 NYINC. place speak for themselves. These are tion was cataloged and conducted by In 2011 , we'll have 89 booths occupied not simply pledges to renew, but con George Frederick Kolbe. by 123 separate business entities hail tracts in hand with full payment." "Some of our attendees stayed in ing from 1 9 states and 12 foreign des Foley also disclosed that a review New York for more than two weeks, tinations, including Spain, Italy, Hun of NYINC registration records re participating in our auctions, the bourse gary, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, veals that attendees came from 36 area, and an unofficial sale held imme diately following our event by Stack's," Foley observed. Kerry Wetterstrom, Educational Program Chairman for the NYINC, l3roftles in joined Foley and also observed, "The NYINC is much more than simply a specialized commercial trade fair and ~ umismatics auction venue. We also sponsor a full Cornelius C. Vermeule III range of club and society meetings at which noted scholars in the world of 1925-2008 numismatics give well researched pre Cornelius Clarkson Vermeulc IlJ was born in Or sentations to rapt audiences. This year ange, New Jersey on August 10, 1925. He earned the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, the his undergraduate degree at Harvard in 1949, then Association of Dedicated Byzantine his MA in 1951, also at Harvard, and then he trav Collectors, the Medal Collectors of eled to London where he completed his PhD in America, the Classical and Medieval 1953 at the University of London. While in Lon Numismatic Society, the International don, he acted as a museum assistant, cataloguing Bureau for the Suppression of Coun the antiquities at Sir John Sloane's Museum from 1951-53. He taught classical archae te rfeit Coins, the Societe Americaine ology, first as an instructor, and then as assistant professor, at the University of Mich igan (1953 -55), then at Bryn Mawr College ( 1955-57). His time at Bryn Mawr over Pour L'Etude de la Numismatique lapped his 1956 appointment as Curator of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Fran<;aise, the Society for Ancient Nu Boston. He would spend the next forty years allhe MFA, and retired in 1996, where mismatics, the Oriental Numismatic upon he was named Curator Emeritus. Vermeule was also an avowed numismatist, Society, as well as the Bermanian Guild beginning his extensive collection of Ruman coins at the age of nine. A prodigious of Numismatists held meetings or spon author and scholar, a 61 -pagc bibliography of his writings was published in 1996 sored programs at the NYINC." when he retired, but his writing career would continue, as attested by his series "Faces Foley then added, "In addition, the of Empire" that was published in The Celator. While teaching at Bryn Mawr, Ver American Numismatic Society spon meule met a former acquaintance, Emily Dickinson Townsend, whom he married in sored their traditional formal Gala on 1957; she was a distinguished archaeologist, classicist. and art historian. Cornelius Thursday evening, an annual event at Vermeule died on November 27, 2008 after a brief illness. He was 83-years-old. which they honor a distinguished nu This feature is provided courtesy of George Frederick Kolbe mismatist. The 2010 honoree was Vic Fine Numismatic Books, Crestline, CA 92325 tor England, who also serves as Sec- continued on page 37... 32 The Gelator Art and the Market Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger To Issue Firm's 400th Catalogue for April 22-23 Auction Sale the 191h century, several large and very matic auction houses in Germany by Wilhelm Mueseler important collections from all over Eu around the turn of the century. In 1898, rope , for example, the famous collec they moved to new and larger quarters tion of the Princes Montenuovo, were al Mainzer Landslrasse 49 , where the In the spring of 1870, the merchant consigned to Hess' auctions. Many of business remained until 1940. Until the Adolph Hess opened a small business his auction catalogues serve as works beginning of the First World War, a dealing in coins, medals, and related of reference to this day. number of highly important auctions miniature objects of art in his home In 1894, Hess retired and sold his took place there, for instance, the sale town of Giessen, some 50 kilometers business, which had moved to West of the Hermitage duplicates from SI. north of the city of Frankfurt am Main. endstrasse 7 by then , to the merchant Petersburg. In 1910, Dr. Hermann Fei Hess was a great connoisseur and an Louis Hamburger and his son-in-law, th became a partner in the firm . Togeth ardent collector of small works of art the banker James Belmonte. Hess re er with James Belmonte, who died in himself, especially of portrait-sculpture mained a collector, though, and the 1924, Feith led the business through from the early Baroque to the late Bie sale of his personal collection of small the war and the difficult years of the dermeier period. Therefore his coin portrait-sculpture after his death in world economic crisis. Feith's main in operation was directly related to his 1912 by Hugo Helbing in Munich was terest was in ancient Greek and Roman personal hobby. a major event. coins. The firm's leading pOSition in this From 1871 he started to publish In the course of the following de field, which Adolph Hess Nachfolger stock-lists under the title Autographi cades, Hamburger and Belmonte suc acquired during the twenties, is mainly erie Numismatische Correspondenz. ceeded in making the firm under the due to him. Issue No. 1 appeared on the first of new name of Adolph Hess Nachfolger February 1871 and was nothing more to be one of the most important numis- than a small brochure of just a few pag es, written and copied by hand. Yet this small pamphlet, that was hardly more than a prolonged personal letter to a ~e I!)llle (!urio~itie ~boppe couple of friends and clients, was to become the first number of a long line (a division oj RCCA Ltd.) located at of highly significant numismatic publi cations, Hess and later the Peus cata 111 South Orange A venue· South Orange, NJ 07079 logues, that arrive at their issue no. 400 A complete collectors gallery buying & selling: this spring. Very soon Adolph Hess found out U.S., ancient, & foreign coins, U.S. & foreign stamps, that his new business needed a more paper money, tokens & medals, Classical Antiquities central location in order to grow and to of Greece, Rome, Egypt, & Judaea, Pre-Columbian, prosper. For this reason, he moved to American Indian, African, & Ethnographic objects Frankfurt am Main in 1872, and start & artifacts, along with historical and popular autographs ed to issue printed stock-lists, which & manuscript material, Revolutionary War & earlier Americana. were no longer ~autographiertn (i.e. handwritten) and therefore just called Numismatische Correspondenz. The BUYING & SELLING - FREE APPRAISALS beginning in Frankfurt was, however, "You'd be amazed at what we will buy & how much we wi ll pay" still very modest. Hess, with his "curi osity cabinet," established himself in the backroom of a we ll-known Frank furt jeweler at H611gasse 6 in the medi Prop.: Dr. Arnold R. Saslow eval center of the city and in the shad ow of its cathedral. Phone (973) 762-1588' Fax (973) 761-8406 But his profound expertise as well Email: arnie.saslow@prodigy_net as his numerous connections within collector circles soon led the young Gallery hours: Monday to Saturday 10:00 .- 6:00 business to a remarkable prosperity. Visa, MasterCard & American Express Accepted Already in 1875, Hess could move into own quarters at Bethmannstrasse 6 GiJt Certificates Issued and started to conduct public auctions ------there. In the seventies and eighties of April2010 33 Pens Cont. from pg. 33 With remarkable foresight, Dr. Fei th , by this time sale owner of the busi ness, saw what was going to come as early as 1930, and opened a second branch of the firm a\ Luzerne in Swit zerland . In 1933, immediately after the Nazi conquest of power in Germany, the department of ancient and foreign coins retired to Luzerne together with all Jewish members of the firm. Dr. Feith led the Swiss branch until 1938, when he moved to New York and founded an American branch of Adol ph Hess Nachfolger together with a couple of friends. In New York, Dr. Feith operated from his private suite at the Waldorf Astoria. Due to his profound knowledge and his friend ly and sociable nature, he soon became a rather popular figu re within the numismatic community of New York . Several important numismatic collections in the Un ited States, such as the one of the late Elizabeth Wash Fixed price sale burn-King that was left to Bryn Mawr Co ll ege after her death and sold by www.deamoneta.com/artemideaste Christies New York in 1992, were con Greek, Roman, Medieval and Italian coins. Papal Medals. Numismatic Books. structed with his collaboration. He and his activities in New York numismatic circles are fond ly remembered by the late Edward Gans, founder of Numis matic Fine Arts, in the interviews, that he gave to the Oral History Office of Berkeley University between 1983 and 1987. Late in 1940, however, Feith died in a tragic accident in his New York suite , and his most ambitious project, Adolph Hess Nachfolger New York, ceased to exist. He had entrusted the administration flars 34 The Gelator home at Neuhauss Strasse 13. Here, the great numis BLOCKBUSTER matist revived and contin INVENTORY ued the successfu l pre-war tradition of his firm into the REDUCTION SALE fifties and sixties of the 20'" Take 50 % off the books listed below century. His auction cata (except as /wted) . Will not be logues of the Lejeune and repeated ror at least one year - the Noss collections have For orders received by become once more works December 15", 2009 of reference in their own fA l 1 SI't'ClAI,s Babe ..... IL. on,;",... ok '" M»IUUJk~ d A'N...... _. SlO.oo right. Bald ..... A.. ~ II."," "" An<;'~' Coi...... _. S 510.00 In 1967, Dr. Bussa Peus BaJos. U... yy .... AbbWd andT~lU11 id, C"'" W.i,... of "'.... 1 Sl""'l',(OOP) ...... _...... $65.00 retired and sold his busi Bollin", •• A. R.. T"",,'N Coo,...... $)$.00 ness to two young numis aelli""" /lIe.li""""n. Vi<'Qry '" a u,i~ Tll'" ...... S1!I.00 Biebe •• M •.""",,, ,/Ie GrM' in Gml OM R""",~ An .. matists, Dieter Aaab and ...... U expansion of the firm's huge library. Raab not only restored the firm's part of the original Hess library to the high ranking that it had before the division of the house in 1931, but made it sub· sequently into one of the largest nu· mismatic research libra ries in Europe. When the Swiss part of the former Hess library returned to Frankfurt in 1991, it soon became apparent that only a very small number of volumes were still missing from the by then far larger Ii· brary of Dr. Busso Peus Nach fo lger. Today, the Peus library be longs to the ten most important numismatic librar· ies in the world, and is the only one among those in private owners hip. FINE GREEK. ROMAN. PERSIAN. PARTHIAN & SASSANIAN COINS Specializing in BIBLICAL COINS & ARTIFACTS Dr. Bussa Peus We buy. sell & and build the finest collections. Anoth er very important asset of the See us at the Chicago International Coin Fair #408 firm, which was not only maintained but www.zuzimjudaea.com also constantly completed and expand· www.trocadero.comjzuzimjudaea ed under Raab's administration, is the I''''do," Goldstein. Numistmatist house's file cabinet with regard to the 101003. 11210 appearance of rare coins and medals u: on the market. The respective files have been meticulously kept and con stantly enlarged since 1870. So this !?ifl WI? ifl 0 Now Available for tool, though mainly based on small handwritten cards, is much more Subscription Payments comprehensive than comparable Now offering PayPal as an option that you can use to conveniently pay electronic archives due to the sheer for your subscription, Celator binders, or back issues. Just send pay mass of material entered by the ment to: [email protected], and you can pay using the credit firm's various numismatists over a card of your choice or have the monies automatically deducted from period of 140 years. your checking account. Just go to our secure site at www.vcoins.com/ In 1984 and 1988, the professional celator where you can use Paypal or your Visa/Mastercard. numismatists Wilhelm Mueseler and Christian Stoess, both graduated his torians, joined the firm as heads of the The Celator ~ departments of ancient and of medieval P.O. Box 10607, Lancaster, PA 17605 _ ['11'[ coins respectively. They have had a PhonelFax (717) 656·8557 ~ substantial share in the maintenance 36 The Gelator as well as in the growth and the ex NYIN C Coot from pg. 32 pansion of the business activities in the Numismatic Literature cou rse of the last two decades, Both retary of the New York International For Sale continue to work for the house as man Nu mismatic Convention." agers of their respective departments Dealers interested in having their At.'a""""" Sew,.. . An lltu'''ate.l Gui;le 45.00 and as consultants to numerous pub AmaJlIIryillurter: U Rider E.W)~. Greet 15.00 names added to the NY INC waiting list lic and private collections worldwide. A,0I0n·Hlll1er: F.... ys in 110"'" of Martin Price SO.OO for booth space in the bourse area B<:mer: Ac ..ian League Com.gc { April2010 37 Specialized Shows: The San Francisco Historical Bourse matic dealers have struggled, trying 10 cused on the ancient and world coin by Victor England work with these shows in developing market. During the mid 1980s, I helped an environment that is collector friend develop this concept under the banner ly. While some progress has been of the Classical Numismatic Bourse The coin show by its very nature is made, the speciali zed dealer needs to (CNB), and a series of small, special a place where dealers and collectors explore other avenues. ized shows were held in San Francisco, gather to meet, buy, sell and learn As a specialized dealer in histori Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Wash about coin s. At one time, before the cal coins, our firm Classical Numis ington. These shows were designed with advent of the Internet, the corner store, matic Group (eNG) handles a wide the specialized collector in mind and the club meetings, and shows were the breadth of coins from the beginning concept was simple: Bring a group of numismatists universe. Over time, the of coinage in Europe, circa the 7'h cen specialized dealers together, have each fie ld has expanded, and as the world tury Be, up to and including coins of of them invite local and regional collec of the Internet has come to dominate the Renaissance. When I staned in tors to attend, and provide a relaxed the field, shows have changed. To sur business in the mid 1970s, I immedi show environment where the collec vive, many have become large com ately recognized that shows did not tors and dealers could get to know mercial entities. This has been great cater to dealers such as myself, and as each other better- the end goal being for the serious dealer, collector, and a result, spent the first ten years in to develop customers' interest in the investor of high-grade encapsulated business regularly attending shows on field and to help the dealers get to coins. National shows, sponsored by the U.S . circuit hoping to meet the odd know the collectors better. In general, the American Numismatic Associa person here and there who had an in the concept worked. ti on, annual state shows, and large terest in our coins, until a viable alter Early in the 1990s, I transferred my commercial shows, such as those run native presented itself. interest in the CNB s to Dr. Arnold by Whitman Publishing, have become By the mid 1980s, it was becoming Saslow, who continued these events major events. However, they focus on apparent that by only attending U.S. fo for another five years under the ban the encapsulated U.S. market. Local cused shows, one could not encourage ner of the Numismatic & Antiquarian shows, while they still exist, have or expect new customer development. Bourse. Running these small, special yielded to the flea market mentality. The "simple" idea evolved of develop ized bourses was not financially re Through all of this, specialized numis- ing specialized regional shows that fo- warding, but it did a lot to foster the growth of the ancient and foreign field in the U.S. during this period. ShclW off your By the late 1990s, something else prized came along that immensely helped our by wearing fie ld- the Internet. Now, some ten years later, its effects are enormous, them. and the learn ing curve for dealers and collectors has been exciting. This brings me back to the subject of this short article- the specialized show. The ancient field has developed into a nice niche market worldwide, and the U.S. anchors a strong position in this market. The primary numismatic bourse activities for our specialized field foc us around the New York International Nu mismatic Convention held annually in January, when collectors from around the globe and all over the U.S. gather t Trust a designer for an intense week of auctions, a well 7 attended bourse, and sponsored educa j goldsmith who tional events. Another annual well-at tended numismatic event for ancient and respects them, world collectors is the American Numis matic Association's Worl d's Fair of Money, which is held every summer in late July or August in a different ma jor city. However, the ANA's primary FAIRCHILD & CO. focus is on the encapsulated market, EXCELLENCE IN FINE JEWELRY SINCE 1976 and the ancient and world coin deal I lOWest San Fran cisco St reet· Santa Fe, New Mex ico 8750 1 ers are pushed off into one corner (but 800.773.8123 • fai [email protected] • fairchild;ewelry.com • Call fo r catalog at least under a banner that lets peo ple know we arc there). 38 The Gelator However, there exists another im Over 500 different collectors from 11 portant specialized event of note fo r countries and 15 states have attended lhis collectors of ancient and world coins well thought out event. As a fmn believer the San Francisco Historical Bourse. in the value of such small, specialized In 2005, I was having dinner with event~, I can only encourage you to con John Jencek, a San Francisco area sider attending. Funher show infonnation dealer in classical coins, who was in can be found at www.sfbourse.com. the process of transitioning from full time work with Hewlett-Packard to becoming a full time dealer in ancient When you numismatics. Somehow, the topic fo cused on {he days of the CN B/NAB contact the events of the late 80s and early 90s. The Bay Area. always one of the dealers most active markets nationally for an cient and foreign coins, was in a peri advertising in od of transition. Membership at the San Francisco Ancient Numismatic this issue, Society was starting to decline, as its members were growing older and don't forget slowly dying off. John, having come 10 the ancient to tell them coin market from the fie ld of comput er technology, wanted to bring new that you saw ideas into play to help rebuild the lo cal market. Combining his computer their ad technology knowledge and reintroduc ing the old idea of the specialized coin in show has helped reinvigorate the lo cal market. Now for the collector of ancient and world coins there are two more important stops to add to the cal The Celator endar if one wants to meet the deal ers, attend well run educational events, meet other serious collectors, and en joy a show in one of America's most cosmopolitan cites- by anending the San Francisco Historical Bourse. Founded in May 2006, the San Francisco Historical Bourse (SFHB) brings together professional dealers who handle ancient and world coins only. The show meets twice a year in May and December and runs for two days. The show hosts between 20-25 dealers, and on Friday evening a re ception is combined with a lecture se ries, which has in the past brought in speakers from the American Numis matic Society and other prominent ·.· NY&MOSCH numismatic circles. ..L..Giessener Munzhandlung Last December's show saw thrce of the New York International auction com Specialist areas Services panies exhibiting lots from the January • Ancient coins • buying and selling auctions. Customers were able to view • Medieval coins • several auctions per year lots for the Triton, Gemini. and Man • Modern coins • evaluation of individual hattan sales. More imporlantly, though, customers were able to buy from the • Ant iquities pieces, collections and estates inventories of Amphora, Berk, Ceder • wide range of coins in stock lind, Classical Ancient Coins, CNG, Clayton Rare Coins, Davissons Ltd, Freeman & Sear, Jencek, Kovacs, B.& H Kreindler, Kiinker, Nilus, Pegasi, Pon lerio and Associates, Pearlman, Rudnik, Teller, Waddell, Wolfshead Gallery, and World- Wide Coins of California. April2010 39 tion to the hammer price). Anyhow, it Internet ConI. from pg. 46 LETTERS looked like I had got a real bargain. Was it a one-off occurence, is numismatics and another from Thrace-Philippopo Continued from page 4 an unusually bad investment, or should li s. Unfortunately, both series are ex I look at prices differently? tremely rare and expensive. The 1963 price was the equivalent the prolific reprinter Sanford J. Durst may The Internet Site of the Month is of $ 18,840 ($-2007), according to lake up the task. I sure hope somebody Ravinia Park in Chicago, lllinois at hUp:! Lawrence H. Officer's website does. I'd be happy to buy another copy !www.ravinia.org. What does Ravinia (MeasuringWorth.org), based on the with the new chapters on Russian and have to do with coins? Well, actually Ethiopian coin information included. Consumer Price Index (CP I). The value nothing. It's just a really great place to of my coin is not the issue: my pOint is Finally, every collector of ancient listen to music. One of my favorite piec ratherto remind one of the fluctuation of coins should have a copy of Rev. es of music to which I listen while re a currency's va lue, especially if one Plant's book on Greek Coin Types and searching coins is Carl Orff's Carmina Their Identification, which I purchased thinks in another currency. Let's remem Burana. lt's phenomenal and fun to per ber that this coin was sold for CHF 4400 == in 1980. His remarkable organization form. And, although I was part of the USD 3825 on the day of the sale. In Feb of Greek coin types and the exception U.S. premier performance of lhe Liver ruary 2010, CHF 4400 wou ld be worth ally clear line drawings make the book pool Oratorio by Paul McCartney and easy to use and extremely effective for USD 41 00, already a 7% difference in just Carl Davis at Ravinia, my favorite piece 1-1/2 years, if one thinks in dollars! general identification purposes. In fact, T performed there was Gustav Mahler's The recent economic events have the li ne drawings are better than pho Symphony NO. 8. Haunting. Besides, if forced us to reconsider our values. Lit tographs for a simple identification . I you do go to Ravinia for an evening per consider Rev Plant an outstanding erally. What is precious to us, and what formance, you can hil some incredible is it worth? But, to do so, one needs sta amateur numismatic author, and a most Chicago museums during the day. Check ble (or at least fi xed) criteria. A coin col worthy successor to W. H. Valentine, out the Oriental Institule of Chicago at who also literally hand-wrote and illus lector, who wants to study the evolution http://oi.uchicago.edu if you are into trated books on obscure numismatic of the market, needs to convert the pric coins of the ancient Near East, or the es to a single currency, as th e auction subjects. To conclude, you should Fi eld Museum at http:// market for ancient coins is internati on shortly receive my 2-year renewal to www.fie ldmuseum.org for displays of The Celator. What a worthy numismat al, and is therefore subject to fluctuat various ancienl coins and jewelry. ic publication it is! ing exchange rates and varied inflation Frederick A. Liberatore rates. I would, therefore, like to present Massachusetts here an easy-to-use spreadsheet for the collector to do so, which will allow him to Understanding Old Prices: have a better understanding of the old seil What was it worth then? ing prices of their provenanced coins. Hadrien Rambach I was prompted to write this letter by London, England my purchase of a very rare gold aureus of the Roman emperor Maxentius at a Editor's Note: Hadrien's spread Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG auc sheet is in Microsoft Excel format, and tion (Auction 49, lot 451). In October does not lend itself to publication in an 2008, I paid CHF 4,400 for th is coin, but 8.5 x 11 inch magazine format. Your ed I knew that this same specimen had itor will gladly e-mail Hadrien's spread been privately sold by Herbert Cahn for sheet, as an Excel file attachment, to any interested readers. Just send an e-mail CHF 12,000 in 1963. Figure 5-Antoninus Pius, Roman to me at [email protected] Obviously, any price comparison Egypt, Reverse of an IE Drachm-Or the Currencies. xis file. should be done properly (for example, I pheus charming the animals. Image had to pay a buyer's premium in addi - courtesy of CNG, Inc. You can now read COIN NEWS, the UK's biggest selling coin magazine for less than $2 a month! For just *$16 pe r year we w ill send you an online version via an e·maillink every month direct to your inbox, fully searchable with e·mail and web addresses hot linked. 40 The Celator very rarely so the cult was not as wide spread as the others. In any event, since we have many effigies and mummies of the Buchis and Apis bulls to study, much more is known about their cults. Certainly the best known of the bull c ults today is the Apis bu ll. From the Lale Period onward, its worship 'Was widespread in Egypt, and during the Roman Period, he was called Serapis, a combination of the Apis name with that of the deity Osiris with whom he was identified. The cult of Serapi s and Bull Cults in his consort Isis was vcry popular and Ancient Egypt spread throughout the Roman Empire. The Apis bull appears frequently in French archaeologist·and Bull cults were common in the an· Egyptian art, particularly in the Late Egyptologist Auguste Ma riette . . cient Near East, as they were in other Period when many bronze statues and areas of the ancient world. Some no faience amulets of the bull w.ere made. do ubtful that a bu ll mummy will ap .' table examples were the M inoan Peri From at least the t imc of the New pear on the market, thc small bronze od in Crete with it s minoiaur myths, Kingdom and probably earlicr, the and faience depictions are not rare and bull vau lti ng contests, the frequent embalming of the Apis bu ll s took place can be acquired by collectors with rel depictions of bulls and their horns in in Memphis. The actual site· is still atively modest means. art, and the early western Asiatic cul partially extant, with the alabaster tures in Ind ia and Pakistan, such as slabs carved in the form of beds on Harapa where bulls played an im por whic h the bulls were e mbalmed. The Do it the Easy Way tant role in the iconography. main catacomb, the Serapeum, a few In Egypt. bull s we re associated miles from Me mphis, is a lso a popu RENEW ONLINE! with the divine and royalty from the lar tourist auraclioo. In 185 1, Auguste earliest ti mes. In predynastic limes, Mariette fo und an inl act Apis bull at www.vcoins.coml slate pallets and pottery were ofl en mummy, elabo rately bandaged with a celator decorated with bulls and on some pal gil ded head and ho rn s. Whi le it is lets the king is rcprescnlcd as a bull. During the earliest dynasties, royal tombs at Saqqara were decorated with bulls' horns. II was during th is period THE SWISS NUMISMATIC SOCIETY that bul\s born with certain physical Founded in 1879 signs were believed to be divine ava At the forefront of scientifi c and historical research for over one hundred years, the Swiss tars, the living e mbodiment of a ,deity. Nu mis matic Society has established a worldwide reputation by its work with leading Such animals were Ire '" A Mule from Anazarbus In numismatics, a mu le is a coin Valerian I; AD 25314 (year 272),Anazarbus Mule .- . slrUck from an obverse die and reverse die that were not mated. That is, they In a recent sale, this·. very situation; .. At that point, I knew that I did not were never intended to be used togeth presented i'lself. I was'looldng at a num ha,ve the coih type in.my collection and er. Thi s can lead to a variety of unusual ber' of coins from Anazarbus' and check thought it was transitional. Looking at and interesting types. Sometimes the ing the reverse and obverse dies-of each it more closely, I noticed that the reverse two dies might have been paired acci against my personal collection. Fortu image was considerably larger than the dentally in the process of managing nately, in the case of coins from Anaz obverse image, even though the flan was workflow at the mint. At other times, it arbus, there is a relatively recent corpus obviously the same. This could have may have been that necessity was the of known dies, published in Vienna by been a result of two different celators mother of invention. Let's suppose, for Ruprecht Ziegler. This corpus is used by engraving the obverse and reverse dies example, that a die engraver was hired cataloguers and collectors as well as at different times. But Ziegler had the to produce enough dies to strike a par numismatic researchers. answer in the text descriptions. The ob ti cularquantity of coins. It is well known As I examined a coin of Valerian, I verse of this coin before me was from a that provincial cities with rather limited initially thought it was a coin that I al triassaria and the reverse was from a tet mi nt production hired traveling artists ready have a specimen of in my collec rassaria. It was a mule of two differenl to engrave their dies or had the dies pro tion. The reverse, depicting Dionysos' denominations-a very rare coin. duced at a centralized workshop. It was riding on the back of a leopard, was dat ft was one of those banner days as impractical for each city to hire its own ed year 272 (SOC), and matched the die a numi s mati s t when you want to celalors unless the mint was very active. published in Ziegler as #826. That is scream Eureka at the to p of your lungs. If, in the process of striking the required where the cataloguer stopped, and under On thi s particular day, luck was on my proouction run, a mint ran out of obverse standably so. The obverse of this coin type s ide, and apparently nobody else real· or reverse dies before the run was com is shown six photos later on that page. The ized that this coin was a mule. I bought plete, they would have a serious problem. expected obverse is a full nan ponmit head the coin at the auction estimate, which lbe mint would litcraUy have a work stop . of Valerian wearing a laurel wreath. But, was about what a standard coin of the page while new dies were creat~. the coin being offered had the bust of Vale type would have cost. What is even Alternatively, the mint master might rian with a radiale crown. That 'actual ob" sweeter is that the coin came from the opt to use a sui table die left over from a verse was photographed in Ziegler as be J.P. Righetti Collection, and haS'been run that had already been completed Qr longing to #806. So, it looked like there . escaping the notice of numismatists a die from some other run then in active was an obverse from one series paired with for quite a long time .. Now, it's time to use. Normally, a mule is only di st in the reverse of a foll owing series. This is put this coin into the framework of the guishable when the obverse and reverse not uncommon at all where we find coin time during which it was struck and types are well known to numismatists types AA, AB, and SS or type A, type B, see what his to ri cal possibi li ties it and the fa lse pairing is obvious or when and a transitional coin Iype. might present. someone is doing detailed anal ysis of a coin and notices the disparity. One of the areas of personal interest When interests or circumstance suggest that it to me is the coinage from Anazarbus, a Roman provincial city in Cilicia. I col is time to sell part or all of your collection: lect these coins by die variety, and con sequently examine very carefully each Consign with confidence to coin that comes up for sale in an aucti on. Even in the case of very common coin Sayles and Lavender types, where I already have all of the known published dies, it is always possi http://vcoins.comlsaylesandlavender ble that a previously unknown die might pop up. Just reading the cataloguer's de SAYLES AND LAVENDER ---Call or Email scription is not always enough. Catalogu P.o. Box 926, Watkinsville, GA 30677 about ers are, after all, human too, and they can 't [email protected]· (417) 679·2142 consigning your possibly catch every nuance of every coin [email protected] • (321) 946-4633 coins or books type that passes through their hands. April2010 45 Hendin Cont. from pg. 43 Jerusalem h oa rd .~, Bijovsky confirms Internet Cont. from pg. 44 that this "suggests that their charac he re constitute an even more vivid ter was more of an emergency nature." two fun ctions-music and alarm. In the testimony of destruc ti on by fi re," Bi This corresponds with earlier descrip Hebrew Book of Numbers ( 10:2- 10), jovsky writes. tions of th is particular fo urth year is Moses is instructed to make two sil Oddly, only three coin s of the sec sues as the world's first "siege coins." ver hasoserah in order to cal1 the as- o nd year of the war and no coins of Bijovsky believes that "perhaps (these the third year were found in th is coi ns) found their way to the two spots group. under the Robinson's Arch close 10 the Bijovsky discusses how the in ci time when the Temple and its sur dence of fourth year coins in "ar roundings were being set to the torch." chaeological contexts, helps to pro vid e indications abo ut the move (N OTE: The current issue of Isra ment s of the rebels and the advance el Numismaric Research can be pur of the Roman army." chased di rectly from the Israel Num is For example, she notes th at a matic Society at hu p:llwww.ins.org. il/ Figure 4- Bar Kochba Revolt, AR Zuz hoard of 19 year four bronzes was Israel%20Numismatic%20Research.htm or from the U.S . distributor Harlan J. Two hasoserah. Image courtesy of Ira found at Herodium, among ashe s. & Larry Goldberg via acsearch.info. And these coins provided ev idence Berk.) as 10 the earliest time of the coll apse and burning of th is room, and thus Copyright © 2010 sembly to the tabernacle of the con it is known that the room wa s occu by David Hendin gregati on and to sound the alarm for pied by Jewish rebels as lale as the the various camps to go forward. Since fo urth year of the war. the denarius was a silver coin, it's fi t In another example, ting this ZIIZ issue could be engraved Bijovsky cites the ex with two hasoserah, thus maki ng the cavations at Qumran, "two sil ver hasoserah" to sound the where no coins of the alarm in the revolt of the Jewish state fourth year have been against Roman oppression. found in excavations. Tying the topic back to soothing the She quotes her col savage beasts, one of my all-time fa league Donald T. Ari vorite ancient coins types has a reverse el, al so of the Israel with Orpheus playing to the animals Antiquity Authority, as (see Fi gure 5 on page 40). Orpheus noting that "this ab sang and played the kithara. His mu sence leads to the con sic was said to have charmed animals clusion th at Qumran into dance, and was so melancholy on was abandoned before the death of his wife Eurydice that all th e end of the third of the nymphs and gods wept. The two year of the revolt, issue s of coinage with Orphe us of namely in 68/69." Figure 2- Examples of burnt and melted half and quarter which I am aware are bmh Roman Pro Because of the fre sheqels of the fourth year o{ the Jewish War discussed vincials-one struc k in Roman Egypt quency of the fourth by Bijovsky. Photos courtesy of Clara Amit, Israel Antiq year coins in the two uities Authority. continued 011 page 40 ... { fAiTON { fRKfLL, ~UP~R COL L ~CTOR, W~lO~~ A~S H~ I-I AV~ Bn N BADl Y COMPROMfSf D BWfVf IIf, MIST.R r.RKHL, I UNDnlSTAND THAT IIARiAIJJ. BfRK or HARLAN J. B@K LTO AND DAVID R. SfAR or "ROMAN COINS AND THHRVALU .s· BOTII SAY THAT YOUR CLAUDIUS AURWS IS IJORfTHANV ALUABL, ,NOUGH TO PAY orr YOUR fIJTlRf TAX BILL ••• ... BUT lllLO K. ADDfllUP or TH' IIJTfRliAL RfVfIJUf SfRVICf SAYS, "SAV, IT r OR TH, TOGA PARTY, PAL, NOW WRiH OUT A CH,CK TOTH , IRS r 46 The Celator Professional Directory ( Antiquities & Coins) (Antiquities & CoinS )' ( Antiquities & Coins ) HD ENTERPRISES f~AGt\eIlTS Of lit\e >- Antiquities indian Artifacts & Pottery MUSEUM·QUALITY ANCIENT ART >- ~ Pre-Columbian Artifacts Specializing in Greek, Roman, ~ Ancient Coins ... and more! Egyptian and Etruscan ~ Buy--Se1 I- Tradc-Consign Antiquities Attn: Hank lohnson r!l P.O. Box 22082CL, Denver, CO 80222 PO. 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