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Visit www.TomCederlind.com .. SYRACUSE. c. 404-400 Be. Silver Dekadrachm, unsigned dies by Kimon . .. .or call for a complimentary catalog .... TOM CEDERLIND NUMISMATICS & ANTIQUITIES PO Box 1963, Dept. C (5031228-2746 Portland, OR 97207 Fax (5031 228-8130 www.TomCederlind.com/[email protected] Vol. 21 , NO.7 The delator" Inside The Celato ~ ... July 2007 Consecutive Issue No. 241 lncolllora'ing Roman Coins' and e ulture FEATURES Publisher/Editor Kerry K. Wetterstrom [email protected] 6 Anepigraphic Bronze Coins of Constan tine and Family Associate Editors by Roben M. Harlick Robert L. Black Michael R. Mehalick 22 Faces of Empire-Part iX-imperium's Page 6 First Face (Alexander the Great and the For Back Issues From Successors) 1987 to May 1999 contact: by Cornelius Vermeule Wayne Sayles W<[email protected] 30 300,000 Archeological Items (and Coins) Seized in Raids in Spain Art: Parnell Nelson by Mark Gredler Maps & Graphic Art: Kenny Grady DEPARTMENTS P.O. 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In other words, just because Constantine III and the source, Wikipedia, as a reference it is in print, or on line in this case, does and research source. not mean that it is necessari ly correct. Collapse of Roman Of course, r had to learn this les I realize that it is all too easy to Coinage in Britain son myself the hard way. Last year, I cons ul t an onlinc refcrcncc instcad of By David Miller received an excellent article, howev finding the information in a printed er, during the process of editi ng sev reference. I have done it myself many eral major prob lems "popped up." times. This is especially the case when AND COMING SOON These were simple things such as rul printed references may be either out ers' dates and who invaded what coun of-print, expensive, or hard to locate Portraits of Caligula: try du ring a certain war. J don', pre if you desire to purchase one for your The Seated Figure? tend 10 be an academic myself, but one own library. The simple solution is to By Joe B. Geranio egregious mistake was the "red flag'" visit your local library, as thcy usually that told me something was seriously have the basic historical references. Mirror-Image Kleudoros Monogram on Coins of Neapolis "The success of The Celator is due in large part to by Joe WIhnyk the outstanding contributions received from its read Vespasian: A Simple Soldier ers. Thank you l " Part 1 by David A. Wend wrong. After some fact checking and I also realize that there are many talk ing with the author, the problem excellent online sources that are very Is the Gold Porus Medallion was pinpointed as Wik ipedia. reliable, especially university and ac a Lifetime Portrait of Alex Wikipedia. for those readers not ademic sites. I am not going to rejcct ander the Great? familiar with it, is an online, collabo an article for publication simply be rative encyclopedia, which basically cause it uses an online source as a ref by Andrew M. Chugg means that anyone can contribute to erence. And there are certain types of Fifth Century Greek Wars an entry. While noble in purpose, the online sources, especially collector problem with this method is that Wiki maintained sites, that are wonderful and Their Numismatic pedia articles are written by hundreds resources. It is simply a matter of re Consequences of volunteers and therefore subject to alizing that not every online source is by Prof. JW van der Dussen mistakes. Even worse, there are peo worthwhile and should be consulted. ple out there in cyberspace, sometimes While the Internet is temporary and Roman Coinage from the called " trolls," that take delight in constantly changing, once something Invasion of Julius Caesar to creating deliberate falsehoods in the is in print, it can last forever. Wik iped ia entries. Wikipedia has tried I certainly don't want to discour the Naming of Augustus, to remedy thi s situation itself, by re age any prospective authors, and if you 49-27 BC stricting the editing of some subjects. have any questions or doubts about a by Mike Gasvoda but so far many historical entries arc potential source fo r an article, online stil l "fair game" for any contributor. or otherwise, that you're working on, Faces of Empire - Part X, Part of the impetus for my decision please do call or e-mail me. The suc Women Around the Outset to ban Wikipedia was the fact that many cess of The Cefalor is due in large part of the Principate universities and colleges are now ban to the outstanding contributions re ning the site as well. Students arc not ceived from its readers. 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