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. ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS III: THE STATUES IN THE TEMPLES AND SHRINES . THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS - THT Ii]SE AND FALL OF CLEOPATRA II SELENE EXPLAIN/NC THE MARKET PRICE OF THE'TRIBUTE PENNY'; EVIDENCE FROM 132 AUCTIONS Online Electronic Auctions by Tom Cederlind. (Our first auction, including quality ancient coins in all price ranges, will be held very soon.) Be sure to register to participate at www.tomcederlind.com.
• TOM CEDERLIND PO Box 1963, Dept. C Portland, OR 97207 (503) 228-2746 Pax (503) 228-8130 Email: [email protected] Vol. 18, NO.3 Inside The Celaforw ... March 2004 Consecutive Issue No. 201 FEATURES
6 Roman Provincial Coins III: The Statues in The Celatot'" the Temples and Shrines incorporating by Cornelius Vermeule Roman Coins Gild CU/lure 18 The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - The Page 6 PublisherlEditor Rise and Fall of Cleopatra II Selene Kerry K. Wetterslrom by Michael Burgess [email protected] 34 Explaining the Market Price of the 'Tribute Copy Editor Penny': Evidence from 132 Auctions W. .leffrey Wmter by John G. Matsusaka
For Back lssues From 1987 10 May 1999 contact: DEPARTMENTS Doris J. Sayles [email protected] Page 18 2 Editor's Note - Gaming Next Month Art: Parnell Nelson 4 Letters to the Editor
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www.celator.com 34 Book News The Ce/a/of(ISSN #1048-0986) is an Page 34 ifldependent joumal pu~ishoo on the Coming Events first day 01 each month at 87 Apricot 36 A~, Leola, PA t7$4(l It is circulated internationally Through subscriptions 38 Th e Internet Connectio n Ab out the cover: and special distributions. SubscriptK>n rales. payable In U.S. fundS, are $30 by Thorn Bray & Kevin Barry Cover images include: per year (Periodical rate) within the Marble Funerary Urn Un~ed Slates; $36 to Canada: $48 por ANT1QlJ1TlES by David Liebert (courtesy of Museum of year to all other addresses (ISAL). 39 Advertising and copy deadline is the Fine Arts, Boston). filSt workday of each month. Unsdjc· 40 ilCOI II S: of tbe jhl ible by David Hendin bronze of the Isthmian ~ed articles and news releases are Poseidon after Lysip w&Icome, howeve< put>ication cannot be guaranteed. Unless expressly 42 The Market - Recent Catalogs, etc. pos (courtesy of Royal slated, TIle C9/alo..-ne~he r enoorses by Jeff Winter Athena Galleries), AR FlO. is responsible for the cont"nts oj Tetradrachm of Dem advertisements, lettefS-le>-the- "The dealer community historically has done an admi The Reoolt of Foemen ius at Trier rablejob o.fvetting their inventories for potentia/fakes, but by Walter C. Holt with the advent of the Internet and Wo rld Wide Web, this has The Art af the Cainage become an impossible task." of Mende by Jonathan Perklns coin to another party. This takes time! community, then their offer of a "Life And that assumes that they can render time Guarantee" carries much merit as B1fZ1Intine 101-Fart2 a definitive opinion within your lim they arc staking their profcssional repu by Prue Fitts ited time frame to return the coin 10 tation on standing behind what thcy sell. the seller. Arc their exceptions to such guar An EchaafBllcephallis The worthwhile advice being given antees? Yes, there are a few sllch as and Aornos was to buy your coins from respected the original purchaser must be the one by William F Spengler dealers that offer a "Lifeti me Guaran to return the item to the seller if it is tee" of au thenticity for any coin that deemed to be a counterfeit. This sim Two Greek Notes they sell. Of course, the first factor Ihat ply means that if you sold or traded by Peter Lampinen must be recognized is that this is for the coin to a friend or another dealer, the lifetime of the dealer, not your life then you must firsl "make good" on Friap"s, The Fertility Den,; time. If the dealer dies, prematurely that transaction, then return the coin god on Ancient Coinage or when they're "old and grcy", thcn to the dealer from whom you pur by Marvin Tameanko your "Lifetime Guarantee" dies with chased it. A lifetime guarantee of au them. Yet their offer of such a life thenticity is usually between the origi Aphrodisias, City of Statues time guarantee is still very important, nal seller and huyer, and it is not a right by Marvin Tameanko especially to the novice collector. that can be transferred. A dealer that has been in the an Even with that caveat, I would be The Later Roman Empresses cient coin business for any reasonable very cautious about buying a coin from length of time (5 - 10 years) will have a seller that does not guarantee the au by Jasper Burns developed a certain amount of knowl- thenticity of their merchandise. ('[he eel4to'l is 11tl111ed to'l tlJ1d dedicated to the COil1 die-el1;i7twe7S at tll1tiquLtIf whose tl7t 7011tli11S tlS powe7tul tll1d tlppetllil1~ todtl~ tlS il1 thei7 0"'" ti111e, 2 The Gelator PUBLIC AUCTION to be held in conjunction with the Chicago International Coin Fair th A pril 29 - May pt, 2004 Holiday Inn O'Hare Hotel featuring ANCIENT COINS WORLD COINS MEXICAN COINS WORLD PAPER MONEY Catalogs available for $25 each. The entire catalog may be viewed on our web site starting April 1", 2004 at: www.ponterio.com ~ PONTERIO & ASSOCIATES ; .... u~ .." . - ~ uWISM RlI g' f..- " "c'''' M 1818 Robinson Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 P.N. G. #308 800-854-2888 or 619-299-0400 Fax 619-299-{j9S2; E-mail: [email protected] ~ Licensed Auction Company #968 , lUUU ~ 1•. .\\. '2163 Richard H . Ponterio - President March2004 3 Learning About 'Fakes' In Defense of the Can Be Difficult U_K:s Treasure Act I en joyed your editorial in Janu read with interest Ma tthew Re ary's Celator. There are many reck id's leiter to the editor (Jan . 2004). less, self-proclaimed 'experts' online, While I agree with Mr. Reid that it especi ally in the anti-forgery email lists. would be wonderful to know the find Anti -forgery education lists have spots of collectors' coins, su rely Mr. a bu il t-in problem . It is impossib le Rei d belittles the U.K .'s efforts to to learn wi thout makin g mistakes , ye t accompli sh suc h goals. The Trea Would Appreciate Articl es it is unethical to falsely condemn the sure Act of 1996 req uires finds of offerings of dealers. coins and other significant objects to on More Reasonably The ANA Summer Seminar (which be reported and provides mu seums Priced Coins I have not attended , I merely read the a right of first refusal over such description) has it right. Students Items. Coins not retained by the I thoroughly enjoyed the well-re test their skill against "400 unmarked state are returned to the ti nde r for searched and carefully written article genuin e, counterfeit, and altered possible sale. Perhaps, Mr. Reid has on u'Ho rse/Palm Tree' Tetradrachms: coins." not read th e official reports that are The Fi rst Carthagin ian Coins" by John Novices (like me) nee d to look at avail ab le al www.cu lture.gov.uk. Tatman (January 2004). However, one unclassif ied real and fake coins, Since the law went into effect in aspect of th e article filled me with frus mixed together, to develop discern 1997, an average of 240 finds has tration. All of these coins are probably ment. Un fortunately there aren't any been report ed annually with the num rare and worth at least $1,000 or more books (or we bsites) with unseparat bers tend ing upward. for even a well-worn specimen. Thus, ed real and fake coins except commer Mr. Reid also ig nores the hobby's they are really out of the price range 01 cial sites (e.g. eBay, VCoins, SixBid). vol untary efforts to record finds in a middle class collector and belong Flipping through Becker the such pu blications as Coin Hoards, only to the wealthy. Counterfeiter is an inefficient way to and he overstates archaeologists What I would re ally appreciate as a devel op discernment. The best way own efforts at documenting coins next article from Mr. Tatman would per is practicing hands on against un found at archaeo log ical digs. Despite haps be entilied, uBase Metal Sicu lo grouped coins, wi th interactive discu s all the argument about preservation Pu nic COi nage - Carthage's "S mall sion. I suspect the second best way is of context, ali lao often coins are ju st Change". These coins are affordable to from photos with discussion. ignored at sites. a collector of average means. Coinci I am a member of several anti Clearly, whatever its problems, dentally the next Celatorpage after the forgery email lists. If I am certain a the U. K.'s law offers a favorable al end of the article had an ad Irom Anti coin is false (and the dealer clue ternative that balances the interests och Associates listing copper and less), then I'll post publicly. If I am of archaeologists, finders, museums bronze coins from Henry Clay unsure, I'll privately contact the deal and collectors. I count myself fortu Lindgren's collection. Item 64 was a er or my 'mentors' for advice. nate to have as pa rt of my collection Siculo-Punic 4"' century BC bronze coin I'm lucky enough to have mentors. a Follis of licinius that was part of with the head of Pe rsephone-Tanit/run If everyone had men tors, the me n the Langton Hoard found in Yorkshire nin g horse in fine condition for all of 1h tors wou ld be overwhelmed. The on Sept. 25 , 2000. Its find spot was $25. As a personal malte r, I read arti on ly conversation that 'scales' to only recorded because of the ex ist cles whose coins are affordable and large groups is email lists, whi ch ence of such a law. avai lable with the greatest of interest. have the ethical problem. Peter Tompa They may well start me on a new col Ed Snible Washington, D.C. lecting path. New York Frederick A. 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Zeu s-Jupi ter, Pose idon-Neptune, Dionysos-Bacchus, Hennes-Mercury, The Poseidon of Lysippos Artemis- Diana (especial ly a t Ephe su s), and the Hellenistic to Roman Perhaps the most photogenic, most Nikc-Victoria are impo rtant divinities memorable major divinity appearing shown 10 have been represented over on the reverses of Greek and Roman and over ag;tin in various form s on coins was the Poseidon-Neptune with Roman provincial coins. The sett ings ri ghl foot ra ised on a rock, trident in for these images could be their own, the extended left hand. and the ri ght actual temples. or they could be loca arm on the raised ri ght knee, a dolphin tions created by the designers o f an sometimes on the ri ght hand. (Fig. I) cient coins. Nike a lighted on the prows The ult imate original was the large of s hi ps (N ike of Samothrace, tet bronze statue by Lysi ppos, later court radrachms of Demetrius Pol iorcetes) sculptor to Alexander the Great, about and on the ridge poles ofternples. (Fig. 340 BC, standing in the Temple of I I) These numismatic artists often Poseidon at Isthm ia, principal pori of Corinth off the Aegean :lOtI the site of famous Greek games. There were later modifications of thi s Poseido n, like the small bronze shown here, which relates to a statue in a shrine of the Helle nistic period or the First Cen tury of the Roman Em pire. The most celebrated appearance of Figure I- BrOI1"<.1: ISlhmial/ Lys ippos' Poseidon fi lled the />O.l"l: idOIl after Lysippos. C(I . 100 reverses of tetradrachms of AD. (Pholo courtesy of Royal Figllre JA-AR Tetradrachm of Demetrills Demetrius Poliorcetes in the fi TSt Atl'ella Galleries, New York). PoIiorceles depicting Poseidon 011 generation of the Thi rd Cenlury thereverse, after Lysipflos. (Photo courtesy Be (sec Fig. IA). Poseidon sug gested the Macedonian prince's Roman coins ofCorin(h showed thi s of eNG, Il1 c., Triton VI, 101 /86). ma ritimc aspirations. unusual statue with several variations, chlamys on the right leg. dolphin on the extended hand: Domitian (RPC 185.7 = Lanz Auction 105,2001 , no. 556, BCD Collection) and Commodus (BCD, no. Ancient Coins 774). Septi mius Severus (BCD, no. 826) • Mail Bid Sales \'11/1 (1111 II1lt 111('1 IIII' (II reverts 10 the originaltypc. without the ( I . Fixed Price Lists \\ \\ \\.roscllblumcoins.com dolphin, suggesting this statue was Ihe main cult-image. whi le the Poseidon ~ • Buy or Bid Sales .~,~ • Numismatic Literatllre with dolphin was a Hellenistic or Roman mOOification. which turns up in Rome on Specializing in moderate priced Judaeau coins scstertii of Hadrian . The Lysippic Posei don was worshipped at other harbor cities (serious walll-lists solicited) ~ from Elcusis 10 Knossos to Ostia, in an abbreviated version of the temple, which William M. 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For both these reasons, Fourth Century AD. celalors could visi t shrines of Al ex ander everyw here and also could car Alexander Conquers Rome ry his small statues in bronze or pre cious metals to their own homes and Roman legionaries in the East were st udios where dies fo r coins were pre comfo rted by the images of Alexander pared. One of these small statues in th e Greal as Helios-Sol, dressed in bronze show s Alexander the Great Helleni sti c and Ro man ce remonial ar seated, as Arcs was represented, with an mor, which they could cu rry from ample cloak wrapped around his lower camp to c amp, for place ment in li mbs, over his left shoulder, and down shrines and ror uses as models by ce his \e ft side. (Fig. 2) The originator of Imors in the towns where they were th is image was certainly Lysippos. slationed. (Fig. 3) T he Macedonian He holds a large sword in a scab Figure 2-Alexallder the Grem hero wears the radiate crown, which bard on his ri ght knee with his raised (IS (I Heroic Ruler. Gmeco·Ro· also linked him wi th Roman Emper right hand, and he extends hi s lcft lI1al1. (PhOTo courtesy ofR oyal· ors, und with Roman imperium on its hand. perhaps to hold the Shield of Athen(l Gal/eries, New York). worldwide scale. He holds th e orb of Achilles, wh ich some legends tell he un iversal dominion in hi s ex tended left acquired on his visit to the tomb of his tilne enemies of the Macedonians and hand , and raises his ri ght arm and hand ancestor Achilles at Troy before he set the Greeks in the East. Such a small in a gesture of sal ute toward the sun forth to conquer Asia from the long- statue, li ke various others di scussed in rising in the East, the outer lim its of Al exander's conquests, and of greet ing to fellow soldiers and local citi zen s, The fi gure could and did readi ly FRANK L. KOVACS Ancient Coins & Antiquities www.frankkovacs.com and now additional coins also at www.vcoins.comlfrankkovacs Specializing over 30 years in Greek and Roman coins Advanced collectors especially will benefit from my expertise and resources frank @frankkovacs.com (415) 256-2432 Fig/l re 3- Alexander Ihe Great as Helios. in the armor of (I Roman Officer. (Photo colII'tesy of Royal fa x (41 5) 945-99 16 Ath elia Galleries, New York). PO. Box 15 1790 · San Rafael, California 94915-1790 8 The Gelator Want Your Ancient Coins Graded, Authenticated and Encapsulated? Well, here's all you need! 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FA X 303-221 -5524 [email protected] ==Si-gn.a.ture=n (This==== Submission =Form=== must be signed== lor=== your order =to beccc processed)==,- _Date' ______ March 2004 9 sacrifices of the Roman state rel i been located at Pergamum, Rome's gion. often at temples to deified first foothold in Asia. to the north of Augusti and AuguslHe in their own Smyrna. and past imperial families. Further The cclator wishing to place a cui more. the imperial chi ldren of the rassed ruler in a shrine on the reverse Severan Dynasty, Caracall a. Geta, of a Roman provincial bronze did not Elagabalus and, most notably. have to journey to Ephesus or PerIla Severus Alexander (Fig. I I) were mum to study such a statue. Many cit descended through the Syrian priest ies had such cu irassed statues in local ly aristocracy and thus the Scleucid shrines, in Praetoria, or in Gymnasia Kings from the Maeedonian family with Roman Bat hs attached. Such a of Alexander the Great. statue , corresponding with the fi gure on the Claud ian cistophorus, was Cuirassed Roma n Emperors found generations ago seemi ngly in southern Asia Minor. (Fig. 4) The sub The Roman Emperor, placed by ject was an aristocratic official ofthe laIC the celator in a num ismatic temple. Had rianic to early Antonine periods. could be show n as Zeus. like the T he d raped fema le wit h mu ral statue of Augustus from the Agora crown and large cornucopiae in the left in Thessalonike or that of Claudi arm, crown in g Augus tus or Claudius us (41 to 54) at Ol ympia. in the in armor on the cislophorus, is a per Temple of Hera alongside the Her sonification of Asia or Oikoumene mes of Prax iteles and Ti tus (79 to (Orbis Terrarum, the Universe) found 81) in full armor. Ful! armor. in widely on Roman cameos and silver Figure 4-Roman Official in ceremonitlf armOl; c loak, c uirass marble slallic. ca. 130 AD. The Toledo MllseulI! with metal and of Arl. (Pholo by Tim l1wyer. courte.\·y of Ihe hea vy leather Tolello Mllselllll ofArl). ski rts. tunic be neath, and mi l- stand in thi s fash ion on Roman impe itary bOOIS, was rial and provincial coins. the preferred way Roman Emperors encouraged and to show the Em followed th is commemorative exam peror or a famous ple. especially since they too were Proco nsul. like worshipped as gods from Ephesus to Celsus in his fam thc Orontes and on to Phi lac (Trajan) ily library at Ephe in Upper Egypl. The Emperors of sus. now a recon Rome were represented both as gods structed Roman in the heroic nude (Augustus, Domi landmark. Such a tian. Trajan at Ephesus) and as con statue appears in quering imperators in ce remon ial mil the ROMETAYG. itary uniform (Hadrian in At hens. at COM AS !. te mple Pergamum, and on Crete). Wherever on the reverse of a Roman Emperors went, from the Cap cistophorus of the Figure 5-Marbfe FUI/ erary Urn with Marcu.\· Aurelills O/' ilO line Hill in Rome to the acropolis Emperor Claudius. or agora (forum) in the smallest city attributed to Ephe Comllloi/us sacrificing to Fallstilltl fI, ca. 180 to 190 AD. Courtesy of the Greek East. these rulers and sus. although such of Museum of Fille Arts. Bostoll (Museum ptm.:}w,\·e with fimds their legates performed the ri tcs and a temple may have donated in mell/Oly of Emily Towllsend Venlleule. 2002.25). plate. T hi s cuirassed imperial figure is also fou nd in small bronzes and fPlfl WfFJlfl 0 Now Available for therefore was readily available to a eclat or in his workshop, for exam Subscription Payments ple, in an upland ci ty like Apollonia Now offering PayPal as an option you can use to conveniently pay f or Mordiae ulll in Pi sidia, under the your subscription, Celotor binders, or back issues. Just send pay Emperor Gallienus (253 to 268), ment to: ke.rence.@frontierne:t .net,andyou can pay using t he credit where there appears to ha ve been a card of your choice or have t he mon ies automat ica lly deduct ed from big, octastyle imperial temple. At your checking account. Or you can still send payment d irectly t o us Ninica-Claudiopolis in Ci licia under by check, money order or use your Visa/ MasterCard. Maximinus I (235 to 238). the cui rassed figure in an elaborate, tetra £Rm[MJ style temple must be Claudius, as the The Celator city's second name would mandate. P.O. Box 839, Lancaster, PA 17608 _ [,.,[ PhonelFax (717) 656-8557 ~ 10 The Gelator Warren lUcker Scott Cordry Jim Jelins ki HWCA Director Cons ignment Director Consignment Director [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ext. 287 Ext. 369 Ext. 257 Call today to participate in 2004 1-800-872-6467 • www. HeritageCoins.com HERITAGE World Coin Auctions 3500 Maple Avenue ' Dallas, Texas 75219-3941 I -SOO-US COINS (SOO-S72-6467) • 214-528-3500 • FAX: 214-443-8425 www.H eri tageCoins.com • c·mail: [email protected] March 2004 11 Jus (177 to 192). (Fig. 5) Amid at tendants, one of these two Emper ors offers :I cere monial libation in the imperial palace, probably on the Pa latine Hilt in Rome. to the dei fied Faustina II. wife of the first and mother of the sec ond. who died at Halai. the n re named Faustinopo lis, in C ili eia in 175. T he urn Figures SA & B- The left and righT el/ds ofa Marble Fllllermy Um wilh Marcus Aurelius or Commodus sacrificing doubtless con- to Faustina 11. ca. 180 to 190 AD. CO/llu:sy of MuseU/II of Fille Arts, 80S/Oil (M II ~'eu m purchase wilh fllnds ta ined the remains donated iI/memory of Emify Townsend Vermeufe, 2002.25). of a person close to, perhaps in the Sculptor and Celator in the Forum for ashes is gennane to the ide:ls, meth service of, the imperial family. ods, and resulls that have been present One end or short side of the rectan The municipal celator could have ed in these three articles (see The Ce gu lar chest is carved with the image of been in the agora to witness religious falOr, January 2002 and Octobcr 2002 a large. semiheraldic eagle, the other rites and imperial ceremonies in per for Parts I and II of "Roman Provin short side with a similar, handsome pea son, but there are small sculptures in cial Coins: The Statues in the Temples cock. The fi rst bird was the symbol of marble or metal, whi ch coul d have and Shrines"). The monument in ques Zeus-Jupiter and the Emperor. indeed of served as models for die designers in tion dates to the reign of Marc us Au all imperial power. The second. the bird East and Wes!. O ne of these sculp relius ( 16 1 to 180) or at the outset of with the eyes of Argus on her tail, stood tures, a m:lrble ci nerary urn or casket the rule of his surviving son, Commo- for Hera-Juno and the Augusta. Both these Olympian birds were well known on the reverses of Roman coin s, as at tributes beside their divinities or, with the owl of Athena-Minerva, as symboLs NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA of the Capitoline Triad. ANCIENT COINS AND MEDALS Ceramic Architecture for Celators GREEK - ROMAN - BYZANTINE - MEDIEVAL - RENAISSANCE AU CTIONS - LISTS Architects and ceramic ti le manu fac turers from Ro me to Ephesus and VALUATIONS on to Antioch-on-the-Orontes created, manufactured, and sold plaques, whi ch could be set along the wa ll s or roof lines of public and private buildings. The scenes, as might be expected, were very architectural. defined by com posite columns, architruves. and enriched moldings below. (Figs. 6, 7, 8) A victorious boxer holding his palm was n anked by pri ze-urns on slands and gymnasium or stadium herms be yond. Overhead hung two-sided mar Catalogues upon request ble reliefs. imitating shields with annual su bscription rate US$ 100 masks of Zeus or copying the pelta formed shi elds carried by Amazons on NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA AG coins struck in Ionia and Curia. There Niederdorfstrasse 43 3rd Floor Genaveo House were also, hanging bctwcen the col PO Box 2655 17 Waterloo Place umns, the priestly crowns fa vored by officials in reality and as statues at. for C H-8022 Zurich LondonSWIY4AR instance, Aphrodisias, Perge. and, as Tel. +41 126117 03 Tel. +44 207 839 7270 on Ihis plaque, on reverses of Roman Fax. +41 1 2615324 .'ax. +442079252174 provincial coins at several cities in arsclussicn @access.eh [email protected] Cilicia. 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These tel evision roo ms. splendid example (Fi g. 6A), doubtless athl etes could appear in cerami c re an offering ill a temple, in Antiqua, li ef in the fo rm of lhe commemo ra Conclusion: Complex and Inc. Catalogue XI (2002, Woodland tive statues, which were comm is- Unusual Images sioned and dedi en ted in every city of the Greek im perial worl d. These famou s and popular mortal s from the sporting world could also appear in an ideal re.ll ity. The te r raCO lla wall plaques were easy to man ufacture, ac Figure 6- Terraco /ta Architectural Plaque with a Heroic Ath quire and in lete in a Gymnasium, Graeco-Roman. (Ph oto courtesy of sta ll. In the Christie's, New York) . world of em- ble matic an Figure 6A- Bronze and Silver Bowl with a Hills, CA, pg. 25, no. A20 and baek cov tiquity, these architectural re tondo depicting the head of Zeus, Graeco-Ro cr). Thi s made a perfect step fro m terra li efs and the ir related, medal- man. (Photo courtesy of Antiqu8, Inc., Wood calla relief to die-culler's workbench. lie Roman provinc iat coins land Hills, California), Herakles (Fig. 7) ,md Hermes (Fig. wi th at hl etes, traditionat herms o r 8) as strong and young ath letic pat rons termina l fi g ures, and prize- urns These lhree studies on sources for of agoni stic endeavors were the stat- cou ld be adm ired and treasu red like the Roman provincial di e-designers can concl ude with a major Graeco-Ro man divinity in an unusual , eye-catCh Once again I wiII be teaching ing setti ng (Fig. 9), and the Ea stern fo rm of a god who drew his image from Coins of the Middle Ages several cultures, Greek. Roman. Syri an, and th e traditions of AnalO li a , at the ANA Summer Seminar through southeast Asia Minor. (Fig. [0) The first image is Ihe youn g, ath letic June 26 - July 2, 2004 Dionysos in the traditions of Prax ite Tal es of kni ghts and chivalry have always had a romantic attachment. les in the middle of the Fourth Centu but the coins of the Middle Ages have been a mystery for many coll ectors. ry BC, st anding in a shrine formed of Learn wh y medieval coin s arc oft en scarcer than ancient coins thousands of an e labo ra te se ri es o f vi nes with years older, and how Roman coinage was transfor med during the Middle gra pes, set against a colored marble Ages into the coins we spend today. Through arti fac ts of the day, witness support fo r a table or basin. The sec the collapse of Western Ci vi lizati on and its re viv.d a thousand years later. ond statue is a relatively small sou ve Students will have "hands o n" contact with coins issued by such hi storica l nir of the great image of Zeus or Jupi ter Hcli opolitanus whi ch stood under figures as Charlemagne and Ri ch3rd the Li onheart. a balduchino or enriched canopy in the Thi s is a 25-hour intensive course. The lasl time thi s course was offered main tcmplc at Baalbek (Hcliopolis) it was a fantastic ex perience, with studenls rangi ng fro m casual collectors belween Beiru t (8 crytus) and Pal myra. to full-lime scholars from around the world. It wi ll include instruction in Dionys us with his drinkin g-cup attribution, authentication, and hi storical context. Counterfeit detection will (kantharos), hi s pinecone-topped staff also be included. Places for onl y 16 parti cipants will be available. Th ose (thrysos), and his puppy-like panther was interested should contact Gail Baker, Education Director, American Nu a fi xture on the re verses of many coi ns, mismatic Association, 8 18 North Cascade Ave .. Colorado Springs, CO occasionall y in surroundings suggestive 80903-3279. Te l: (7 19) 632-2646 , Fax: (719) 634-40 85 , o r email: of lhe agricultural , wine-producing pros education @mo ney.org. perily seen here. The young Zeus-Helios Haddad appears with his elaborate crown and his "trec-trunk" body covered wi th [email protected] lIen G. Berman...... _"._ ...... ' images of the Sun and the Moon, Apol P,O. Box 605 (845) 434-6090 lo's gri ffi ns, masks like the Zeus in the I£=~ Falrfield,CT06430 FAX (845) 434-6079 bowl seen here (Fig. 6A), and various rosettes: the ensemble naked 0 11 its cult- 14 The Gelator podium by standing animals (missing A Further Word: A Small City, A Aegae, a hillside city overlooking here). This was as rich an image as Giant Coi n, and an Early Temple the Hermos River valley, with terraced Anatolia and the ancient Ncar E:.st temples, shrines, and stoas, like Silly could prod uce. The god was fully wor· A serics of three essays on the im urn in Parnphy li a or Pergamum in My thy of Ihe elaborate. three-temple pre ages in templ es on Roman provincial sia but older in origi ns, was excavat cin ct and great, arched gateway lit coins cannot end without calli ng :lIten- ed by the German Archaeological In- tion to, perhaps, the largest imperial bronze coin (50mm, 49.60 grams) surviving from antiquity. The city is Aegae in Aeolis. The Empero r is Severus Al exander (222 to 235). The reverse features a tetrastyle temple, seemingl y with Aeolie capitals, a londo or shield in the pedimcnt, and a Nike standing or alighting on the ridge of the roof. (Fig. II) The image wi thin is a Figure 7-Terracotta Architectural Plaque with standing figure of tra Figure 8-Terracotla Architectural Plaque with Hermes Herakles and Athletes in various poses in a ditional DaedaJie-Ana and traditional Herms, two urns, in a gymnasium. gymnasium with pediment. Courtesy of Mu tolian type, with a Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Francis seum of Fine Arts, Boston (Francis Bartlett "tree-trunk" body like Bartlett Donation, 03.885). Donation, 03.883). the Hera of Samos or the Kore of Sardis, also with an stitule at the time work of archeologi Baalbck and, alone, as the portable elaborate, high headdress, not unlike cal exploration was in full swing at the vi sual source that a celator could bring the crown of the Ephes ian Artemis or, to, study. and copy in his studio. here, the Hcliopolitan Zeus. (Fig. 10) Coming soon ... www.freemanandsear.com IIIID PlICE lIST 9 Unsurpassed experti se and experience in the field of classical coins. 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It also a goddess of agriculture, and was purchased for the Estate of Sir References consort of Hades in the Underworld. Claudius Nuffier, BI. The coin is a Re lated articles by the author, not This huge coin must show the early cited previous ly, include: "The temple and image of Kore as they Sculptures of Roman Syria", in C. survived in to the Third Century AD. Kondo leon, ed., Antioch, The Lost Ancient City, Princeton, 2000, pr. 91-102. Also, "Wandering Stones: A chronological survey of sculptures from Greece, the Islands, and Asia Minor, found at vastly different times at the same archaeological site", in Essays In HOllor of Dietrich von Bot/liner, Allard Pierson Series, Vol. 14, Amsterdam, 2002, prepared by Andrew J. Clark and Jasper Gaunt with Bencdicte Gilman, pp. 323- 332, and "New Acquisitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston", in Minerva, Vol. 13, no. 6, 2002, pp. 51 -52. Acknowledgements Those who collaborated in the previous two anicles have helped again here . Alexandra Elizabeth Grallon fetched and carried, like a Figure 9-Dionysos with Panther in an Figure 1o-Zeus-Jupiter He/io loutrophoros-bearer at the Panath elaborate arbor of vines and grapes, politanus of Baalbek, ca. 100 enaic Festival on the Parthenon ca. 150 AD. (Photo courtesy of Royal AD. (Photo courtesy of Royal Frieze. Kevin J. Cahalane and San Athena Galleries, New York). Athena Galleries, New York). dra Knudsen (To ledo) helped with illustrations, and David G. Mitten, Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. Ancient Coin ! Greek, YOU CAN HELP US save time and money by renewing early. Please check your mailing label to find out when your subscription expires. P.O. Box 839 Lancaster, PA 17608 Tel/Fax: (717) 656·8557 or E-mail: 1'0. Box 3759, Frederick, MD 21705 Phone: (30 t) 473#>00 or (800) 381.{)396 Fax: (301) 473·8716 · E-nuil:[email protected] [email protected] 16 The Gelator March 12-Ballimore Coin & Currency Conyenlion. Kerry will be in attendance on Friday onl y for this convention (weather permit ting!). Please have me paged or look for me in the Andent & World Coins section. FlfJure II-Bronze Medallion {16 or 20 Assaria} of AeoNs, AEGAE, Severus May 8-San Francisco Ancient Alexander. 222 to 235 AD, SOmm (49.60 grams), Temple of Kore. Boston, Numismatic Society. Kerry will be Nuffler Foundation. (Photo courtesy of eNG, Inc. , Auction 61, lot 1044). speaking at their meeting held in conjunction with Ihe San Francisco excavator of Sardis. di sc ussed Ae Abullt the Qloh or- Beyond what Coin & Stamp Expo. Cathedral Hill gae in Aeoli s and related cities. In was written previ ously, Corneli us Hotel (May 7-8). Topic: The Coin 2004 Ihe Museum o f Fine Arts, Bos Ver meule is coll abo rating on Vo l age of Nekumebo If of Egypt (and to n, is mounting a world-class ex umes Three and Four o f his coll ect other Pharaohs!). hibition on ancient G reek :lIh letics ed writings, Arl and Archaeology of June 26-July 2-ANA Summer to honor the Olympic Games in Ath Antiquity, published in London by Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO, ens. Views of gymnasia and athletes. the Pindar Press; Volumes I and 11 Kerry WetterSlrom and David Vagi such as seen here and on the coi ns. havin g appeared in 200 I and 2002. will be leaching a course on Ancient wi ll playa major parI, under Ihe Greek Coinage. Por further infonna aegis of Chri stina Kondoleon. Frank lion, please contact the ANA Edu L. Kovacs has been our mentor in cation Dept. at 7 19-632-2646 or by matters of athletics and numismatics. e-mail at [email protected]. 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Following her husbands' brother, Ptolemy IX, after her elder sis these imperious ladies, was successive deaths, she then wed Philopator's on ly ter, Cleopatra IV, had been forcibly di ly wed \0 Syrian Kings Alexander I Bal surviving son (her nephew), Antiochos X vorced from him by their mother. She as, Demetrios II. Antiochos VII , and Eusebes, who was almost a generation may also have wed another brother, again to Demetrios II, before finally ar youn ger than herself. Ptolemy X Alexander. but this suppo ranging to have her final husband and Queen Cleopatra 11 Selene. the foc us sition is unproved (see Chri stopher thei r oldest son, King Seleukos V, mu r of the present essay, was known by the Bennett's websi te on the Ptoiemies, dered within months of each other in 125 ancient aUlhors primaril y under the lat cited earlier in this paragraph, for the BC, whereupon she assumed control of ter name, to di stingui sh her from her evidence supponing this notion). the Syrian state herself. After four years many relatives named Cleopatra. but she What is certain is that she was then of co-ru le with another son, King Anti did employ her full name offi cially. As sent by her mother to marry Syrian ochos VIII Epiphanes (popularly called Flavius Josephus states: "Basili ssa gar King Alltiochos VIII "Grypos" circa Grypos, or "Hook-Nosed"), she attempt SelC ll c he kai Kl eopatra kaloumenc .... " the year 103 BC.J as part of a political ed to murder him with a poisoned drink, which is to say, "For Queen Selene. who arrangement whereby Queen Cleopatra which he refused, forci ng her to sip it (was] also called Kleopatra, .. ."J Strabo III attempted to enlist the Grypos fac herself ( 12 1/ 120 BC). She is the ances si milarly mentions ..... Selenen epiklethe tion to help her dominate or even mur tress of all of the later Seleukid mon isan Kleopatmn ... " (", .. Selene surnamed der her own two sons, and thereby rule archs, Cleopatra ... .. ). Her three surviving coins Egypt in her own right : Grypos agreed Queen Cleopatra I Thea had three also record her re ign name (in the geni to the arrangement in order to gain nieces and first cousins, daughters of tive case) as "Basilisses Kleopatras Egypt's assistance in defeati ng his half Egy ptian King Ptolemy VII I (her fa Selcncs" ("of Queen Cleopatra Selene"). brother, Antiochos IX. After Grypos' ther's younger brother) and of her elder The name "Selene" in Greek refers both murder circa 98/97 BC by Minister sister. Queen Cleopatra III: Tryphaena to the moon and to the Moon Goddess, Heracieon, his half-brother Antiochos married A nti ochos VIII Epiphanes: who was said in Greek mythology variously [X assumed control of Antioch. but was Cleopatra (IV) married Anti ochos lX to have been the daughter of Helios (the himself di spossessed and kill ed by Philopator (Epiphancs's half-brother), sun), or of Hyperion or of Pallas, King Seleukos VI, Grypos's eldest son, popularly call ed Kyzikenos, the man of Selene was likely born in the mid- to about the year 95 . Cyzikus: and Cleopatra Selene, the late 130s BC" to Egyptian King Ptolemy Shonly thereafter, Selene married youngest of the three girls, married both VIII and his wife and niece, Cleopatra her stepson, Antiochos X Eusebes ("Pi Antiochos VIIl and IX successively af III (daughter of his brother, Ptolemy VI. ous"). As Appian4 tells us. " ... emoi de ter her sisters' executions during the and sister of Cleopalra Thea). She was dokousin cpi gelati aut6 poicsasthai to ongoing civil war between the two roy- married about the year 115 10 her own ANTIQUA INC ANNOUNCES CATALOGUE XII FEATURING SUPERB ANCIENT GREEK, JUDAEAN AND ROMAN COINS OF THE IDGHEST QUALITY AN ENGLISH COLLECTION OF ROMAN OIL LAMPS NOW AVAILABLE Complimentary ccltalogue sent UpOIJ request ANTIQUA INC www.Antiquainc.com 20969 Ventura Blvd., Suite # 11, Woodland Hills, CA 9 1364 USA Tele. 8 18·887-0011, Fax 818-887-0069, E-Mail - [email protected], Web Address: Antiquainc.com March 2004 19 onoma hoi Syroi; egeme gar outos ho King Tigrancs II dcfcated circa 83 BC Philip and his brother Demetrios soon EusebCs Selenen, hc kai t6 patri autou while assuming control ovcr Syria, Jo split, however, followi ng the pattern of egegamcto to Kyzikeno kai t6 Gry p6 sephus states that the young Seleukid thcir fam ily. and continued to trade thei t> genomeno," which is to say, "My monarch was actually killed, probably blows unti l Demetrios was captured fri ends, Ilhink the Syrians gave him thc much earlier, figh ting the Parthians. a about 87 BC by the Parthians. He was name as a joke; for this 'Eusebcs' him more like ly talc given the evidence of succeeded in Damascus by the youngest se lf wed Selene, who had been married Antiochos X's coinage: and most nu of the five brothers, Antiochos XII Oi [previously] to hi s own father. Ky z mismatists now accept Eusebes' years onysos. The latter monarch was killed ikl! nos, lmd [before that l to his uncle. of ru le as occurring between 94·92 BC, in bllltle against a joint army of the Jews Grypos." In other words, Appian is stat with a brief break in the year 93. when and Nabateans circa 83 BC (his last coins ing, Antiochos X acted impiously in his cousin Antiochos XI invaded Syria arc dOlted 84/83 sq, about the same time marrying his own stepmother, who had and seized An tioch. before hi msel f that Phi lip apparently died of natural the legal status of a parent. meeting his death in a second bauicout causes in Antioch (since none of the an· Impious or not, Antiochos X's ncw side the city. cient authors specificall y mention Phil wife promptly bore him a son and hei r. If Josephus is right. the n the two sons ip's end, we can only speculate that it Amiochos XI1 1 Ph iladclphos (called of Selene had to have been conceived was wholl y unremarkable; indeed, his "Asiatikos," or the man of Asia), who and born no I,l ter than 92 Be when the coi ns depict a man who ages very rapid became the last generally acknowlcdged queen was in her early fort ies. This is ly in li tt le more than a decade). Philip king of the Seleuk.id dynasty. He was certainly within the rea lm of physical left an underaged heir, Philip II Bary deposed by Pompey in 64 BC when possibility. pous, who is known to have li ved in Ci Rome annexed thc kingdom as the new Eusebes had successively defeated licia during part of his youth. ly constituted province of Syria. A sec three of hi s fil'st cousins. Scleukos VI We can reasonably assume that Phil ond , un named son is mentioned by Ci in 94 BC, and this king's siblings, Anti ip Sen ior and his brother Antiochos XII cero in his polemic against Verrcs, when ochos XI and his twi n brother, Phil ip I, died wi th in a relati vely sh0l1 time of cach he notes that both boys had recently been in 93. After Eusebes' death, a fourth other, because both cities, having no sur visiting Rome (sometime du ri ng the latc son of Ant iochos VIII , Demetrios III , viving adult Seleukids left to claim ei 70s B C).~ Krilt's recent discovery of a stepped forward with Philip to claim the ther throne. promptly turned to foreign coin depict ing the boy Ki ng Scleukos Syrian throne. Demetrios had already mon:lrehs as their saviors against the real VII Philomctor cstablishes with certain established himself in Damascus about threat of attack by the local desert tri bes: ty the name of that sibling. the year 96 BC wi th Ptolemaic finan Damasc us to King Arctas III . the Nab::lIe Although Appian tells us thaI it'was cial support (hi s first coin s there arc dat ,lIl monarch who had been the city's Antiochos X Eusebes whom Armcnian ,d 97/96 BC). sworn enemy just months before, and Anti och to King Tigranes II of Armcnia. But what became of Cleopatra Selene :Uld hcr sons? 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Ponterio - President es appear to depict boys of about the ages of 10- 14. we can assume that they were 20 The Gelator issued shortly afler the deaths of both Ci licia throughout all or part of the pe north by reports of the invasion of Ar Philip I and Antiochos Xli, specifically riod from 83-69 Be. menia proper by Roman General Lucu! in order to establish her and her sons' During the mid-70s Selene sent her Ius, who had been chasing Mithridates claim to the unoccupied thrones. tWO sons west 10 present their claims VI through eastern Asia Minor. In the The only corroboration from the an~ before the Roman Senate to ru le both ensuing battle the Roman fo rces pre cient authors of her status as a ruling Syria and Egypt. According to Cicero, vailed, and the Armenian monarch was monarch occurs in Josephus, who states, the Senate acknowledged the boys' ultimtltely forced to capitulate to following the passage quoted tlbove, ri ghts to the Syrian diadem by inherit Pompey a few years later, his kingdom " ... Selene hc ... tOn en te Syria katcrch- ance from their father, Antiochos X, but then being reduced to its traditional cn ... "6 (" ... Selene ... who [then] ruled in declined even to hear their petition to homeland. Syria"). The verb used here, "katarch6:' rule in Alexandria (the status of the Selene's end is also mentioned by had in the late classical era the meaning reigning King of Egypt, Ptolemy XII , Stmbo, who says that she was held pris of "10 rule" or "to govern," but was ear the princes' fi rst cousin, who had re oner for a time by Tigranes at Selcukeia li er employed in the sense of "to strike cently succeeded to the throne in 80 Be. in Commagcne, and later executed there. someone" or even "to sacrifice": perhaps wus questionable due to his ill egitimate Within months of Selene's captu re, Josephus would have been cogni z'lIlt of birth, but he was a known Roman all y however, he r eldest son, Antiochos XIII this potential double meaning. Since the at a time when the Senate needed such Philadelphos, called Asiatikos, had been queen was Ihe second ruling Seleukid support in the long fight against Mith allowed by Lucullus to take the Syrian monarch with the name Cleopatra, she ridates Vi of Pont us). Cicero claimed throne. He was initially greeted with should now properly be termed Queen that the boys returned 10 the East by enthusiasm by the cit izens of Antioch, Cleopatra II Selene, with her aunt becom separate ships, but Antiochos unfortu and minted twO small series of tct ing Cleopatra I Thea. na tely stopped in Sicily, where he was radrachms over the next several years, Her rebellion was not universall y suc robbed by the Roman Governor Verres. but soon his expedition against the Ar cessful; it seems unlikely, for example, Josephus al so tells us of Selene's abs went sour, and he found himself that she ever controllcd Antioch for morc ultimate fate. In the same passage men fighting a rebellion at home and enemies than brief intervals, if ever, or we would tioned abovc, the historian notes that abrOad. He was then kidnapped by King probably have examples oftetradrachms early in 69 BC Tigranes was besieging Sampsiceramus of Emesa; in Antioch his providing some evidence of that fact. Ptolemais, where he received a delega detractors brought fonh the king's young Instead, the only known sil ver coins is tion from the ruling Queen Alexandra second cousin, Philip II, out of his hid sued by that city during this decade and of Judaea, who petitioned him not to ing plaee in Cili cia to claim the vacant a half were minted under the authority proceed southward into the Jewish throne. Although Ant iochos returned for of King Tigranes. However, Selene may lands. The city fell soon afterwards, and another brief period of rule circa 64 Be, well have controlled one or more walled Selene was taken prisoner and later ex citadels along the coasts of Phoenicia or ecuted, but Tigranes was abruptly called SPINK - f OUNDED t6 66 - Kingdom of Bal:.tria, Theophilus. circa 90 B.C., Silver Tetradrachm. Sold at auction on Bth OCtober 2003 for £33,350. SPECIALISTS IN COINS, COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS & TOKENS Consignments now accepted for our upcoming auctions and ou tright purchases made for stock 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury. London we 1B 4ET Te[: +44 (0)20 7563 4105 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4065 Emai[: [email protected] www.spink.com March 2004 21 Roman General Pompey had had nieia. perhaps even near Ake-Ptolemais, noses and protruding chins common to enough of the Seleukid circ us. and an the last known residcnce of Selene. the House of Lagos and the late Scleu nexed Syria outright during his sC llle The coin measures 19.5-20.0-mm, kids. The piece is beautifully designed ment of the political affairs of the Mid with a depth of 3-mm. weight of 9. 15 and proport ioned. a true masterwork of dle East. King Antiochos XIII was de gm .. and die axis of 12 o·clock. the celator's art. posed, an d soon thereafter murdered, Obverse. Female and mal e heads Thi s bronze and the other two known perhaps by Sam psiceramus . jugate, the female in front. veiled and examples of Selene's coinage were like wearing a stephane, the male behind. ly issued as propaganda pieces, both to The New Coin probably weari ng a diadcm. the front emphasize the princeli ngs' claims. and edgc of which is barely visible above also to solidify thcqueen's own rule over The newly di scovered bronze of An, his forehead. Circle of dots. whatever portion of the ancient Syrian tioehos XIII and hi s mother was recent Reverse. Nike striding left. hold ing state she actually controlled. It is sig ly purchased by the author from a well wreath in extended right arm, her left nificant that all three pieces feature very known Middle Eastern dealer, who in ann hanging loosely behind her body. traditional Seleukid themes: the tri pod, tum obtained it fro m a vendor located Circle of dols. Ihe god Apollo, and (in this instance) the j ust soul h of the Jordanian-Syrian bor Inscript ion to the ri ght of Nike. in goddess Nikc. Tigranes II had altered the der. if the piece was discovered locall y. three vert ie;lllines: usual appearance of the Syrian tet thi s wou ld imply a possible point of or Basi Ii Isscs VKleopatral s lISe Icncs radrachms and large bronzes to feature igin somewhere in Coele-Syria or Phoc- Inscript ion between Nike's draped Tyche on their reverses instead of Zeus wings and her body, just beneath or Apoll o, with only a few pieces dis her left hand. curved along the playing more accustomed devices; even Oank of her rear left leg: kai his own image would have appeared for Inscription to the left of Nike. eign to the citizens of Syria. Here. these in two vertical lines and onc new coins proclaim, /Jere arc ponmits of curved line along the left rim of the true rulers of Antioch. who look and the coin : act (and, by inference. will govern) in Ba-si leosl An-t iochou/Phi 1- ways that the people can understand, as omctolrosj demonstrated by the bronzes themselves, The inscription exactly paral with their comfortable, fami liar themes. lels that of Krill's coin featuring We might expect eventuall y to dis Of Selene and Scleukos VII . right cover a parallel 1£ 20 issued by Selene Cleopatra Selene and Anliochos XIIf. down to the epi thet. The por- for Seleukos VII, featuring onc of the (Enlarged photo by the author). traits Glenn W. Woods Numismatist p.o. Box 7822 DaUas, TX 75209 214-725-4300 • 214-890-7609 (fax) [email protected] • Dallas and Ft. Worth's only full time Ancient and Medieval coin dealer • Specializing in Late Roman/Byzantine Gold • Greek, Roman and Byzantine Ancients in All Metals • Better Quality Medieval Coins in All Metals • Extensive Stock in Varied Price Ranges • Purchasing and Evaluation Services Available March 2004 23 driving out or ki lling Philip). The de:lths army of the Roman general Lucullus, toed by the new Roman Govern or or of the two Scleukid kings :lppear to oc who has invaded Armenia proper while Syria. Aul us Gabinius. This is the last cur almost si muit:lneously, since neither c hasing King Mithrid:l1es VI. There mention by the ancient historians of a throne is offered to the other as the sole Tigranes is defeated in battle. and he is living Seleukid heir. surviving adu lt male of his family. ultimately forced to give up much of the 55? Gabinius defeats the forces of 82? Queen Cleopatra II Selene land which he has added to the tradition Bcrenike IV and restores her fathe r raises the banner of rebellion in ei ther al Armenian state during the previous Ptolemy XII to the throne of Egypt. The Cilicia or in Phoenicia (or both). tlnd is fourteen years. Antiochos XIII Phila Roman Prov ince of Syria begins iss u sues a series of bronze coins promoting delphos, cal led Asiatikos ("the man from ing silver tetradrachms bearing the same her sons' claims, with herself in the fore Asia"), is rccogni7.ed as King of Syria image ,lIld titles of the late King Philip I front as Queen Regnant. These pieces by Lucullus, and issues several small th;:lt had been featured on his own coin achieve very limited ci rculation. sug series of si lver tetradrachms, perhaps age, some twenty-eight years after the gesting a small mint:lge. Nonetheless. over the nexi two years. monarch's presumed death. By infe r· Selene maintains some control over a 671 While camplligning agains t enee. all of the direct male Seleukid hei rs fonressor fortresses in Syria during the Arab tribesmen, Antiochos XIII is cap to the Syrian throne arc probably delld ensuing decade, possibly centered at tured and he ld by King Saffipsicemmus or imprisoned atlhis time. si nce it seems Ake-Ptolemais in Phoenicia. Her sons ofEmesa. The c iti7.ens of Antioch bring un likely that the very pragmatic Romans arc probably educated in Ci licia orelsc young King Philip II Ph iloromaios. would promote a connection to the roy· where in Asia Minor, following the fam called Barypous (,'heavy-footed"; i.e., al house if anyone was left to exploit it. ily tradition (and givingAntiochos XIII "heavy-handed"), son of the late Phili p Also by implicalion, the late King Ph il the nickname of "Asiatikos"). I, out of hid ing in Cil icia and proclaim ip I mU St have either received finnn eial 751 The two sons of Antiochos X him Ki ng of Syria. No coins are known support from the Romans during his life and Selene are sent West to gain the to exist of this monarch. Sampsicera time, or otherwise collaborated with Roman Senate's recognition of their mus and a tri bal supporter of Philip, the m; the silver issue would Ihus gen clai ms, both to lheSyrian throne (which Azizos, plot to kill the two monarchs and erate 11 subtle propaganda message 10 the Roman Republic acknowledges, in divide Syria between them. the citi zenry (one that every Antio the right of their fathcr) and to Egypt 65? Antiochoscscapcs clI ptivity (or chian would understand): "act as your (in the ri ght of their mother; this plea is is delibemtely released by Sampsicera late king ac tcd." denied). The fact that the boys arc al mus) and returns to Antioch, where he I 6 After forty years of almost con lowed to press their case themselves once again assumes th e diadem, expelling tinuous issue, thc last known tet impli es that Antiochos, at the least, has (but not killing) his cousin, Philip II. radrachms displaying the image of either attained his majorit y, or is very 64 Pompey deposes Antiochos SeIeukid King Phi lip I arc released, close \0 it. They spend two years trav X III and annexes Syria liS a Roman marked with the Caesarian Em date. year eling in the west, according to Cicero. province, as part orhis poli tical reorga 33 (1711 6 Be). 73? Antiochos XIII and his broth nization of the Middle Eilst. er Seleukos retu rn 10 the Middle East. 63? Antiochos XII I is murdered, EndnQles 7 1? ligranes 11 forces Aretas III oul possi bly by Sampsiceramus. I. Josephus, Jewish Alltiquities, Book of Damascus, and begins issuing his 58? Antiochos' brothe r and pre XIII , Paragraph 420. own silver tetradrachms there, st ill us sumcd hei r. Seleukos Vil Ph ilometor. 2. Christopher J. Bennett, Ptolemies ing years from the old Seleukid era (his called Kybiosaktes8 ("Fishmonger" or (website), http://www.geocities.com/ first issue is dated 241 SE ornn I BC). "Stingy"). marries th e new Egyptian e h ri s t opherj benn et t /plol em i esl 70'/ Selene is besieged by Ti granes Queen. Bcrenikc IV (e lder sister of Cleo selenc_i. hlm, first paragraph of main in her fortress of Ake-Ptolemais. patra VII), who has recently deposed her text and Note #4. The necessity of re 69 Ake-Ptolemais fal ls to father, Ptolemy XII Auletes. Seleukos ducing the age of Selene to the point Tigranes and Queen Cleopatra II Selene is strangled at the order of his bride (or where she could realistically have borne is taken capti ve, being eventuall y im dies of ill ness) shortl y thereafter. children to the much youngcr Antiochos prisoned at Seleukeia-on-the-Euphrmes. 57? Phili p II Bllrypous ncgotiates X in the mid-90s Be , as well as to her whcre she is later executed. Tigranes with Queen Bercnike for a new treaty own brother. Ptolemy IX, in the mid mUSt suddenly race north to meet the of marri:lge, but his participation is ve- I las BC provides us with a relatively narrow window of possibilit y for her own birth, from about 137- 130 BC. the likeliest date being about 133 Be. l . The plot is dcscribed in det:lil in Justin's His/ory, Book XXXIX. Para graph 4. translated by l ohn Sclby Wat son (London: George Bell & Sons, 1902). in which he notes Ihat "Cleopatra leSI cowfoglle 011 request flll J, fearing her elder son Ptolemy {IXJ should be assisted by rAntiochos KIRK DAVIS IXI Cyzieenus to re-establish himself in Egypt, sent powerful succours to I Anti Classical Numismatics ochos VIIIl Grypus, and with them Se lene, Pto lemy flX]'s wife, to marry the Post Office Box 324, Claremonl, CA 9 17 11 enemy of her former husband." Tel: (909) 625-5426 [email protected] ~ . Appian, Syrim! Wars. Book X I, Paragraph 69. 24 The Gelator ~'Cice ro, Th e Second Speech Against ton VI sale. lot #467, closing date Jan Gaiu:f Yates. Book [v. Paragraph 27: uary 13"',2003. These pieces suggest "Nam regcs Syriae, Regis Antiochi fil that the king 's reign li kely extended into ios pueros, scitis Romae nuper fui sse; qui the fighting season (spring or summer) NYINC venerant non propter Syriae regnum, of 83 BC. thus pUlling an end point to nam id si ne controversia obtinebant. ut his rule about a year later than previ· NEW YORK a patre et a maiori bus acccpcrant, sed ously considered, or at about the same INTERNATIONAL regnum Aegypti ad sc et ad Selenen time as that of his elder brother, King matrem suam pcrtincrc arbitrabantur." = Philip I. NUMISMATIC "You know that the princes of Syria, the •. The later application of th is Alex CONVENTION young sons of King Antiochos, were re andrian epithet for the Roman Emperor cently in Rome. They were not petiti on Vespasian, a notorious skinflint of his www.nyinc.info ing llhe Senate) on account of the king day. suggests an implication of "stin dOIn of Syria, since they already pos gy" or "mean." The word was origi. RD sessed it without controversy. acknowl nally used to refer to peddlers of small THE 33 ANNUAL edged because of their father and their cubes ("kyboi") of salt fi sh, perhaps the ancestors; but they petitioned to be rec "pelamys" or young tuna fis h - clearl y NYlNC ognized [as rul ers] over the kingdom of a profession not highly regarded in an America 's Most Prestigious Egypt, both for themselves and fo r their cient Alexandria. Ancient & Foreign Coin Show mother Selene." This statement reinforc es the pattern we have already seen dis About th e Author- Michael Burgess, played on the three kn own bronzes is a professor in the California State Un i January 14-16,2005 sued by Selene, in which she clearly versity System, is the author of93 pub Professional Preview-Thursday, claims joint rul e over Syria with her two lished books and some twelve thousand 1h 13 , sons. short pieces. His latest short story, "Oc· January 6. Josephus, op. £'it. cam's Treasure," published in Decem 2PM- 7PM - $100 1. Allhough as yet apparently un pub ber 2002 in the anthology, Crusade of lished, at least three examples of tet Fire, edited by Kat herine Kurtz (Warn The Waldorf Astoria Hotel radrachms of Antiochos XII dated 229 er Books), features a tetradrachm of New York City SE (84/83 BC) are now known, the lat Philip Philadelphos as a central plot el· est being offered for sale by the Classi emenl. 301 Park Avenue between cal Numismatic Group, Inc .. in its Tri- East 49th & 50th Streets Call/he Waldorf ASTOria a/ (212) 355·3000 and ask for the special NYINC rare Major Auctions Educational Forums Club Meetings tbttbal Exhibits Admission: Friday-Saturday-Sunday ~tlbtr $10 for a three-day pass General Information: Kevin Foley P.O. Box 370650 $8 Milwaukee, WI 53237 (414) 421-3484 Curious about medieval as a natural complement to your ancient Fax (414) 423·0343 E-mail : [email protected] collection, but don't want to in vest much until you know you li ke it? Then start small and pain less. Forevery $8 you send, I'll send you a different medieval coin .. .$ 16 for 2 different, $32 for 4 different, $80 for 10 diffe rent, etc. With 12 different geLa free copy of Walker's Reading M edieval Europea/l Coins. Please add $2 postage per order. [email protected] (845) 434-6090 lIen G. Berman FAX (B45) 434-6079 ...... " "" .... ,,~ .. u.s . "Hiers add $2 po$t a~ P.O. Box 605·E ovefSeas oro~rs sent at buye r's Fairfield. CT 06430 USA risk and are always welcome ~~.. . '.\' ,', 'I'! March 2004 25 Explaining the Market Price of the 'Trib ute Penny': Evidence from 132 Auctions worldwide in 1995 and 1996. These average price for a coin of a given by John G. Matsusaka prices arc fo r the firms that deal pri grade that docs not have any of the marily in "higher end" coins. such as positives or negatives li sted in the bot eNG and Harlan Be rk in the Un ited tom half of the table. The bolt am h31f Ancient coins arc notorioll sly dif States and Elsen and Lanz in Europe, shows how the price changed when a ficu lt to price. Unlike modern coins. not the midrange and lower-end firms given defect or merit was present (as where value closely follows grade, the that have proliferated on the Internet. reported in the catalog description). price of an ancient coin depends on I arrived at the final price by adding The numbers are best estimates from nUlllerous factors in addition to grade, the buyer's premium to the ham mer the dat3 but should be understood as such as style. strike. and patination. price. converting the auction currency averages subject to some meaSurement The multiplicity of fac tors Cll n make to U.S. dollars based on the exchange error. Of course, the price of a coin it difficu lt for a dealer to decide what rate prevail ing on the day of the auc- depends on more than the factors li st- to charge and for a buyer to de- ed ill the table, including int an cide what to pay. Some infor gib les such as the mood of the mation is available in catalogs bidders, but it turns out that 89 s uch as David Sear's Roman percent of the variation in pric Coim" amI Tlleir Vallle.f (ReV). es can be explained by these but only for grade. Hard esti f:l ctors alone. Put a di fferent mates on how much that nice way. onl y 11 percent of the toning is worth, or how much price v:lriation is not :lCCO Unl that edge ding cu ts the val ue cd for by the short list of faC are nowhere to be found. tors in the table. This article provides some est imates of what delermined G rade M a tters the price of 11 particular coin, the "Tribute penny" of Tiberi An example of the so-cal/ed Tribute Penny' -8 The average price o f a us (R IC I, nos. 26, 28, 30), denarius of Tiberius (Photo courtesy of eNG, Inc., T ribute penny without de based on 132 auctions in 1995- Triton fI, lot 780) . feels or outs tandin g merits 1996. Wi th so many auctions. was $634 in EF. $285 in VF, it is possible to determine the actual 3nd $ 180 i n F (re member effect of grade on price, as well as the tion. and then adj usting for infl ation Ihese :.re 2003 dollars :lnd include effect of style, condit ions of manufac to state everything in January 2003 the bu yer's pre mium). There was an {Ure, and conditions of preservati o n. I dollars. I then used a standard statisti increasi ng premium for QU31ity: a chose to focus on this particular coin cal procedure to di sentangle how a VF so ld for 58 % more {han an F, because of it s popularity among col number of fa ctors contributed to the while an EF sold for 225 % percent lectors, and because of the large num final price. The fina l prices ranged more th 15/63 Marina Blvd. - Cullen Bay, (Darwin) Northern Territory - 0800 - Australia ITc)pc:oi.,s. Send your society news or personal announcements to Issued A.D. 67, 12.01 grams, obv. laureate head, of Nero to left, around IMP NERO CAE8AR AVG P MAX TR P P, ~ ce~:or rev. S C across, Victory advancing to left P.O. Box 839 holding wreath and palm, a round VICTORIA A V GV 8TI ,(cl.8 .1 969, RIC Lancaster, PA 17608 523, C.342, BMC 356). Dark green patina, Fax: (717) 656-8557 portrait extremely fine and very rare in this Em ail: [email protected] 30 The Gelator 1liton vn Auction Exceeds Expectations LANCASTER, PA-Classical Nu of the foundation of Rome (ad urbe mi smatic Group's recentl y concluded cOllclita) by Romulus and Remus. Triton VII auction, held in conjunction realized $44,850 ($20,000 estimate. with the 32'" annual New York Interna lot 932). The only other known Ro tional Numismatic Convention on Jan man coin type dated by the founding 111 uary 13'" and 14 , was deemed a "tre ofthecity was also represented in the mendous success" as 101:11 prices real Triton VII sale, lot 10 18, a sil ver an ized were $3.402,61 2.00 o n Ihc prcsalc toninianus of PacHti'lll. This rarity estimate total of $2,790,500.00. With brought $ 14,950, just shy o f its 97% of all lots selling, (he sale lotal docs $15.000 estimate. not include the 15% buyer's fee. One of the more interesting and All areas of ancient , medieval and unusual lots in Triton VII was lot world coinage demonstrated strong re 1044, a medallic silver bowl that con sults. and i n some cases. brought record tained a late Roman bronze hoard of breaki ng prices. One of Ihc highlights 1000 coins. The sil ve r bowl had in in thc Greek coinage section was lot 49, its center a struck medallion of Li a silver didrachrn from Kamarina on thc cinius I, and it was sold along with 85 island or Sicily. This coin was struck ca. folies from the hoard. It realized 494-484 Be , and represents the fi rst $46.000 whereas its presaJe estimate coinagcof Kamarina. 1t real ized $ 14,950 was a rea~ona bl e$20 ,OOO. The remain with the buyer's fee against an estimate der of the hoard fou nd with the bowl, of $ 10,000. (A ll prices realizcd stated 9 15 fol Ies. was sold as the next lot and will include the 15% buyer's fce). realized $ 10.925 ($7500 estimate). Lot 1044 from Triton VII, a medal/ie silver A Syracusan gold dilitron (lot 89), For further in formation and pric bowl with a partial hoard of 85 late Roman one of onl y two known, and formerly es realized forTrilOtl VII, please con bronze folies, realized $46.000. part of the Dr. James A. Ferrendclli col tact eNG, Inc. at the ir U.S. office: lection. fetched $ 16, 100 (presale esti P.O. Box 479. Lane.lster, PA, 17608- [email protected]. Prices realized are mate of $ 15,000). Lot 15 1, the gold 0479: Tel. (7\7) 390-9194: Fax: (717) also available on the firm's web site: s tater from Panti kapa io n, realizcd 390-9978; o r bye-mail at www.cngcoins.com. $48.300. More than twice its $20,000 estinHl1e. A silver stater from the Cycla dic island of Naxos, struck ca. 520-490 BC, and fo rmcrly part of the famous Kuns tfre und Collec tio n. brought $27,600 against an estimate of S20,OOO. In the Roman Provincial coinage sec tion of the sale, lot 721, an IE Medal lion of Antinoiis, Hadrian's favorite, gar nered a high-bid of $8280 ($7500 esti mate). It was just one piece from a small Your source for the best in Ancient Coins collection of the coinage of Antinoiis Greek, Roman, Byzantine, IslamiC, Indian, that was offered in Triton VII. An ex Parthian, Sasania n and Eastern Coinage. tremely rare silver tetradraehm of Hadri Over 18 years experience in Numismatics an from Tarsus in Cil ieia. with an amaz business. Active ANA Member. ing architectural type of a dccastyle tem Pl ease visit our web site for a superb ple. realized $5463 ($4000 estimate). TIlis selection of An cient, Medieval, and coin is the only publ ished exmnple. Modern Coins as well as De mon strating the con tinuing Arlti(lwitiE" and Numismatic BClo ~: s . strength of the Roman coin market was lot 835, a not-so al1f'Jc tive example of www.parscoins.com the infamous EID MAR denarius issued by Caesar's assassin. Brutus. Originally Email: [email protected] part of the Sandeman Coll ection sold by Sotheby's in 191 1, it was graded in the Tel. (408)281-3870 Triton sale as "Toned VF, ancient scrapes Fa x. (408)281-7205 on highpoints". It still managed to fetch a price of $33,350 against its presale esti mate of $25,000. demonstrating its status P.O. Box 9667 as "one of the most imponant coins asso ciated [with] an event in ancient history" San Jose, CA 95157 as noted in its catalogue descripti on. An extremely rare aureus issued by Hadrian, that is dated to the 874'" year March 2004 31 Fonner ANA Curator Launches Consulting Business That Offers Private Curatorial SeIVices COLORADO SPRINGS, CO-The cre· Nummus (the classical Latin term ator of lasl summer's historic exhibition for "money") will offer three main ser~ featuring all fIVe 1913 Uberty Head U.S. vices to private collectors as well as nickels, former American Numismatic As non-profit organizations: collection sociation Money Museum Director, management, exhibit coordination and Lawrence J. Lee, Ph.D. , has formed Nu numismatic research. mismatic Museum Services (~ N ummus~), "Collection management includes a consulting company that offers private the proper identification, attribution, curatorial services to collectors and non· reg ist rat ion, appraisal, conservation profit organizations. and housing of every numismatic item "There are many museums, universities in a museum's collection. There are a and libraries wittl ooins, tokens, medals and lot of fantastic museum collections out paper rTICtley in their collections, but most of there that are not properly identified or Lawrence J. Lee the institutions 00r'I', understand how numis housed from either a numismatic or a matic objecIs can fit into their mission state museum perspective," Lee explained. the lable," he said. Details of the May menl,~ said Lee. "We can help these organi Exhibit coordination includes re" exhibition will be announced in the zations determine whether their oollection search, design, composition, fabrication near future. represents a signrlicarrt enhancement of their and installation of numismatic exhibits In addition to his work at the ANA mission and should be professionally treat in both private and public venues. Money Museum in Colorado Springs, ad as such, or whether it is an accumula "We already have one major numis Colorado, Lee's extensive numismatic tion of minor miscellaneous objects that matic exhibit that will open in May, plus research and writing experience in could be safely de-accessioned," some very exciting other proposals on cludes work as curator of the famous Byron Reed Collection at the Durham Western Heritage Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. Since 1998, he has devel oped 15 major numismatic exhibits, in JlrofHes in cluding design and fabrication of the acclaimed display showcasing the his toric reunion of the five 1913 Ubeny jFlumismatics Head nickels at the ANA World's Fair of William B. Warden, Jr. Money® in Baltimore last summer. Lee's exhibition accomplishments 1947-2000 earned high praise from some of the top names in numismatics, Edward C. Roch William B. Warden, Jr. was a dedicated numis ette, ANA Executive Director Emeritus, matist specializing in Classical, Eastern and and Q. David Bowers, a former ANA Pres Asian coinages. He graduated with a M.A. de ident and prolific numismatic author. in Near Eastern H istory Rutgers Uni gree from ~No one else in the museum world ve rsity. Prior to starting his coin business in even comes close to what Larry has done 1985, he spent 15 years in the engineering field. Bill was the chainnan of the Ine past six years with numismatic exhib Islamic Committee and a Lifc Fellow of the American Numismatic Society its. Every one of his exnibits is world (ANS). In addition, he served as the North American Secretary of the Orien class," said Rocnette. tal Numismatic Society (ONS), and he was also a fe llow of th e Royal Numis "Larry is the consummate curator. He matic Society (RNS). His collecting and dealing interests included Roman is also a fine researcher with seemingly Imperial, Parthian, Sasanian, Kushano-Sasanian, Hun/Hephtalite, Arab-Sasa boundless energy," stated Bowers. nian and Mughal coinage. Bill was al so interested in the art and history of In 1996, Lee won the coveted Wayte medieval and renaissance italy. his birth country. Hc served as a board mem Raymond researct1 award for his article ber of the New York Intcrnational Numismatic Convention (NY INC) and in The Numismatist magazine about the chaired their annual Educational Forum. Bill Warden is remembered as a discovery 01 the dies used to strike Con consummate numismatist that was always willing to share his knowledge way pioneer gold coins. w ith collcctors, dealers, and scholars. Lawrence J. Lee can be contacted at Nummus, P.O. Box 302, 3355 N. Acade This reature is provided courtesy or George Frederick Kolbe my Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80917. Fine Numismatic Books, Crestline, CA 92325 Phone: (719) 637-1633. E-mail: [email protected]. 32 The Celator by Ursula Kampmann On December 16"'. 2003 the lirst pari of the Bally collection was offered for sale in Basel. More than 100 col · lectors and dealers from all over the An aureus of Mark Antony, lot world were present in order to buy at 64 in th e Bally-Herzog sale, least one piece of this marvelous col extremely rare with only 14 ex· lection that had been hidden for nearly amp/es known for the type. Es a century in a deposit box. timated at 15,000 Swiss francs, Quite early in the sale, tal 33 was it realized 38, 000 Swiss francs. the sensalion of the day. An extremely Formerly of the Vicomte E. de fine aureus 01 Sulla. featuring the head Que/en, H. Montagu and Th . of Venus on the obverse, a jug, a liluus Prowe collections. and two trophies on the reverse, wa s offered under this number. This ex An attentive observer would also tremely rare piece 01 high historical notice how the appreciation of coins value was bought by Arthur Bally in has changed during a century. The 1909 for 500 gold marks - at thai lime an enormous amount of money. In 2003 the same piece was estimated at cOlltillued 0 11 page 56 .... 35,000 CHF and brought 100,000 CHF. It now re sides in the States as the new highlight of an American collection. ~c ~boppe Of course, the results 01 the other (!&lbe C/tUrio£litie extremely line denarii of the Roman (a div. of RCCA Ltd.) located at Republic are not as spectacular as the price 01 the SuUa aureus, but it is im 111 South Orange A venue. South Orange, NJ 07079 pressive, how much collectors are will A complete collectors gallery buying & selling: ing to pay for fine quality and a patina that was acquired in an old collection. U.S., anciellt, & foreign coins, U.S. & foreign stamps, A denarius of Cornelius Lentulus and paper money, tokel1s & medals, Class ical Antiquities Claudius Marcellus (Cr. 445/1a), for of Greece, Rome, Egypt, & Judaea, Pre-Columbian, example, was knocked down at 4,200 American India n, African, & Ethnographic objects CHF instead of the estimated 1,000 & artifacts, aloug with historical and popular autographs francs (in 1908 this piece was bought for 25 francs). The extremely rare & man uscript material, Revolutionary War & earlier Americana. denarius of Numonius Vaala (Cr. 5141 2) realized the high result of 12,000 BUYING & SELLING - FREE APPRAISALS francs (estimate 2,800.-) . In 1907 "You'd be am azed at what we will buy & how much we will pay" Arthur Bally paid for th is piece th e in credible amount of 124.- francs. In the Bally collection a lot of coin types were offered that had not been Prop.: Dr. Arnold R. Saslow seen on the market for half a century Look/or liS all eBay in that quality. Therefore some esti· mates were just a guess. Nobody knew Phone (973) 762-1588· Fax (973) 761-8406 for example, what an au reus of Mark Email: [email protected] Antony featuring a young man on the reverse - identified sometimes with the Gallery hours: Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 6:00 hero An ton ius, son of Hercules - could Vi sa, MasterCard & American Express Accepted be worth today (Cr. 494/2b). The coin was "only" very fine and estimated at ------Gift Certificates Issued 15,000.- CHF. It sold for 38,000 Swiss March 2004 33 in German and partly because of the scholarly arrangement of the mate rial, whi ch orders the coins of each rule r by die combination rather than by reverse ty pe. However, once you·ve grasped how the numbering system works, the problems disap Hol ger Kom ni c k of the Berli n pear, and because of the excellen t A Review of a Brandenburg Academy of Sciences plates of obverse and reverse plates has now coll ated. analyzed and de in Komniek you don' t even reall y sc ri bed these coins fo r us. Hi s new new catalogue need to know German (0 use the book corpus stud y Die Miill zpriigung von (although a simple German-Engli Sh for Nicopolis ad Nicopolis ad MeSlUIII is the latest dictionary would still be useful). catalogue in {he series Griechisc"e.~ The quantity o f material is in any Mestum Miillzwerk. T his was la un ched in the case hardly overwhe lming - the cat German Democratic Republic after alogue li sts 237 coins and refers in the Second World War, as a more footnotes and an endnote to an ad Ho lger Komnick, Die M iillzprii modest successor to the original d iti onal (t ho ugh less certa in) 37 gll1l8 VOII Nicopolis ad M esrum. Ber project inspired by the fam ous his specimens. Since the book went to lin: Akademie, 2003, ISBN 3-05- toria n T heodor Mo mm sen, to create press a furt her twenty-odd Mestum 003792-X. vi ii + 92 pp., 8 plates, a c omprehensive Corpus Nu//! coins have come to li ght, making a 59.80. ",orum and the consequent AMNG grand total of about 300. There arc (or "Ancient Coins of Northe rn probably qu ite a few Meslums slill There is a compre hensive new Greece") catalogue series popular "out there", lurking in ru mmage catalogue now available for one of ly, though inaccur:Hcly. re ferred to boxes or wrongly labeled as "ad Is the scarcest Roman P rovin cial as " Pi ck", from the name of one of trum", but it is surely safe to say that m inIs, Nico polis ad Meslum in its authors. although the coins o f Nicopolis ad Thrace. Don't confuse this city with Collectors of Greek coi ns and Mestum are not extreme rarities they the nearby Moesian mint of Nicop- Roman Provincials from the Balkans arc also not exactly common. 01 is ad [strum - thousands of " Is will be fa miliar with these fine cat Those who read the introductory trums" flood o nto th e num ismatic alogues from Germa ny, some of and cxpl anawry notes will quickly market every year (and if you don't which are now unfortunately o ut of appreci:lIe Dr. Komnick's sc holar believe me , just take a peek at cBay) print and quite difficult and expen ship. Like a numi smatic Sherlock but there seem 10 be only a few hun sive 10 obtain. At fi rst they aren't Holmes, the author has pieced to dred "Mestums" in existence in IoU/I. easy 10 use, partly because they' re gether eno ugh clues to explain when these el us ive coins were minted. Nicopolis ad Mestum - Kom ni c k pre fers this to the o lder and com moner ·'Nestum", because "Mestum'" is the only form found on the coi ns - struck large deno min ation pieces (ca. 28-3 1 mm.) for Caracalla (see Fi gure. I), Geta (see Fi gure 2) and a handful of smaller denomination coins (ca. 23-24 mm.) for J ulia Domn a (see Figure 3). Figure 1-Caracalla Figure 2-Geta Figure 3-Julia Damna A study of the no menclature, the All photos courtesy 01 Francis Jarman styles o f th e portraits and the small number of shared reve rse dies en ables Komnick 10 determi ne that the striking of coins in Mestum, proba bly in just one single emi ss ion, took The Professional Numismatists Guild, inc. p lace between the death of Septi has stood for KNOWLEDG E, INTEGR ITY & RESPONSIBILITY sillce 1955. mius Severus on February 41h, 211 Th e PNG membenhip list il!cftl(le~· dealers from all arOlllll1 tile world. and the murder of Geta in mid-De A (lirecrory of PNG members is (lvailable free by cOl11actillg: cember o f that sam e year. The coin s o f MCSlU rn for Com modus, Crispina Robert Brueggeman, PNG Executive Director. and Septimius Severu s reco rded in 3950 Concordia Lane, Fallbrook. CA 92028 earl ier catalogues are either forge r Tel. (760) 728- 1300 Fax (760) 728-8507 emai l: in [email protected] ies or cases o f mi saltribution. In :Id dition, a few modern fo rgeries of ~~:~ Mestum coins have now appeared on the market, incl uding "issues" for ~"~~P.N . G. Severus (see Figurc 4). www.pngdealcrs.com Mestum, with its title Vlpia. was founded or enlarged by Trajan as 34 The Celator Alternatively, the coins may ha ve NUMISMATIC LITERATURE been intend ed for local use, as a supp lement to the supply of imperi Buy or Bid Sale al coinage, but several o bj ections CloscsApri I 15"', 2004 can be made to th is explanation. Pan III - A Retired Dealer's InveolQ()' Onl y a tiny number of coins were Al"KLNS. I"'"_",·o{R_," R,/iR;"" ...... It S4Q I)A,LOWlN. A• . FJt<,,,,,,, and .\·;1,"" C'H·M "f CIW>, It $2' apparently struck, and th ese in only I)llRK. fl .. f;"s, 11._'" S"-C .."", uf,lo, .<;'"rmQ ( ~ 9 1 · 111 8 two denominations, one of them rep ct]OOt' ...... L1$2' IlERK . B .• Ro",,,. (;ooI C<>i. , of'''' M, di<"mllVodJ(J8J·145J re sented today by less than a dozen Cf)OO~ ...... 11 $25 kn own specimens a lt ogeth er. And 1lE.R.\!AN. A. • i.'/(""ir C""" _I"";,",, I,'"",il: A". 1<"",,/<," ...... _...... S $-\~ Figure 4-A Modern there is a complete lac k of small BROOME. M .• II,_of l,lamk Coiru"(B,.;c R nected wi th any Jm pcrial vi sit to Coming Events .... Mestu m; similar mo tifs appear on Tennessee State Numismatic Society Show, Chattanooga coins of other ci ties in the area, but Mar. 5-7 as standard types, rather than with Mar. 8-11 Gomy& MoschAuctions 1291130& 131, Munich specific reference to an event (spe Mar. 12-14 Baltimore Coin & Currency Convention, Baltimore, MD ci fic references include such reverse types as the emperor arriving by gai Mar. 13 Jean Elsen & Ses Fils s.A. Auction 78, Brussels, Belgium ley, or the emperor being greeted by Mar. 26-28 ANA National Money Show, Portland, OR the city-goddess). After surveying the evidence avail Mar. 31 Spink & Son Ltd. Coin Auction, London ab le, the author concludes that for the Apr. 2-4 Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, CA moment at least the question of why Mestum sudden ly prod uced this hand Apr. 3 Red Rose Coin Club 141' Annual Spring ShoW; Lancaster, PA ful of coins has to be left open. Apr. 15-18 Michigan State Numismatic Society Show, Lansing Die Miinzpriigung VOII Nicopulis Apr. 21 Stack'slCoin Galleries Spring Mail Bid Sale, New York City ad MeslUm is an exce llent new con tribution to a famous series. The Apr. 23-25 Georgia Numismatic Assoc. 4U' Anniversary ShoW; Dalton coins of Mestum as ind ividual ob Apr. 2!l-May 1 Ponterio & Associates Public Auction, CICF, Rosemont, IL jects are ne ither particularly beauti fu l nor intrinsically interesting, but Chicago International Coin Fair, Holiday Inn O'Hare, IL Apr. 29-May 2 Holger Ko mnick succeeds in arous May 6-9 Central States Numismatic Soc. Convention, Milwaukee, WI ing our interest in them by locatin g May 7-8 Bick Intemational Show, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco the products of this li ttle mint wi th in the wider numism atic landscape May 13-15 Garden State Numismatic Assoc. Convention, Somerset, NJ of Third Century Roma n Thrace. He May 14-16 RA.N. Coin Show, Expomart, Monroeville, PA as ks th e right practical questions - When and why were they minted? May 20-23 Ohio State Numismatic Assoc. Convention, Columbus Wh at were they worth? What was June 3-6 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, CA dist incti ve about them? What do the motifs of the coins tell us? - and (with the exception noted above) pro vides us wi th answers. His cata EXPOS UNLIMITED logue is a mu st fo r every serious U.S., Wor1d, Foreign &. 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AS for the claim that BMC Romall I-:m"i,.,, " (u VISIT THE CELATOR ANCIENT COINRE SOURCE Learn All About Collecting Ancient Coins CENTER a! www.ceiator.com www.ancientcoinmarket.com FOR INFORMATION THAT IS USEFUL TO New Articles Monthly THE COLLECTOR! 38 The Celator deemed effective in o b taining the desired result. The heart scarab, even when un inscri bed, can usually be identified by its large size, sometimes reaching 10 centime tc rs or more, and the c harac teri stic dar k materi als from which it was usually made, such as schist and serpe ntine. There were many varieties of Ihis im The Heart Amulet in portant amulet in different An uninscribed Heart Scarab, Dynasty XXI-XXVI, Ancient Egypt periods. The most com 1070-525 BC, Black stone. (From NFA Classical mon were heart scarabs Auctions, Inc., December 11, 1991, lot 279; Photo As I write th is, Valentine's Day is w ith human or animal courtesy of eNG, Inc./Freeman & Sear). not that far o rf and so symbols of the heads, or heart scarabs heart seem to be everywhere I look. with etched depictions of the sides for attachment to the wrap from the local candy shop to the daily various deities rather th an texts. pings of the mummy or to a beaded newspaper. Of course, it goes without Although usually of stone, other shroud placed on the wrappings. saying that the ancient Egyptians did materials were also used. Sometimes From th e New Kingdom (1500 - not have a Valentine's Day, a nd in fact the heart scarabs were hung On the 1069 BC) onward, special "Heart amu they did not associate the heart in the neck of the mummy from a gold wire lets", taking the form of a vase with same way as we do with passion and rather than placed in the wrappings. lug handles, perhaps representing the love. However. the heart still played The heart scarab should not, however, veins, became part of the funerary re an important part in their worldview. be confused with o ther types o f gali a. This shape was also the hie ro The ancie nt Egyptians most prob· funerary scarabs such as the winged glyphic symbol for the heart. Although ably di d not understand the function scarab common in the Late Period, the book of the dead stipulates that of the heart in the circulatory system . which although also quite large, was ClIrnelian was to be used for this a mu- However. they were well aware of its natter in profile, almost always made importance in sustaining life. They of faience, and usually had holes along continued on page 46... believed that it performed muc h the same fu ncti on that we now know is perfonned by the brain. That is, they believed it was the center of wisdom Classical and memory, and the wellspring of Coins & Art of emotions. Because of this association with inte ll ect and personality, it was the Ancient World believed in ancient Egypt that the heart would reveal the true nature of a per Greek, Etruscan, son when weighed in the afterlife in Roman, Egyptian, the ceremony known (I S "the weigh & N e ar Eastern Antiquities ing of the heart". Because of its per We arc pleased to aIlIlOUncc!he ceived importance, it wns th e on ly in most recent edition (2004) of ternal organ left in the body during mummification. Art of the Ancient Wo rld, To he lp insure that the judgment of ou r ncw 72 page catalog illustrating 200 objects the heart, whe n it was weighed in the in full color, with chronologies and glossaries ror afterl ife against the feather of Maat the Classical World and Ancient Egypt that represented truth, would go well for the deceased, 11 mllgical a mulet DEALERS: We will exchange our called a heart scarab was o ften Qlltiquitiesjor your atrcielJl coills! wrapped with the mummy. This scarab ~ was often inscribed with Chapter 30 "' ...... of the Book of the Dead. This chapter .Ie"""" 1>1. Ei>< nbclJ call s on the heart to give a good testi 1..'>' 271 mony for the deceased in the afterlife and not bring a bad testimony against royal-athena galleries the deceased. Sometimes parts of the Jerome M Eisenberg, Ph .D .. DiTel;tor E~tablished 1942 text are omillcd and often the text is 153 EasI57th 51., New York. NY 10022 ' Tel: (2 12)·355·2034 ' Fa:<: (212)·688·0412 omitted altoget her 3nd on ly the • e·mail: aneic ll1 an@aol. com • Visit our Website. ujXIatcd monthty wit h Our laleSl acquisitions: uninscribed scarab it self is placed in www.royullilhenn.com the wrappings. Appare ntl y, the me re Roy"I·Alhc na ~t Scab)'. t4 Old Bond Slreet, London WIS 4PP. England presence o f this potent amu let was • Tel: (44) 0207-495·2590 · F;,x: (44) 0207·491 · t595 · c· mait: mincrva@mi nervamagazine.com Ma rch 2004 39 interpretations of the Torah, or Five Books of Moses. [n Ta[mud Bava Mctzia, thc qucstion is posed: "If one found a Scla coin in thc market, and his friend encountered him and said to him: 'the coin is mine,' and the claimant went on to state one of the following features of the coin: 'it is new' or 'it is a Neronian: or ' it is of king so An example of the Neronian Sela and-so,' he has said nothing of signifi mentioned in the Talmud. (Photo by cance and the finder may keep the coin." David Hendin). So, it turns out that the "old" joke mentioned in the firs! paragraph is very owned it forever. As the COnllllentary in o ld indeed, and the Talmud itself was al the Art Scroll translation notes, "Since 'Finders Keepers' and ready repeating wisdom from earlier times. coins are commonly spent, we must con the Ancient Coin BUT .. . what if the person's name was sider the possibility that the claimant pre actually written on the coin? 'How?' you viously brought something with one of his Did you ever find a five-dollar bill and may ask. But then again, think of the an inscribed coins, and it was the seller who then mention it to someone? And that some cient coins you have seen referenced that subsequently lost it. Moreover, it is prob one says, "Hey, did it have Lincoln's picture contain "gramti." Graffiti is the scratch able that the claimant wrote his name on on it'r' You reply, "Yes." And the smart aleck ing or stamping of symbols, letters, and more than one coin. Therefore, even if the answers, "well. . .I lost oncjust like that.'· Irs even names upon coins. For example, claimant really lost a coin with his name an old joke, just as "finders keepers, losers Athenian tetradrachms, Ptolemaic tel on it, the coin that was found may not be weepers" is pretty much the truth. radrachms, and also some of the tet his. Thus, a signature on a coin is never BUI in ancient times, things did not radrachms of Antioch in Syria arc often considered a 'simian' (basically this means necessarily work that way. The Talmud, found with graffiti. a 'reliable symbol')." codified in the fifth century AD, speaks By imerpreting this particular portion On the other hand, this note observes, directly to the subject of lost coins, and of the Talmud, we may assume that space "if someone FOUND a coin with a unique offers some interesting twists for modern was devoted to this subject, because it was identifying mark, it would be treated as collections. The Talmud is the most im a question that came up with a certain any other lost object. which must be an portant compilation of many hundreds of amount of frequency. Not so incidentally, nounced and returned." (This line of ar years ofJcwish oral traditions and rabbinic therc are literally thousands of references gument from the footnote is referenced to to vmious situations regarding coins and the influential 13th century Spanish Rabbi money in the Talmud. known as Ramban.) In this case, as usual. the Talmud's Here we not only see a very practical response is very wise: "But cven if [th e ~Ulcicnt reference to graffiti on ancient coins claimant's] name is written on [thecoin], and why it may have come about. But we he has said nothing of significance be also get a glimpse into the way the later rab cause there is no valid identifying mark bis discuss the contents of the Talmud. for a coin." Another interesting point in the Talmud Yes, you CAN scratch your name or Bava Metzia is the mention orthe lost coin Silver tetradr8chm of Ptolemy I with stamp your symbol on a coin or even v.'lite as a "Neronian." This specifically identi an unusual "chatter mark" line on the your name on a five-doUar bill. But, the fies this coin as a "Neronian sela." We reverse, right side, that could identify rabbis recognized that, "For [the finder] can know this coin to be the tetradrachms of Nero it as a specific's person's coin. Often say: 'Perhaps Ltheclaimant] sp;:nt fthecoinl that were struck at Antioch during Nero's coins were covered with scratched and it fell from another person." reign. These coins represented an important graffiti as well. (Photo by David Fascinating. Of course, if you write portion of the coinage of ancient Israel in the Hendin). your name on a coin, it only proves it second part of the first century AD. was once in your hands, NOT that you There is another specific reference to these coins in Talmud Bechoroth: "In a light-hole which was no! made by the agency of man, the size required is as large H. D. RAUCH GmbH Vienna as a big fist, such as the fist of Ben Batti Numismatist and Auctioneer since 1969 ah. Said R. Jose: And this [fist] is as large as a big head of a man. If [the light-hole], Ancient & World Coins however, was made by the agency of man, ist/lri"al medals and [the Sages] fixed the size to be as large as a hole made with the large [carpenter's ~1"A. uction: E-rnai l us for furtl~~ oorer kept in the Temple celJ], which is as large as an Italian dupondium or as large ....iil n!ac! us: phone: 01143 1 533 as a Neronian sela." mail: [email protected] Thus even the approximate size ofthe Neronian sela is passed down to us in the write to: A-I 0 I 0 Wien, Graben Talmud as well as by the coins themselves! Visit our shop: www.hdrauch.com Copyright © 2004 by David Hendin 40 The Gelator I think it is clear that the presence of errors of both fact and interpre tation is LETTERS a trophy on Jewish coinage bearing the his statement: "the IVDAEA CAPTA portrait of Domitian would be construed coins for Vespasian date to 71 with Continued from page 37 as a reminder of the Roman victory over some asses issued later."This is so com the Jews. However, I would have liked pletely incorrect that one must wonder 1.1.8). Domitian's headquarters were a discussion of the palm tree and how about the other "historic facts" he cites. located at Mainz, where XIV Gemina this should be regarded as a victory coin. A quick look at the British Museum Cata and XXI Rapax were stationed. He The importance 01 Domitian's victory of log of Roman Coins /I (coin 826, for ex stayed at the front for some time, as the Chatti is clearly evident lrom the ex ample) shows that the IVDAEA CAPTA evidenced by the grave of his official tensive imperial coinage, but I think it is series (far beyond the as denominations) taster. The operation was successful a lso important that we do not find extends at least until COS VII (77-78) in strengthening frontier defenses but Domitian celebrating the victory in the and the Imperial lVDAEA CAPTA coins the ChaW were not conquered. This Jewish wars on his imperial coinage. of Titus extend directly into his reign, did not deter Domitian from celebrat The lact that the GERMANIA CAPTA which ended in 81 AD. ing a triumph in 83 and claiming the types may have been modeled on (not It is completely beyond my limited name Germanicus. II is this triumph "patterned directly after them") IVDAEA intellect to understand Mr. Wend's that Tacitus (Agr. 39) and Pliny the CAPTA types is not significant, and I statement : "The fact that the Younger (Pan. 16.3) refer to as a sham cannot agree that Domitian's se ries was GERMANIA CAPTA types may have triumph . One of the reasons ancient not as extensive. The GERMANIA been modeled on (not 'patterned di historians had such a low opinion of CAPTA specific types were issued from rectly after them') IVDAEA CAPTA Domilian's military campaigns was thai 85to 87 while the IVDAEA CAPTA coins types is not significant, and I cannot he did not pursue,like Hadrian after him, for Vespa sian date to 71 with some agree that Dom itian's series was not an expansionist program. It is the an asses issued later. as extens i ve . ~ I suggest simply open cient historians who min imize Domitian's David A. Wend ing BMC Roman Volume /I and look participation in his military campaigns, Buffalo Grove, IL ing at the types and then counting There is no doubt that Domitian was them! As to the difference between anxious to acquire a military reputation, David Hendin responds: ~ modeled on" and "patterned after" .... as Suetonius relates (Dom, 2) but an It is difficult to deal with all of the well, I suppose it could be analyzed active military role was a necessity for points in Mr. Wend's letter, which ap carefully by someone, but please don't an emperor, particularly one from a pears to me to be as long or longer than ask me to do it. family that had taken power by rebel the article with which he says he lion, He was the first emperor to spend agrees. However, among his several a lot of time outside of Rome on cam continued on page 46 ... paign, Claudius' British campaign could be termed unnecessary but it served to unite the army with their emperor and provided valuable propa SAMUS NUMISMATICS, LLC ganda, Claudius could style himself as the conqueror of the Britons and Domitian added Germanicus even though neither could claim to have sub dued the people they we re fighting, However, neither could Vespasian and Titus have claimed that the Judean War had been concluded at the time of their trium ph in June 71; Masada did not fall until 73. As a military leader, Dio suggests that Domitian did not see any hostili ties (67.4.1), and that he spent his time during campaign indulging in riotous living in a city far from the action (67,6). However, Frontinus has Domitian or dering his troops to dismount and light on loot because of difficult terrain (Stratagems. 2.3) and that he paid compensation to civilians for damage caused by his army (Stratagems 2.1 1). There probably was no major battle, since no epigraphic evidence exists to WWWSAMUSCOINS.COM suggest one, that definitely concluded hostilities against the Chalti, and fight P.O. BOX 26715 ing may have continued as late as 85. Even then, the tribe was not conquered TAMARAC, FL and sided with Saturninus during his rebellion in January 89. 33320, USA March 2004 41 rupees. For col lectors of ancient coins, S1'UKt:._ !1I"''''' ... __._---.. _...... ,-_ ..... 194 this list lcads off with three Gupla and --=-: - ~ --- --::::::-=- Kushan AV dinara. They also wi ll find a small but high-grade section devoted to the Byzantines, Huns, Indo-Greeks, Parthia, Persis and the Sasanian Empire. •• A few sales wi ll have closed by the time this issue of The Celator arrives. Baldwin's Spring A rgentum sale closed on February 7'h . It was most notable for a large selection of British commemorative medals on a variety of subjects, including history, educa Now that everyone has recovered tion, agriculture and sport. Wayne from the holidays and the NYINC , it's Phill ip's Buy or Bid sale #54 con time to look at this month's lists. They cluded on February 27'h. It was simi make up for last month's drought; lar in format to the list discussed above some dealers have even issued two! with most lots estimated at $75 or less. M&R Coins ancient bargain lists 336 Joint buy or bid list #32 from Spar & 337 arc here. Both arc non-photo tan Numismatics and Hippocampus lists consisting of about 270 lots of This coin is a presentable Near VF for will close on March 2nd. This sale in Greek, Roman, Provincial and $1500. Otherwise, coins range from cludes 585 lots of ancient to medieval Romaion (Byzantine) coins, along with $20 for a Manuel I tetarteron to $695 coins including more than 75 Islamic English silver orcoin books. Most of the for a choice Ravenna mint solidus of and In- coins are under $50; gold coins, Grcck Valentinian Ill. It shows Valentinian d ian, sil ver and scarcer coins natura!!y being holding a cross and Victory, while many of somewhat more. Some of the notable stepping on a human headed serpent w h i c h -- coins here are a high grade Vetranio (350 wh ich represents the defeated usurper are pho AD), an Otho denarius, and a 1555 Irish Hippoca~po s , Inc. Johannes. t 0 AndeRt & Medieval shill ing of Philip and Mary. Frank Robinson has another 98% graphed Coins & An tiquitie< Wayne Phillips' catalog #299 offers ~::.': - unreserved mail bid sale, which closes on cight I . _ 260 lots of AV, AR & AE from Greece, at II PM on March 2"". 1 think he' ll be p lates. Rome and the Byzantine Empire, As staying up late that night! There are In addi • usual, there arc twelve c lear B/W 542 lots of assorted coins, mostly an t ion, IV pla t es. cient with 48 lots of medieval and there are tni\ ,.. ,_ The high modern. Instead of listing estimates, 35 lots ~ .... " ,~ .. t_"" light here Fran k gives guidance as to what simi of Near .,.,... _ . .. 1_ ES1 CATALOGUE is the rare, lar coins have sold for in previous auc Eastern, NUMBER 299 popu l a r tions. He has stuffed photos of as many E gyp Caligula coins as possible on one double-sided tian, Ro- February*** 2004 sestertius plate with numbers and helpful arrows man and showing where necessary. various medieval antiquities, With the and nam Another welcome arrival is the new exception of the gold coins, many of Wayne C. Phillips ing his photo list (#194) from Steve Album. the 'buy' prices here are under $100. ...,., ()ffi ~ ..... _ th ree sis- ~od""'. ~ A " "~ Mostly AV & AR, the 349 lots of coins Here one finds a n interesti ng t e r s , range from a low $ 12 to $6000 for a counterma rked Byzantine AE follis Agrippina, modern Egyptian rarity. There arc also from Sicily, a nice Celtic Coriosolites Drusilla monthly specials, books and even a billon stater and an EF gros of Henry and Jul ia. Mughal coin die used to strike silver II of Cyprus. Tom Cederlind's 130,h Buy or Bid sale will close on March 30'h. For those collectors who wi ll be attending the WHOLESALE TO ALL! ANA National Money Show earlier that week, there will be an opportu 100 ancient coins in flips and attributed. A diverse lot including nity to view in person any lots still Nero, Caesa r Au gustu s, Alexander the Great, Biblical "Widow's available. This is a full color catalog of 344 lots of Greek through English Mite", etc. Only $475.00 postpaid, with satisfaction guaranteed! AV. AR & AE; many are rare and high (inclu ding Van Meter's book Collecting Roman Coins) grade. There are two special sections of Roman coins, the very rare Trajan's Restoration series and 'Damnatio JLonbon (!Coin ~aUttit5 Memoriae' coins, which are given ex Suite 27, Mission Viejo Mall, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 panded descriptions to emphasize their (949) 364-0990· E-mail: [email protected] historical importance. Other highlights Internet: www.lcgmv.com continued on page 46. 42 The Celator Th March 2004 43 J ulianus, Elagaba lus, and possibly Geta. but it was infor mallyapplied to many olher rulers. I have read that the severe pen alty of O M was levied 10 as many as Figure 1~A silver denarius of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius 30 Roman Caesar with a possible example of an unofficial Damnatio emperors. Memoriae across Aurelius' portrait (Photo by Jim Hauck). Damnatio OM is fur- Memoriae ther defined in Hunson 's Dictionary of death of MA, Augustus was fearful the Roman Empire (ISBN that the Roman people would not ac This month we will deal with two #0195102339) as "a severe element in ccpt his defeat (make that deceit) of reader supplied questions on the prac the penalty for treason (Ma;estas)" . the great Mark Antony. tice of Damnatio Memoriae relative to Herein lies the difference in an 'offi I took your question a step further, coins, and Aksumitc coinage. I hope cial' declaration of OM and an 'unof I have a coin of Marcus Aurelius (see you enjoy the column! ficial' one. Many of the rulers. who figure 1) that I believe was subject to were ultimately subject to OM, were an informal DM. "] am curious about the practice not guilty of treason, but were disliked The reason I believe it was infor of Damnatio Memoriae and coins. I for other reasons. Eventually (l ikely mal, or just simply defaced by a dis have a coin with a gouge across the after the reign of Augustus) OM satisfied Roman. is that I can find no face. I was under the impression that changed from a penalty for all classes ev idence that Marcus Aurelius was t his was lID unfortunate accident, for treason, to a penalty mainly re subject to an official DM by the Sen but could it be something else? served for the ru ler, for many various ate . The coin (S4524/RIC4 t 7a) was Thanks, David P. Temple, Houston reasons. T he charge was usually actuall y issued by Antoninus Pius passed by the Senate, and the charge when Marcus Aurelius was Caesar. Thanks for your question, this topic meant that the offending party's name The coin features the busts of the two was also recently covered in a Cela was to be removed from all inscrip men, and this coin has a major scrape/ ror article by Peter Tampa, in the Au tions. which obviously included coins. cut di rectly through the head of gust 2003 edition. One of my favori tes. Mark Antony. Marcus Aurelius. Some may argue that Da11lllatio mell/oriae (OM) is de w ho [ feel was harshly treated by this is simply an accidental scrape that fined in l ones's Dictionary of Romull Octavian and history, was subj ected to happened in antiquity, and 1 agree that Coins (IS BN #185264026X) as "Con a special 'form' of Damn(llio ~ this is possible; highly coincidental demnation of memory". It was cer Nefastus, which means unholy/un that it seems 10 be a deliberate cut tainly not only applied to coins; stat lucky, and when a day is so pro through his head, bU I ul ti mately pos ues, and memorials were removed claimed. no public business could be sible. I then asked myself (and the from public display, and there were done on that day. Augustus proclaimed experts) why would Marcus Aurelius even attempts to remove the name that Ma rk Antony's (MA) birthday be subject to OM. I came up with three (praenomen) of the offending person. (assumed to be January 14th) was to be possible reasons: To my knowledge the condemnation such a day, and it was part of the plan 1. His soldiers brought the plague was only formally appl ied to Nero, to have MA's memory damned forever back to Rome, on return from fo reign Oomitian. Commodus, Oidius ~ damllario mellloriae. Even after the battles. 2. T he peo ple hated h is son Commodus. who was chosen by Marcus Aurelius to succeed him. MORT O N & EDEN L T D 3. Marcus Aurelius was a major in association with Sothebys 45 Maddox Street London \V1S 2PE persecutor of the early Christians. Auctions, Valuations and Sales of Manfred Swan, S wan Ancient C(Jim' ~" M a r cus Aureli us was the sup Ancient, Islamic and Worl d Coins, posed 'ideal phi losopher-ki ng' . He Medals, Decorations and Banknotes ru led with wisdom and generosity un der very trying conditions. However, knowing the very obvious shortcom Please contact James J\Iorton, Tom Eden or ings of his son Commodus, he still al Steve Lloyd for lIdvice on buying Of selling lowed him to become his heir and fo l or to be included on OUf mailing list. lower. Commodus was an ani mal. For allowing him to become Emperor, Marcus Aurelius was damned by many telephone +44 (0)20 7493 5344 fax +44 (0)20 7495 6325 {' -mail [email protected] people of the time." 44 The Gelator ...... I recently obtllincd a 3"" cen tury AD bronze coin from Axum. The reverse has a Greek cross, and BACK ISSUES the letters TOYTOAllEC HY, a nd a note sent with the coin rerers to M The best way to expand YOllr an· H52. Can you tell me irthere are any Gient ntunismatic horizons is to references to this series of coinage." Richard 1-: Fellratll, Troy, Ml collect The Axum ites were a people who The Celator sett led the land across the Red Sea Back issues are one of the greatest values in nu circa 500 BC. They lived in the Ethio pian highl ands ncar the Red Sea, and mi smatic literature. Coupled with The Celat(Jr in· enj oyed th ei r locatio n on th e main dex, they provide an incredible resource of arti cles trade routes between Africa, Indi a, and about almost any subject in the fiel d of llnc ient coi n Arabia. Axu m remained a stro ng em collecting. pire until the rise of Islam in the sev· Many of Ihe earl y issues are now out of stock, and enth cenlUry AD. others are in very low suppl y. If you have ever entertained the thought of acquiring back issues, NOW IS THE TIME, Benjamill Bell, CI VITAS Galler ies-"The M-H means Munro- Hay, au Single issue $S For issues f rom JUlie, 1999 thor of AkSlllll ile Coinage, Th at ref each additional = $3 erence is in it s second edi tion, and the Of/ward earl y pri ntin g is becoming quite af For issues before June, 1999 Order from: fordable. I believe that Jerry Walker, Order from: The Celator on Veoins, carries it. Munro- Hay also Wayne G. Sayle.sJA ntiquarian P.O. Box 839 edited a Britis h Museum catalogue, P.O. Box 911 Lancaster, PA 17608 wh ich has more examples and is closer Gainesville, MO 65655 or call : (717) 656-8557 to a die siudy. Anyone possessing a copy of CNG Auction 53 also can see or call: (4 17) 679-2457 Fax: (717) 656-8557 a good comprehe nsive coll ection, Email: doris@ancicntcoi ns.ac Email: Kerry@ Celator.com which I catalogued." (All ordt rs postpaid in U.S. Shippt d at actual cost 10 all Qlh t fS) NB: 1 located (I copy of the Cata logue 0/ Aks umite Co im ill the Brit ish Museum, on eBay - JA H Phil Davis, Harlan J . Berk , STILL IN PRINT " Here 's a link to a websit e with an extensive Axumite bibli ography, in Martin J. Price cludi ng numi smatic work :-; : www.wQrksandwords.com/e ret lin k " The Coinage in the name oj Alexander WaYlle Sayles, "The M-H52 stands for Munro·Hay Akslll1l ile Coillage cata the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus logue #52. There is a complete bibliog A British Museum Catalogue. ZUri ch/London J 991 raphy ofAxumite coin references in my 2 cloth bound v olumes, 637 pages, 159 plates AI/cien! Coin Col/ecting VI, page 158." Editor's Note: There i.s /101 (/ cleareol/ senslls 0 11 Ihe spellillg of the word The S wiss Numismatic Soc iety is pleased to announce that the ''Aksllmile''. Both Jpellillgs, Aks/lmite alld latc M arlin Price's masterwork o n the coinage of Alexander Axumile, are frequently ellCOllllfered. is still available from the Society's distributo r. STILL LOOKING for someone to take over this column, with either the Special Price for Celator readers: current format, or another formal (sub· ject 10 Kerry's approval), If interested, $275.00 incl"dine post.ee. please contact Kerry or L See you next mon th . CARPE To order, send your cheque to: DIEM! Have fun coll ecting - Share your ho bby -enj oy! - S END IN Mr. Alexander Wild, Rmhausgasse 30, CH 3011 Berne, Switzerland SOME QUEST IONS/COMMENTS. phone: 004 1 03 1 3 11 4480, fax: 004 103 1 3 11 4470 Copyright © 2004 James A. Hauck and don't forget to note that you are a Celator reader! Please comac, Jim at: jim IUl l/ [email protected] March 2004 45 Liebert from page 39 Winter Cont. from page 42 which will take riders to the Pearl dis trict to visit Powell's Books, many art let, examples have been found in al include an Akragas hemidrachm, galleries and more restaurants. If that most every common material used in which is ex Evans, and ex Jameson, a is not enough, ride it a little further 10 the manufacture of amulets in ancient Dru sus and Germanicus AE28 from 23'~ Avenue where there is about a mile Egypt. This amulet exists in several Sardis with fully struck heads on both of more restaurants, boutiques, etc. varieties as well, including some with the Caesars, and a beautiful Domitia After all that eating and shopping, go inscriptions and others with human denarius wilh Ihe reverse showing her for a hike in Foresl Park or go climb heads or more oval shapes. dearly departed baby boy seated on the climbing rock at the new R.E. 1. Ancient Egyptian heart amu lets of the globe. [I looks like he's playing store. See you in Portland! various types appear on the market with the stars that surround him! This with some regularity and prices differ sale concludes with 28 lots of central Letters Cont. from pg. 41 widely depending on quality and ma European, Egyptian, Greek, Roman terial. Although large numbers have and Byzantine antiquities. Since The Gelator is a collector's survived, forgeries exist. As with any Finally, a plug for my hometown, magazine and not a scholarly jour Egyptian artifact, care should be exer Portland. The ANA show is a great nal, one cannot cover every single cised in their purchase, especially of reason to corne visit. This is a beauti relevant point within every article more valuable specimens. ful city, even when it does rain. Those written . especially the month ly col non-numismatically inclined spouses umns. who accompany our readers will not If you would li ke a discussion of . Say you lack for things to do. There are coffee the palm tree and how, why and if th is shops everywhere, it seems. The light should be regarded as a victory coin, <,', then put another nickel into your Ge - saw it in rail system. MAX, connects the con vention center with downtown for latorand I might play that tune in the ~ shopping. restaurants and hotels. It future. Indeed. I am lecturing on the The Celator also intersects with the Streetcar, very subject at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem on March 9. David Hendin Nyack, NY QUOTES FROM THE PAST When you "Numquam autem recte faciet, qui cito credit, contact the utique homo negotians." dealers ad vertising in this issue, A man who is always ready to believe what is told don't forget him will 'lever do well, esyeciaHy a bflSillessl1lan. to tell them that you saw their ad in c. Petronius Arbiter- Petronius (ca. 26?-66 AD), Satyrican, 43 The Celator I=~ADOWS. PORUNDS" HARB INGrRS: 0 1= DOOM Dt;. 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For more information, please contact the [t also Club Secretary, Art Noot, at 7151 Fa< 8lll caga. 332-5443 or bye-mail at write: [email protected]. DAW.N. Orange Count~ Denver Area World Numismatists Meets the 1" Friday of each month at OCACC 7pm at the American Legion Hall Ancient Coin Club located on Mississippi Avenue just west of Federal Blvd. in Denver, Colo Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month Ancient Coin Club rado. For collectors of Ancient, Medi at 6:00pm at 17321 Eastman Streel, eval and World coins. All are wel Irvine, California. For more information, of Los Angeles come! Call Bill Rosenblum at 303- please visit the OCACC website at: hnp://www.socaIcoins.com/OCACC.htm Meets the 2M Sunday of the 838-4831 for further information. month at Ipm at the Town Ha JJ in the Balboa Mission Shopping Center in Granada Hills, CA. For 7lncienl Xumismah"c more information, please con 0ex:iely ofWashinJlon, 7JC tact [email protected]. Usually meets the 3t>:1 SlUlday of each month at 2:00pm. Please join us for our monthly programs ami discussions of San Francisco Ancient ancient numismatics and history. For membership infonnation and details on Numismatic Society the next meeting, please contact First Consul Mike Meha[ick. 301-552-22 14, Meets the 2nd Saturday of each GENTOA [email protected]. month at 2: 15pm at Fort Ma son, San Francisco. Guests are welcome. For further informa NEW FLORIDA ANClEI'IT Attention: Ancient tion, please contact COIN CLUB Coin Clubs [email protected] . umg-time ancient coin enthusiast If you would like your meeting no Bi ll Horr is lay ing the groundwork tice 10 appear in the new Club for an ancient coin club in his resi Directory section, please contact PAN - The Pacific dent state of Florida. The precise the editor. This size of ad is com nature of the club is not yet deter plimentary to non-profit clubs and societies, and the larger size is Ancient Numismatists mined, as Mr. Horr is awaiting in available al a reduced rale of $120 Meets the 2nd Sunday put from other Florida collectors. per year. of the month al l :OOpm Interested pmties are invited to call at the Bellevue Public Mr. Horr at 239-454-4605. Library in Bellevue, WA.For further infor Reach A Targeted Audience mation write to PAN at P.O. Box 1384, Langley, WA Professional Directory 98260. www.pnna.org/pan Ads Get Results! 54 The Gelator Celator Classifieds INDEX OF DlSPL1YAD VERTISERS Album. Stephen ...... 5t Amphora ...... 211. 5 1 Rates: S5.00 for the fi rst 20 words, 20~ each additional word. Ancient Coin Marl March 2004 55 Bally Sale Cont. from page 33 The surprise of the day was the ACCLA Induct New pla in half siliqua of Johannes. It was aureus of Caligula and his mother estimated at 1,500 CHF. Th is was cer Officers at Their Agrippina in very fine condition was tainly too cheap, but when the hammer January 2004 Meeting bought by Arthur Bally in 1908 for 517. fe ll down at 17,000 Swiss francs the francs Uust 10 compare. Bally pa id less, entire audience applauded. LOS ANGELES, CA- Just prior to 500 francs, for the au reus of Sulla). The Let's finish the review with the re the Ides of January, the Ancient Coin aureus of Caligula and Agrippina, so su lt of the coin from the front page. The Club of Los Angeles (ACCLA) con highly valued in 1908, was sold in 2003 medallion in the weight of one and a firmed the imperium of its officers for for 24,000 CHF; a seslertius of Titus, half solidi of Fausta minted in 324 by 2004. Mr. Kenneth Friedman, 2002-3 featuring the Colosseum on the re her husband Constantine, called the Pres ident, introduced the officers for verse , realized 28,000 CHF - Bally Great, was bought in 1909 for the in the upcoming year: Hugh Kramer, paid "only" 150 francs in 1907 for this credibly high amount of 8,110 Swiss President; Richard Baker, Vice Presi piece. francs. Compared to that price the re dent In Charge of Programs; Barry It was wonderful to see nearly ev sult of 2003 was modest. The fabu lous Aightman, Treasurer; Dav id Stepsay, ery coin rea lizing double the estimate. coin was sold for 140,000 CHF. Secretary; and Pau l Ranc, Historian . The Bally col lection was a collectors' The total of the Sa lly coll ection was Board members are Kenneth Fried auction sale, not a sale for investors. 2,307,113 Swiss francs including the man, AI Budnick, Michele Sheldon, and After a coin had rea lized a five or six buyer's fee, meaning that the estimate Michael Connor. Mr. Friedman was digit amount, a denarius was started total of 1,268,650 Swiss fr ancs was compl imented for his leadership and at 120 or 150 Swiss francs. Of course, nearly doubled. Of 311 coins offered in the lack of proscriptions during his it then rose to a mu ltiple of the starting this first part of the Bally collection, on ly time in office. He presented a dona pr ice. Le t's name an example. A seven pieces were not sold! They wi ll tive of gold fo il covered chocolate denarius of Hadrian celebrating the be for sa le again, in April, in Stuttgart, coins to all members. emperor as restitutor Gal/iae started at when the second part of the Bally col The ACC LA Web site continues to 240 CHF and then sold for 2,000! lection will be offered. generate interest with some 7,000 in dividual vis itors during 2003. Ongoing auctions were discussed including CNG, Stack's, and the New York Inter national auctions as well as the upcom Display AdvertiSing Rates ing Long Beach Coin Show. Kelly Ramage announced a Malter auction 1/6 Page - $80 of Greek, Roman and Baktrian coins to be held in late February. 1/3 Page - $140 The presence of modern fakes in 1/2 Page - $200 some of the low-end Bulgarian coin hoards available at auction was dis Full Page - $400 cussed. It is surprising that the inex pensive coin market would be targeted (single insertion prepaid rates) but members were urged to be careful in purchasing uncleaned hoard coins from anyone but a known dealer (see Annual contract & re lated story by Jim Phe lps on page 29 of this issue). multiple insertion Foll owing th is general business, discounts available members and guests celebrated the New Yea r with a sumptuous potluck banquet. There were a variety of inter Targeted directly esting dishes. One of the highlights to collectors was ginger ch icken, prepared by Hugh page Krame r from a Roman recipe. of ancient and The meeting concluded wi th a ra ffle of coins and books on numismatics and medieval coins ancient history. A number of inexpen and antiquities. sive coins were available for purchase. The ACCLA meets at 1 PM on the 2nd Sunday of each month at the Town Call or write for more information or a copy of our current rate card! Hall in the Ba lboa Mission Shopping Center in Granada Hills, CA . Future programs include ' Ancient COinage of The Celator IZl Central Asia', ' Travels in Turkey' and P.o. Box 839, Lancaster, PA 17608 "Coins of Parthia". Guests are wel come For more information contact TeVFax (717) 656·8557 [email protected] or log onto the Email: [email protected] ACCLA Internet site at b.!!.Q.JL mjcoooor,home,miodsDring,com/acclaJ 56 The Gelator Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. 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