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Abo ut the cover: A is an independent journal pub lished on the first day of each The Ancient Coin Business from 1961-2007 photograph of an anepi month at 87 Apricot Ave, Leola. by Joel & Michael Malter graphic bronze coin of PA 17540-1788.1t is circulated in lernalionally through subscrip Constantine the Great tions and special distributions. 32 People in the News - f,'irofiles in JilutniStna ti c5 from the Antioch mint Subscription rates, payable in (upper left) , and anoth U,S.funds. are $30 per year (Pe 33 Art and the Market riodical rate) within the Uniled er photograph of an Slates: $36 to Canada; $60 per 36 Coming Events anepigraphic imitation year to all other addresses (ISAL). bronze coin of Constan AdVertising and copy deadline is Ihe first workday of each month. 38 Book News tine II from the Nether Unsolicited articles and news re Compton Hoard. Both leases are welcome, however 41 ANT1Qj) ITI ES by David Liebert publication cannot be guaran· photos by John Jencek. teed. Unless expressly stated. The coins are from the The Ce/ator neither endorses nor 42 Q[oi ns of tue .1B llllr by David Hendin collection of Robert M. is responsible for the contents of advertisements. lelters-to-the 44 The Internet Connection Harlick. editor, feature articles. regular columns and press releases in its by Kevin Barry & Zachary "Beast" Beasley pages, including any opinions The Gelator office stated therein. and Ihe accuracy 45 'through the Cooking glass will be c losed o n of any data provided by its con July 3rd_4"', and Au tributors. Periodical postage paid by Wayne G. Sayles (USPS #006077) Lancaster, PA gQsl..?th-1 Oth for the 17603 and additi onal offices. 46 Cartoon ANA. Check the ''On Copyright © 2007, Paradigm the Road~ection for Numismatics & Publishing, Inc. 47 Professional Directory furth i" ·ae~s . Office Postmaster: please send hours 8,@JJormally On the Road - The Celator"s Show & Club Schedule address changes to: 53 Noon to 6PM EST'. P.O. Box 10607 54 Club & Society Directory Pl ease~ ~pjn n'lfnd Lancaster, PA 17605-0607 that thiS"is-a one-per 55 C!assifieds - Index of Advertisers son business when FOUNDED 1987 BY you're trying to reach WAYNE G. SAYLES me. Thank you ! EDITOR'S " . COMING NEXT ",. MONTH NOTE ~- IN THE CELATOR® don't think Avidius Cassius: An il is a secret Emperor Without a Coin? I thai this by Mark Fox magazine is a popular, hobby-orient ed publication versus an academic, Left-fteld Inspiration - peer-reviewed publication. That sa id, allowed to "point to Wikipedia or any Sometimes You Ju st Want I do strive for consistency and accu similar source that may appear in the to Know More racy as much as possible. Recently, I future to escape the consequence of er by Walter C. Holt have decided that I can no longer rors" as one recent New York Times arti accept articles that use the online de noted. 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. Thank you! by Cornelius Venneule 'lhe C elcdM is Mmed tot and dedicated to the coin die-en'jtave~s ot anUquitv ",hose aH zemains as po",e~6ul and appealin'J todaV as in theit ONn time. 2 The Celator Ponterio & Associates, Inc. is now accepting consignments for future Auctions both Public & Mail Bid Sales Whether you have an important single coin or a lifetime collection, we are the auction professionals for you. For more information, please contact our office. PONTERIO & ASSOCIATES 1818 Robinson Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 - .-...-.. 800-854-2888 or 619-299-0400 P.N.G. #308 Fax 619-299- MEJoI BBI Richard H. Ponterio - President L,M. ~2163 July 2007 3 fo rm we have known it up to now, a pow In shattered ruin lies. erfullobby should be their first priority. But Antoninus' temple stands Wayne Sayles and his dedicated Again uplifted in holy hands team are fighting a tough and unfair battle. How about ALL of us giving as Mourning Tiber weeps in passing much as we can afford to give to further the cause of the Ancient Coins Collec Here rises the mighty arch of Titus tors Guild. It may just make the differ Whose legions pa rade no more in ence needed to tip the scales. power. Basil C. Demetriadi And great Trajan • Optimus Princeps - Kudos from Greece No longer stands on his column's tower Collector in Wisconsin Reader Suggests Column Caesar's day has come to end on Counterfe it Coins The arrival 01 The Celator each And where are the shield of valor, month is a special event- it has been I thought it might be good idea to The leafy crown, the laurelled door, said before that each issue carries the add a new column to The Celator for The triumphal chariot? - They are no ideas, debates and information so valu mat. It could be called something like more able to our numismatic hobby. I thought "Counterf eit Corner" where an expert An d where the ancient gods re nowned the article by Steve M. Benner, ~ A would look at a counterfeit coin and Zeus is dead - Neptune drowned Quadrans For Your Thoughts: Small explain in detail how one could spot it Roman Imperi al AES" is an outstand as a fake , It could cover ancient, me Gone - all gone ing example of how the hobby is chal dieval, and modern fakes. Considering lenged and benefits from research the prevalence of fakes on the ancient Roman lamps are now burned out such as Steve's. market now, it would be very informa And darkness fills the land. Thanks, Kerry, for what you do in tive for someone to walk us through The darkness of the spi rit bringing us such articles. how to spot them. The darkness of the mind. Arl Noot Love the magazine, Winter, WI Steve M. Benner AVE ROMA ET VALE Clarksville. MD And Kudos to Alvin J . 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Harlick The Emperor Constantine I issued a series of bronze coins with no in scriptions on the obverse after his de fcal of Licinius in 324 CE, This issue, which commemorated members of his dynasty and possibly their visits to var ious cities of his empire, began after the consolidation of the empire some time between 324 and 326 CEo This issue commenced about the time when Constantine I started the rebuilding of Const 6 The Celator The Miinzen ond Medaillen Companies 1942-2007 For 65 years our legacy has been to serve the collector ofAncient, Medieval & Modern Coins ... and we would like to serve you too! • Quarterly Illustrated Fixed Price Lists • • Public Sales· Appraisals· Buying and Selling· • Large Stock in All Price Ranges· ( Please send us your want list. We will fill it! J Three offi ces to serve you: Miinzen und Medaillen GmbH Postfach 2245 D-79557 Weil. Germany Telephone: (011) 49 76 21 48 560· Fax: (011) 49 76 21 48 529 M&M Numismatics, Ltd. P.O . 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Her adea struck for Crispus (R5), and Constantinople struck for Constantine, Constantine I and II (RS), Nicomedi a Figure 2- Anepigraphic bronzes from the Antioch mintfor Crispus, Constantine IT and stru ck fo r Constantine 1 (RS). Constantius II. Mints dard type (non-Dafne) anepigraphic issues will be discussed. Although all Standard anepigraphic bronzes of the coins in questi on can be called were also issued at ten mints: Trier, scarce to very rare, the largest emission Rome, Siscia, Thessalonica, Heraclea, of these coins was from the mint of An Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Antioch, Con tioch, which had the most officina. stantinople and Ticinum. Possibly oth The next most common mint was er mints will be found . The coin is Rome [Figure 5- Constantine I and sometimes referred 10 as a nummus, a Constantine II- see page 10]. It issued Figure 3- A bronze of Constantine I from follis, an A::3 or A::3/4. Official issues these coins in four officina, P, S T, and the Constantinople lIIint with an anepi Q. Trier was the next most common, are about 17 mm in diameter. graphic obverse and Dafne reverse. In the balance of this article, only issuing in officina P and Q [Figure 6- the regular and irregular bronze stan- Constantine I and Constantine II-see Thessalonica struck'for Constan tine I and his older sons, and except for Constantine I, which is R4, the oth ers are listed at RS. While RIC shows FRANK L. KOVACS that the coins of this min t atl bear offi cina marks, the coin of Constantine r in Ancient Coins & Antiquities Figure 8 [see page 12] struck at Thessa lonica does not have th is mark. Finally, Ticinum, not listed in RIC for ancpigraphic issues, is now known www.frankkovacs.com for two coins of Crispus, one pub lished in 1986 in The Numi~·mali(." Chronicle, and onc other which is not and now additional coins also at die-matched to the published one is shown here [see Figure 9 on page 12]. www.vcoins.com/frankkovacs It has been suggested that Ticinum also struck for Constantine I, however, as I have not seen evidence of an actual Specializing over 30 years in Greek and Roman coins Advanced collectors especially will benefit from my expertise and resources frank@ frankkovacs.com (4 15) 945-9916 fax (415) 945-99 16 Figure 4- A standard-type blOnze of Con P.O. Box 7 150 · Corte Madera, California 94976 stan tine { from Ihe Com·tantinople mint with the Dafne reverse. 8 The Celator Want Your Ancient Coins Graded Authenticated and Encapsulated? Well, here's all you need! In addition to grading, authenticating and enCCl I)sulating your ancient coins, le G will attribute your coins. 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FOR MORE INFORMATION J am pa)'U'lg by 0 Check enclosed 0 Money order enclo, ed 0 Mastercard 0 VISA 0 AMEX Card number Exp Dalt Call PAUL DEFELICE toll-free 8 77-221-4424 x203 FAX 303-221-5524 [email protected] om Stgnaturo.:=coo,"cccc:===oc==e (Jhis submission Formco=c must becc:= signe~d c:fo r c=~your ocdert=coc~~o be processed) D., ------ July 2007 9 known coin struck in his name at that see RIC VII, no. 8 1 that also only dupli cate Mr. Murphy's weight study) mint, I do not know if it was just as shows a standard anepigraphie for Cris range from a high of 2.62 grams to a sumed that if there was a coin struck pus struck at Heraclea but no issue for low of 1.76 grams with an average for a junior member of the family at Constantine I). weight of 2.15 grams. Weights The weights of the official or reg ularly issued standard anepigraphic bronzes fall within the following ranges: The twenty-three coins owned by the Bibliotheque Nationale (BN) average 2.17 grams for twenty of the coins, and three are either irregular or exceedingly worn and are not includ ed in the average. The thirty-one coins in the collection of the British Muse um (BM) also average 2.17 grams. The weights of the anepigraphic coins in the BN arc from a high of 2.47 grams to a low of 1.95 grams: and the BM examples are from a high of2.8 1 grams to a low of 1.75 grams. Figllre 5- Anepigraphic bronzes for COI/ In 1995, Pennsylvania coin dealer Figure 6-Anepigraphic bronzes for Con stantille I alld CO/lstan/inc II from the Barry Murphy advised me that he had stal/tine I and Cons tan/inc /I from the Tri Rome mint. we ighed sixty anepigraphic coins in er mint. trade from various catalogs, and those eoins ranged from a high of 3.2 grams thai mint, there also had to be coins to a low of 1.8 grams with the bulk of Characteristics struck for the most senior member of them falling between 2.2 and 2.6 the family, which is a not unreason grams. The 52 regular coin s in the au RIC recognizes two varieties of Ihe able assumption in any cvent. (Also thor's collection (some of which may coins from the mint of Antioch, the most common mint, and two varieties from the mint of Cyzieus. One vari ety of each mint does not have a dOl at the bottom of the reverse of the coin below thc mintmark and the othcr va riely has a large dot below the mint mark [Figures 10 and II - Constantine [struck at Antioch, see page 121. On some of the coins from Antioch, Rome and Cyziclls, Ihere is a dot in the mid dle of the coin [Figure 12- Constantius Figure 7-Anepixraphic bronzes for Con stallfillc f and Constantine II from the CyziclIs millt. 10 The Gelato( ANCIENT & WORLD COINS Consign Now to our September Long Beach Signature Auction. Consignment Deadline: August 9 [email protected] Ollr next Long Beach Signatllre Allction ofAncient World Coins will be held ;n September . Our Official Auctions at the Long Beach lots of wonderful numismatic treasures from past two millennia and around the globe! 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The two known coins of dot is not recognized in RIC (but not which were only struck in Antioch, con Crispus from Ticinum bear the fo ll ow~ ed in Hunter) and is probably a cen sist of a dot partially encircled by a half ing legend on the reverse, CRISPVSJ teri ng mark or compass mark and not moon at the top with again three lines of CA ESAR/SuT. a mint variety. inscription with the mintmark and offi As opposed to the other mints, the The portraits on the regu lar standard cina below; for Fausta: FLAVMAXI reverse of the coins of the Caesars anepigraphic coins of Constantine I, FAVSTNAVG/SMANTA (Antioch) and from Rome all bear a wreath above Helena and Fausta always face to the for Helena: FLHIELENAJ AVGVSTN with the legend CONSTANJTlNVS/ SMANT8 (Antioch). The bust of Con stantine I is B 1 in RIC (except for Rome which is E8), and those of the Caesars are B4L [see Figure 2 on page 8J. The standard reverse for the Cae sars is, for example Constantine fI, a star above and three lines of legend with the mi ntmark and offi cina below *ICONSTAN/TI NVS/CAESAR/PTR (Trier). This pattern holds for the rest Figure 9- Anepigraphic bronze of Crisp of the mints except for the above-de Figure I I- Anepigraphic bronze ofCon us from Ticinum, one of IWO known. scribed coins ofThessalonica. Ticinum stantine I from Antioch Wilh the dot at Ihe bOllOm of Ihe reverse. NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA IVNNOBC in three lines with the mintmark and officina below (for ex ANCIENT COINS AND MEDALS ample, see Constantine II, Figure 5 on GREEK - ROMAN - BYZANTINE - MEDIEVAL - RENAISSANCE page 10). The issues from Rome for Constantine I have the same reverse AUCTIONS - LISTS legends as the other mints. VALUATIONS Nether Compton Hoard In 1989, a hoard of 22,500 4th Cen tury CE bronze coins was discovered by the use of a metal detector in the village of Nether Compton, Dorset County, England. The hoard was held in the Dorset Museum for five years, but no work was done on it, and the coins were given back to the finders. The vast bu lk of the hoard consisted Catalogues upon request of three types: Gloria Exercitus with annual subscription rate US$ 80. a single standard (no double standard types were found), Urbs Roma with NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA AG the wolf-twins reverse, and Constanti Niederdorfstrasse 43 3rd Floor Genavco House nopoli s-type commemorative issues. A PO Box 2655 17 Watcrloo Place few other types were found in the hoard perhaps a couple of hundred overall. The CH·8022 Zurich London SWIY 4AR hoard was then bought by an English Tel. +4144261 1703 Tel. +442078397270 dealer and sold. Classical Numismatic Fax. +41442615324 Fax. +44207 925 2174 Group (CNG) acquired a number of arsclassica @access_cll [email protected] them and then sold them in 1996. www.arsclassicacoins.cllm 12 The Gelator • TIw {lCo;,,~ 01t Cart! Tk tt,./ut jilt PI" IYr? (J~"'MlUI(/ Cal'Sley Whetstone Co mpa n ,'- ICOIN zootl D""ld Con""", A,went Coon, &. Art ,fa(u EUKRATIDES Ancie nt Nu mismatlcs lCf ({ ~ r~ ~ <"( ,,,,,'\[1" ~ John C. Lavendct n.~"M Nwlo.aw... 1~ ~HrIi &11 @1~ilmllli;' - 1 IM0NEIAII II3rry p. MUrPhyl , 1,I ': ,", :. :I : I t±Jys (E;ns I o SOLO I\;' "",,,,,,,) ', , I V'-'IN6"£AR I \1 ,1.. •• R \"~I "·rC ""' ~ ;0 ... : -- WCNC U"! I ,JI 161,"n ..2 ~s l AB6US Fm, Rudolf K""nker NumiSffll}tikhllz Ago'" Holdings D.vissoo. Ud. S July 2007 13 The date of the latest eoins in the struck in unofficial "mints'· or work Whether a coin is regular or irregu hoard was about 335-340CE, The hoard shops with li ghter we ights, smaller Illr can be qu ite subjective. The con contained at least twenty ··anepigraph nans. odd engraving, strange- type por clusions as to regular or irregular arc ic-typc·' coins, and Eric McFadden of traits and odd to illegible lettering. mine; however as reasonable persons CNG advised that CNG bought all that Pierre Bastien has shown that the can differ, you can draw your own con wcre seen. Although at this point, there carli er forgeries or irregu lar coins start clusions. Virtually all of them are imi is no way of knowing if there were more. out with a good module and slightly tations of sc arce to rare coins and Seventeen of them were purchased from lower weight. The earliest wave of shoul d be made a matter of record: CNG and three from Frank L. Kovacs. forgeries comes close to reproducing the originals, and as coins are made further and further from the time of the strik ing of th e originals, thc weights become lighter and the en graving more irregular. During the last few years of Constantine ]'S reign and continuing on to 342-34R CE, there was a grellt shortage of bronze coins. Figure 13 The modules decreased in size. Some became a little as 3/ 1O,h of a gram and 1. Conslllntine I, Off. S, 18 mm. Figure 12-Anepigraphic bronze of Con seven millimeters in diameter. It has 2.31 grams. Trier mintmark. RIC 485. stantius /I from Rome with a center dot. bcen suggested that somc of the offi Obv. Laureate head right: Rev. Wreath cial engravers were clandestinely above; CONSTANrfT NVS/AVGISTR . AI! of the fol!owing coins in the list be working in counterfeit workshops. Althou gh this coin was boughl sepa low are reputed to be from the Nether The irregu lar issues were struck some mtely. CNG advised that it was part of Compton Hoard. time during the approximately twen the hoard. Regnlar issue [Figure 13]. Wi th some exceptions. the coins in ty years after the original issue of the hoard arc called ··irregular" in thi s these coin s. It is in terestin g to note paper. To a greater or lesser ex tent. they that the anepigraphic-type coins in the deviate from the standard types-some hoard bear western mint marks, mostly quite substantially. Therc was a bronze of Trier and a few of Rome. They are so coin shortage toward the middle of the unusual, that I thought they should be 4'h Century CE, and many types were photogmphed and published, Figure 14 2. Constantine 1, Off. S, 18 mm. R7 grams. Trier mintmark. RIC 485. Obv. Laureate head right; Rev. Wreath above; CONSTA NrrI NVS/AVG/STR. The curved shape of STR is unusual, and although the coin is li ght in weight. tbttbal it might be a regular issue LFigure 141. ~tlbtr $8 Figure 15 3. Constantine 1, Off. P, 15 mm. 1.35 Curious about medieval as a natural complement to your ancient grams. Trier mintmark. Cf. RIC 487. collection, but don't want to invest much until you know you like Obv. Lau reate, dfllped and cuirassed bust it? 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Head small for Tri er. regular issue [Figure 18]. Irregular issue [Figure 16 on page 14J. Figure 20 bust left. Rev. CRISPVS/CAESARI PTR. Odd dots be low are in CRISP VS and abovc CA in CAESAR. Dot led wreath, above (not star). Weight on li ght side. Sma ll module. Irregular Figure 19 iss ue [Fi gu re 20]. Figure 17 7. Constantine I, Off. S, 18 mm . 5. Constantine I, Off. S, 15 mm . 1.49 grams. Rome mintmark. RI C 1.84 grams. Trier mintmark. Cf. RIC 281. Obv. Laureate, draped and cui 485 . Obv. Laureate head right. Rev. fassed bust right. Rev. Wreath above. Wreath above. CONSTAN/TINVSI CONSTAN/TlNVS/AVG/SMRS. The AVGISTR. Although the coin is not obverse style is good. The reverse substantially underweight, the head is strike for some letters is weak. The Figure 21 small for Trier. Probably irregular is flan is ragged. However. compared to sue [Figure 17). the Rome mint coins for Constantine 9. Constantius IJ , Off. P, 15 mm. I, this coin is very light. (London BM, 1.21 grams. Trier mintmark. Cf. RIC three coins: 2.73 , 2.52, and 2.24 486 for obverse (of Constantine I) and grams; Paris BN, three coins: 2,65 , RIC 489 for reverse. Obv. Laureate, 2.37, and 2.09 grams). Irregular iss ue draped and cu irassed bust right (nol [Figure 19J. left). Rev. Star above. CONSTANI TlVS/CAESAR/PTR. Space between 8. Crispus, Off. P, 16 mm. 1.83 E and S in CAESAR. Irregular issue grams. Tri er min tmark. Cf. RIC 488. [Figure 2 1]. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed Figure 18 Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. Ancient Coin Specialist Figure 22 10. Constantine II , Off. S, 15 mm . 1.48 grams. Trier mintmark. Ct'. RIC 489. Obv. Laureate, draped and eui rassed bust left. Style barbarous. Rev. "Star" above. Blundered legend with letters poorly formed: C rrIN VS/C- S-RISTR. Irregular issue rFig ure 221 . 11. Constantine I, Off. P, 15 mm. 1.60 grams. Trier mintmark. Obv. CONSTANT INOPOL. .. Helmeted head of Constantinopolis left. Rev. CONSTAN/TINYSIAVG/PTR. 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Cr. of Constantinopolis Icft. CONSTAN RI C 282 (bust left ). Obv. Laureate. 16. Constantius 11, Off. P. 17 mm. on left. Rev. Blundered legend : CON draped and c ui rassed bust right (in 1.94 grams. Min!: Trier minLmark. RIC STAN/-NVS/-AESARISTR . Irreg stead of left) Rev. Wreath above. 490. Obv. Laureate, draped and c ui ul ar issue [Figure 241 . I CJ O NS TAN/TI NVS/ [I IV NN OB CI rasscd bust left. Re v. Star above. SMRT (S MRT is slightly blunde red). C ON STAN/TI V S IC A ES A R / PTR . Irregular issue lFigurc 261. Regular issue lFigure 28J. 13. Constant ine II , Ofr. S, 15 mm. Figure 27 Figure 29 1.47 grams. Trier minllnark. RIC 489. 17. Constantius II. Off. P, 16 mm. Obv. Laureate. draped and c ui rassed 15. Constantine II . Off. T. 16 mm. 1.66 grams. Trier mintmark. cr. RIC bust left. Rev. Blo b for SI;l f above. 1.55 grams. Rome mintmark. RIC 490. Ohv. Laureate. draped and cui CONSTANrrINVS/CA ESA RISTR4. 282. Obv. Laureate. draped and cui- rassed bus l le ft. Rev. Sta r a bove. C O N STAN/T I V S /CA ESA R/ PTR . Ragged n an; poor lettering. Irregular issue [Figure 29]. Dr. Busso Peus N achf. - N UMISMATISTS AND AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1870- Figure 30 18. Constantius II , Off. S, 16 mm . • PURCHASE AND SALE OF ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND 2. I 2 grams. Trier mintmark. Cf. RI C MODERN COINS AND MEDALS AS WELL AS OF IMPORTANT 49 1. Obv. Laureate, draped and c ui NUMISM ATIC LIBRA RIES rassed buSI right (nol left). Rev. Star above. CONSTANffl NVS/CAESA RI • AT LEAST TWO PU BLIC A UCfIONS / M AIL BI D SA Lf$ A YEAR ST R. Irregular issue [Figure 30). • AP PRA ISALS AND EXP ERT ADVICE • AlTENDING MOST MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SALES ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS Catalogs available by subscription at a biennial rate of U.S. $40 (4 issues). Payments may illI..t be made by Credit Card PLEASE CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Figure 31 L~& Bornwiesenweg 34, ~ ~ D-60322 Frankfurt a.M. 1, Germany 19. Constant ine II (1). 15 mm. 1.53 grams. No mintmark legible. Obv. Di . • •P: Phone: (011 49 69) 959 66 20 adcrncd, draped and c uirassed bust ~ Fax: (01 1 4969) 55 59 95 ~e left. Rev. Blun dered legend. Irregular ~7 www.peus-m uenzen.d e issue [Figure 3 1] I E-m ail: info®peus-m uenzen.d e 18 The Gelator • • Extensive Stock in All Price Ranges • • Always Interested In Purchasing Collections of Any Size • p.o. Box 7822 0-. TX75209 Numismatist 214-7254300 • 214-890-7IlO9 (Fax) WWW.GLENNWOODS.COM _.com JUly 2007 19 coins. I also wi sh to th panies- he outlined some broad • The we ight and design of most by Chris Rudd themes that were manifesting: Icenian coins were strictly controlled, • Three or four distinct streams of possibly by a central authority. This On February 27th John Talbot, chair coin production flowed concurrently control extended throughout the entire man of Engl ish National Ballet, spoke to from different parts of East Anglia and tribal territory. For example, the design the British Numismatic Society. He gave merged to form a mixed pool of Icenian elements of the 'late face-horse' silver a new overview of the Iron Age coinage co inage (first noted by Derek Allen in units (VA 790-94, BMC 3556-759) re of the Iceni (or Eceni, as I call them) of 1970). mained constant for units be ing pro East Ang lia, a tribe that is best known fo r • The different streams of coins duced simultaneously at different cen its red-haired warrior queen, Boudica. may signify political divisions or, as ters in the region, despite local artistic Talbot's talk was based on his re Talbot suspects, commercial variations variation in the style of the dies, cently completed seven-year die study of a central monetary policy-"a bit li ke which were clearly not produced cen of over 1,400 dies and more than 8,000 the Scottish banking system with dif trally. At least 180 dies were used in Icenian coins- all the known surviving ferent banks producing bank notes the production of this extensive se coins of the Iceni- a massive and me used in a common pool," he said. ries, which continued up until the ticulous piece of research, never previ • For most of the period of coin pro Roman conquest. ously undertaken by anyone on this duction, the Iceni had a fixed value • There is iconographic evidence scale. His overall view of these 8,000 relationship between silver units and that the Iceni may have had close po mostly silver coins was thallhey clearly the gold stater, which was determined litical or economic ties with the demonstrated that for over 80 years, from by metal content rather than weight. Trinovantes of Essex. Several Icenian about 40 Be to AD 43, the Iceni produced The precise number of units to the silver coins seem to have been copied a tightly con trolled and very sophisticated stater cannot be definitely determined. from coins of Cunobelinus. coinage of outstanding artistic merit. "It However, based on the relative values • Icenian engravers developed a dis was the quality of their art that first at in Rome at the same period (12.5 sil tinctive style of three-dimensional art on tracted me to their coins," he said. ver: 1 gold by weight) we may estimate a few of thei r early silver units. When Though Talbot is only just beginning a value ratio of 23 silver units to the you turn these coins sideways you can to analyze the results of his seven years gold stater, not dissimila r to the Ro see a different head emerging. of die research- most of his time is spent man ratio of 25 silver denarii to the restructu ring the finances of large com- gold aureus. continued on page 36... 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Statues of Alexander with the PART IX Lance suited slender Seleucids, IMPERlUl\'f'S FIRST FACE at least two named Alexander (ALEXANDER THE GREAT also, and a few young Roman AND THE SUCCESSORS) Caesars or Emperors. When they grew plump, indeed bloated like INTRODUCTION Nero, they could be Alexander with the Aegis (of Zeus), but a The concept of Alexander the Great slender physique and curly-head as a hero in sculpture, in painting, and, ed charm, attributes of the young far from the least, on medallions and Caracalla who was an admirer of coins grew out of the art of Greece at Alexander Ihe Great all his con the height of the fourth century Be. troversial career, made statues as Alexander's divine descent on both Alexander the Great with the sides of his family contributed great Lance a staple icon. ly, Herakles on hi s rather's side, and the nymphs of the sea and then Achil THE FORERUNNE RS les, hero number one of the Trojan IN SCULPTURE Wars, on the side of his mother. Youth ful good looks, well cu ltivated, played Apollo. the young Olympian a major part, the leonine hair and the always on the move, was a mod upward gaze from moist eyes. When el for images of the young Mace AlcJ\ander discovered Lysippos. Illst donian prince and conqueror 10 titan in the sculpture of the Athenian be. As Alexander turned eastward late Golden Age, his image as a hero on his triumphal march to India, Figure 1~Apollo Belvedere, Roman Copy after ic ruler was assured in bronze and Apollo's alter ego, Helios the Leochares, ca. 350 BG. (Photo courtesy of marble. His Successors had plenty to Rising Sun, came to symbolize Vatican Museums.) build on, even though some were and represent the youthful radi plump like the Attalids and Ptolemics. ance of Alexander. Then there were the impending slender elongation of others like the Seleucids could be the heroes from the Trojan Wars who, Alexander with the Lance. beak-nosed, (almost) hawkish. Greek and Trojan alike, set sculp The so-called Apollo Belvedere, Lysippos was noted for great work tors' minds to the charismatic Mace long a showpiece of the Vatican muse in bronze and for elongating the ideal doni an. Achilles the ancestor was ums, is a marble copy of a statue in human figure as created by Polykle· the cogent prototype, but the Tro bronze or marble attri buted to Leo itos, Prax iteles, and. imer alia. Leo jan princes Ganymede and Paris charcs around 350 Be (Fig. I). The chares from 430 to 340 Be. Youth was were shown with physiques suiting slender, slightly-elongated proportions grew out of the last phase of Polykle itos, his young athletes of around 390 back to 430 Be, the creations in bronze of the Argive master and his family. Leochares went off to work on the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, but be fore he disappeared, he carved the head of the young Alexander in lhe muse C(l1u/ogue on request um of the Acropolis at Athens. Praxiteles, creator of divine Aphro KIRK DAVIS dites and young woodland divinities, designed a young Apol!o leaning C lassical N umismatics against a large tree and trying to im pale a liwrd in the branches, the Apollo CA 9 17 11 Post Office Box 324, Claremont, Sauroktonos. Until recently, there was Tel: (909) 625-5426 [email protected] one tabletop version surviving in bronze and a myriad assemblage of 22 The Celator copies in marble. some heavily and bad on the family of Priam at the Fall of Troy, ly restored. Recently. a full-scale Roman was also known as Alexandros. copy in bronze came to the Cleveland Museum of Art from a garden in Ger YOUNG MACEDONIA many (Fig. 2). The statue shows us in AS HERA KLES bronze what Lysippos recalled when he turned to plans for Alexander with the Alexander's earl y preoccupation Lance (Fig. 5 on page 24). with imagery led both to the te t A third inspiration for Alexllnder radrachm s idealized as Herakles, and began us a statue of Narcissus admir a shrine in the territory of Sparta where ing himself by the pool, from the ate there was a marble statue of the prince lier of Polykleitos, probably also in as he became King and as he SCI forth bronze. Marble copies were modified to conquer the Persian Empire. The in antiquity and in the era of Sir Will head was di scovered in the nineteenth iam Hamilton and Emma at Naples. centu ry and came to a series of collec the early height of Grand Tour Neo tions in the United States shortly there Classicism, to represent one of the after. Nearly sixty years ago, young Trojan princes. Paris on Mount Ida or Alexander as Herakles was acquired by Ganymede wailing for the cagle's vi s the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It is it. The long-admired and celebrated one of the few monumental portraits. statue kept by Doris Duke Cromwell ideal or otherwise, to have been fash at her vast estate between Somerville ioned in his lifetime (Fig. 4 on page 24). and Princeton, New Jersey, was trans The sculptor is 110t known for certain, formed into a Paris by the taste of the bUI scholars have made a slrong case in eighteenth century (Fig. 3 on page 24), the past for attri bution to Lysippos. Al l the elements, Roman copy and Neo Alexander. as would be expected, Classical modifications. provide a per wears the heltd or the Nemean Lion, the fec t illustration of whence came the taste fi rst and most ce lebrated Labor of Her for statues of the young Alexander the ak les, as a cap on his head, just as hero Great. Cementing these mythological Figure 2-Apollo Sauroktonos, after and King of Macedonia appear on the connections, Neoptolomos, son of Praxiteles, ca, 360 BG. (Photo cour Achilles, who wreaked such vengeance tesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art.) COLOSSEUM COIN EXCHANGE INC. Shown are a jew ojlhe over jOllr IlIlIIdred lots offered ill Ol/r P.O. Box 21 Ma il Bid Auction # 141. closing Augusf 2fP, 2007. Hazlet, NJ 07330 Visil ItS al www.colocoinex.com or send jor a cala/ag. (732) 264- 11 6 1 Fax (732) 264-6467 July2007 23 coins. Lysippos h:liled from Sikyon in cephalos and is standing like a young the Northern Peloponnesos and his C:lr god or hero, surveying the banlefield. Iy fame incl uded (he Herakles leaning Lysippos. from a region of Greece, the on his club and lion sk in (the Weary Northern Pelopon nesos, fllmed for Hcraklcs) for a shrine in the tcrritory of scu lptors lind cciators in bronze, re Corinth, at lsthmia, like Nemea ,I place served thi s material for hi s master where athle tic contests were held. So piece. He could have made a num ber a sculptural commission for the Spar of origi na l casts. since he was a pro tans. who would nod to serve in AI· lific master over man y decades from e xander's army and avenge Ther· the middle of the fourth century Be. mopylae, was very logical. He also cou ld make mirror reversals Discerning ancients doubtless real· o f his masterpieces. They were un ized th aI here WllS not merely Herak- doubtedly gilded, and Alexander could have owned a prototype in gold. Al exander. as suited his divine or igi ns and aspirations. is gazing up wards, one hand on hi s hip and the oth er rai sed to hold the long lance verti cally. Nudity did not indicate costume, only divinity, since no Macedonian, however divinely inspired, would stand in the harsh hills of Phrygia or Baktria without cloak, tunic. and cui Figure 4-Young Alexander the Great as rass. 11le statue came in all sizes. li fe Herakfes, ca. 335 BC, From Sparta (PhOIO to min iature, since many came to want courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Bas one for local temple or hou se hold Ion, Olis Norcross Fund, 52.1741.) shrine (Fig. 5). Unl ike the image of Alexander as les, but the hero-King who would jour Heraklc s (Fi g. 4), the statue with the ney far to the East. as Herakles had trav eled 10 the Gardens of the Hespcrides in the West. The wlly was set fo r many images of Alexander (0 fo llow, as a young divinity leani ng on his lance, as a mighty warrior charging into bllll ie on Bucephalos, and ultimately as King of Persia or Pharaoh of Egypi. ALEXANDER WITH TI·IE LANCE, THE ULTIMATE 1) 1- VIN E HERO The ancients knew well that Lysip pos. court sculptor to Alexander the Figure 3-Narcissus Restored as Great. was the creator of the heroic Paris, after Polykleilos and Praxile statue that showed him leaning on a les, ca. 420 10 350 Be. (Photo cour long lance. Since spears are the arms tesy of the Eslale of Doris Duke of infantry and lances of cavalry, AI· Cromwell and New York Arl Market.) exander has just leapt off his horse Bu- MORTON & EDEN LTD in association with Sothebys 45 ~-rad dox Strcct London W1S 2PE Auctions, Valuations and Sales of Ancient, Islamic and \Xforld Coins, tVlcdals, Decorations and Banknotes Please comact James i\lonon, Tom Eden or SIeve r.loy d for advice O il buring or selling F;gure 5-Alexander with the o r 10 be indudl..'<.l 0 11 our mailing lis!. Lance ( ~Alexander Nelidow ~), Bronze. (Photo courtesy of Har vard University Art Museums, Gift telephone +44 (0)20 7493 5344 fax +44 (0)2074956325 e·maH jn fo@nlO nonand ~dcll.co!ll ofC. Raxton Love, Jr., 1956.20.) 24 The Gelato( lance did placing Alexander's super not make a charged head on big gold medal long last lions. But this story belongs ing mark with the Successors and with the on Hell e Severans, the Syrian family of nistic and Julia Domna being descended Rom a n from Alexander's fami ly and the coins. The Seleucid Successors. exceptions are some THE HELLENISTIC late. Mace IMITATORS, donian to DIOSKOUROI AND RELAT Asiatic, tct ED DIVINITIES rad rachms, where the A dramatic bronze statue, ti lt of the small but not miniature. gives the head or the pose and the taut muscles of the leonine elongated Lysippic body culmi coiffure nating in the heroic face and hair. could have The unusual feature is the cap of derived a Dioskouros on the head (Fig. 6 from the & 6A). Alexander equated wi th statue. In Kastor, the immortal twin, or later Ro Polydeukes, the symbol of heroic Figure 6A-Close-up of Alexander as a Diosk man times, mortal life was a perfect fit for a auras with the Lance, Bronze. (Photo courlesy minor modification to the iconog the story of Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.) was more raphy of the Lysippie ruler-god. Figure 6- Alexander as a complex. Helios, with Eastern connections, Dioskouros with the Lance, with a was another modification particular And there were the Hel lenistic Bronze. (Photo courtesy of specia l ly popular in Egypt in Roman times. successors, notably the Sc!eucids Royal-Athena Galleries, group of when legionaries were campaigning New York.) celators where Alexander had trod in the East. July2007 25 and th e Pto!cmies, who identified with Alexander and. whc rc possiblc. cn de,\ vo rcd to emu la te hi s loo ks. A hcad from a life s ized st'Hue in bronze is from a st atue o f the hero with the lance. The face ha s a beard and a nose mo re promine nt th an that of AI· exander himself (Fig. 4 on page 24). The st:Hue WllS cast and assembled in th e Antonine or Severnn peri ods of the Roman Empire (Fig. 7). Th e location may have been Bubon in Lycia. where th ere was a shri ne to th e imperial fumil ies of around 200 to 220 AD. Al exander Ba las. who ruled the Se leuc id kingdom in the midd le of the second centu ry Be, may have been the subject. Inscriptions tell us he was honored by the cit ies of Lycia. His coin s pro vide an image nOt un li ke Figure 7-Seleucid Successor, Perhaps Alexander I Balas, ISO to 145 BG, Antonine or Severan th is head , whi ch ha s suf Periods. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Marietta Lutze Sackler fered so much. and Family, 2003.786.) CONTRASTS, HELLENISTIC MARBLE AND ROl\'I AN URONZE Alexanders in stone often perpetu ate the idealism of Greek sculpture in the fourth century Be and rad iate a classic nobi lity. which we might as sociate with the traditions of Leochares and the Apollos. rather thun the electric atmosph ere of the Alexander with the Lance. A marble head fro m Alexandria in Egypt forms a placid contrast with a small bronze head from a Lysippic statue. The fir st is now in London (Fig. 8 on page 27). The second has found its way to At lanta. Georgia (Fig. 9 on page 28), In the marble, the sightless eyes (perhaps once enli vened with paint) look out at us with a steadfastn ess from un ample frame of hair, which suggests the heroic leader without giv ing us the drama of the statue with the lance. This excitement is imparted Visit ou r website www.astartesa.com even by the small bronze head, with its upward tu rn . its dramatic hai r, and the eyes and lips enhanced by si lver and copper inlay. Clearly, there were Alexanders for TE everyone, wearing the lion skin of Astarte SA · Via Cantonate, l/e · CH·69 00 Lugano Switzertand Herakles. radiati ng the solar spi kes of Phone . 4191 9233640 · Fax +4191 9232118· info@as t8rt858.com Helios, sporting the conical cap of it Dioskouros, or just looking like a pe r ~ 26 The Gelator sonal version of a young hero on an CONCLUSION Attic grave stele. When big bronze statues we re ROMAN IMPERIAL trundled out of foundries with heads IMITATORS, of Lucius Veru s, Septimius Severus, NERO TO CARACALLA Caracal1a, or Severus Alexander. it ANI> was time to mOve Roman art on to ALEXANDER S":VERUS the hieratic nObility of Late Antique and Ro mano-Chris tian art. Alex The embodiment of how Roman ander the Great could survive in 350 Emperors and Caesars measured AD on contorniates or even as He themselves in the traditions of Al lias-Elias-Elisha ascending to heav exander with (h e Lance, occur in en in a frontal quadriga in Byzantine bronze statues probably even larg and Sasanian art. But the heroic ath er than the creations by Lysippos. letics of Alexander with the Lance Such a statue. now bereft of head was long past, although the Oi osk and right leg, which were cast sep ouroi based on our statue continued arately, appears to have represent on sil ver plate pasl lhe reign of Jus ed the young Caracalla (Fig. iO on tinian (527 to 565) into the Easte rn pagc 28). The quality of the model Roman Middle Ages. ing or casting and chasing does not The im3ges of Alexander the measure up to what we see in the Great passed from the era of ide3l smal l bronze reflecti ons of Alexander grave-stelai in the fo unh century Be with the Lance (Fig. 5 on page 24). to the big bronzes based on Lysip Indeed, there seems to have been pas, which placed Roman Emper a series of ateliers, one in Attaleia ors with relations in the EaSI in the on the Gulf of Pamphylia, which visual world originated by Ly sip turned out statues of Roman Empcr Figure B- Alexander, Marble, From Alexandria in pas and hi s disciples for Alexander ors and Caesars as Alexander with Egypt, Hellenistic. (Photo courtesy of the Trust the Great. the Lance almost in the way aulO ees of the British Museum.) mobi le manufacturers assemble their products today. 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Position does not require any web or com ten and oral commu ni cation skills, nu mismatic experience, ba puter programming skills. A liberal arls degree in history. classi sic computer skills. C/assiclil Numismlltic Group is a world leader ill {lnciem and medicI,,,1 coillage. seiling OI'er 10.000 coins yearly though public auctions, lIIail hid sales. ilaemel "uc/iolls. and retail sales. OUI"lIwllismatists haw Ihe heilifits ofour large IIIlmi.l"llwtic library. expO.Hlre to thousands of(llIci Cl!llIlId mediel'al COiIlS, a/1// COl1laU wilh lem/ing Ifumismatic Kilo/a/"S war/I/wide. affording exct'1I1;'1I1 appanwlitiesfol" professional developmellI. July2001 27 Acknowlcdgemenl.. This is the last document of a long. happy collabora tion with Sacha E. Gratton. Help also came fro m Micha el Bennel!, Brenda Breed. Mary Comstock, Ch ri stine Kondoleon. Peter Laeovara, Frances M'ln;io, David Mit ten, and Williamson Price. About th e AII/hor- Cor nelius Vermculc spent forty ycars as CurlLlor of Classi cal (Greek and Roman) Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For tweDly years, he was also a Professor at Boston College, "the one with the football team" as he is wanl 10 remark. His two other major books are Europeall Art am! the Clas sical Past, 1964: and ROil/ali Imperial Art ill Greece alld A.\·ja Minor, 1968. The fonner has l\ chapter on Re Figure 9-Alexander, Bronze with Silver naissllnce medals, and the bt Eyes, Copper Ups, From a Small Statue, ter has a ehapler on Roman Graeco-Roman_ (Photo courtesy of provincial coins. !!II Michael C. Car/os Museum, Emory Uni versity, Atlanta, 84-54.6.) Figure 10 & 10A- Prince, Young Emperor Caracalla as A/ex ander with the Lance, ca. 200 AD. (Photos courtesy of Mu seum of Fine Arts, Houston, Paul Nestor, Gift of O. and J. Quality deMenil in Memory of Conrad Schlumberger.) Classical Coins of Mediterranean Civilizations For Collectors In All Price Ranges Generous Consignment Terms European Inquiries Welcomed Bruce Antonelli 315 East 80th Street New York, NY 1002 1-0673 Visit Us Online At www.vcoins.com/i nclinatioroma Or e-mail us at inclinatioroma@vcoins .com 28 The Celator Then and Now, How Times Have Changed! The Ancient Coin Business from 1961-2007 were the pioneers of by Joel and Michael nUli l ordc r dealers in ancients. We be Malter gan to buy from ser vicemen re turning fro m Europe and Written in Jan uary of 1986 by Joel many of us made Malter for COINage M:lgal.inc se ve ra l b uy in g Written 2 1 years la ter in May 0(2007 t ri ps to Eu rope by Michael Malter for TIle Celato/" eac h year. Those we re the halcyon A Tribute to L Pari I By joel Malrer da ys for my col Joe l 1. Malter leag ues and my Th is is being wri tt en at the start of a self. The American brand new year, 1986. It marks the be dollar bought over ginning of my second quarter century fo ur Swiss Francs; in the ancient coin business. [ thought I the re were no fears of airplane hijack passenger who noticed the coins was woul d spe nd this issue re miniscing ings and thus no securi ty problems at the local " Rafnes," who would pro about the differences in the hobby (hen the airports. Most European customs ceed to rob the coin satchel after land and nO\\l- 1961 versu s 1986. practices were easy on travelers car ing. Most c us toms officials requ ire [[there were one overwhelming dis ry ing coin s across their borde rs. dealers to li st al l of the coins to be parit y between the twO peri ods. it would All of this has cha nged dram li ticll l bro ught into the country, leave a de be in the area of availabili ty. [ t was very ly in recent years. A deale r docs not posit a nd the n review what, i f a ny, difficult 10 find an ancie nt coi n for sale always li ke to have to expose his coin coins we re sold before leaving the in most of America in the earl y sixties. purchases at sec urity stops at ai rports. country and then pay a duty. All of the important coin dealerships in One always has to wonder if a fel low the United Slates speciali zed in Ameri co ntin1led 0 11 page 35 ... can coins. Crown size silver coins and exo ti c foreign gold co ins were also prev alent. Occasionally. a US dealer would have a selection of famous Greek and Roman gold coins. These were stocked to please the wealthy gold coin buyer. Bu t selection of tetradrachms. denarii and miscellaneous bronzes were seldom stocked. Rarely did an American coi n auction devote itself to ancients. They seemed to appear ;It the same ratio as desc ribed above. Some Americans, though, were acquiring large numbers of ancien! coins. These people were ei ther servicemen stationed in Nonh Af ri ca, Greece, Italy, Turkey or Germany after WWll, or they were tourists visi t tl ~ ""Ty & MaSCH ing these areas as well as the major ci t Giessener Munzhandlung ies of England. France, Ho ll and and Switzerland where m:ljor coin dealer Spec ia lis t areas Services shi ps resided. The I 950s saw the initia tion of this coin buying of anciellls. The • Ancie nt coi ns • buying and s elling coi ll s that were acquired by these indi • Medieval coins • s everal auctions per year viduals did not rea ll y hit the US market • Mode rn coins • evaluation of indivi dual unt il the mid 1960s. • An tiquities pieces, coll ections a nd estates At this time. there were onl y a hand • wide range of coi ns in stock ful of full time dealers specializing in ancient coins. People li ke Fred Knob Maximiliansplatz 20 · 0 - 80333 Miinchen Tel. 089 -24226430 · Fax 089·2285513 loch and Salton-Sc hlesinge r in New www. gmco in ~ rt . de · info@gmco i n a rt.de York Cit y, Chris Blom and Bruce Braun Office hours: Mond&y - Frid ay in upS( Endnote Are you interested in T Beckmann, Martin, "Numismatics and the antiquities trade," The Celator. CHOICE WORLD COINS? Vo l. 12, no. 5, 1998. pp. 34-38. You should be receiving our publications Sourcc'! FOUR AUCTION £1 Pai.\·, printed. from Fcb. 8. 2007 www.e lpais.com CATALOGUES ANNUALLY www.clmundo.es www.abc.es www.djarjodesevilla.com Featu ring RARE and CHOICE gold and silve r co ins of http:(fwww dctectomania.com/opin- the world as well as ancient coinage and world paper jQ nlindex. ll h[l money. A sample catalogue is $25.00 postpaid. An annual Who OWI1 S Objects. Edited by Elean subscription is also available. 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Ponterio - President 34 The Ce/ator Last June, we held what turned out Malter Cont. from pg. 29 RETIRED DEAI.ER'S LIBRARY to be my father's last auction. It was the sale of his prized numismatic library. It (Clean Used Copie,- Mo'l Reccnl Edil iuns- Despite these impediments, the ltl Sell For Much More New) vestment boom decade of the seventies had all of the makings of a really great (OUI Of Prinl Many Hislorical Biographies of NOIe) has seen two major changes, Instead of auction. A library that had taken a life Rynearson. I'.. By","'i"" Coin li,IIIes (nnp) .... 11 $9.95 a handful of American ancient coin deal time to assemble was going to be sold S~ar. D .. I/om"" Coins & V"lues (oop) (3"' ed. 1981) at my dad's horne over a two-day peri ...... II 519.95 ers, there are now dozens, And they are (N) Rosen. J., A"haic (Greek) Coin.,· f:.xhii:>itian Cma· located all over the country. not j ust on od. As one dealer recently said to me, log (nnp) . .. __ S $Y .95 ·'the auction had all of the ingredients (N) Ilendin. D .. GO/ide", iJil:>iic(J1 Coins 1987 (oop) .. thc coasts. To supply the stocks of this ...... ,, ______H SI495 increase of dealers, "Mother Earth" has of a perfect storm." Everything fell into Mad July 2007 35 Rudd Cont. from pg. 21 Coming Events .... June 29-July 1 Baltimore Coin & Currency Convention, The Baltimore Convention Center, Halls A, B & C, 1 West Pratt Sf. July 12-14 Florida United Numismatists 2007 Summer Convention, Palm Beach County Convention Center July 13-15 aick Coin, Currency & Stamp Expo, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA July 14-15 Louisiana Numismatic Association Coin Show, VFW Hall, Metairie, LA (New Orleans) July 17 Stack'sleatn Galleries Summer Mail Bid Safe, New York July 2tJ..22 Alabama Numismatic Society Convention, Givic Center, Bessemer, AL (Birmingham) Silver units of Esu Prasto, July 27-29 Missouri Numismatic Society Convention, a ruler of the Iceni tribe. Convention Center, Sf. Charles, MO (Sf. Louis) Aug. 8-12 ANA World's Fair of Money, Milwaukee, WI Sept. 26 Dix Noonan Webb COINEX Auction, Important Ancient Coins, London, England Sept. 27-28 Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Auction in conjunction with the Long Beach Expo Sept. 27-29 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, Were they copied from this Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA silver coin of Cunobelinus? Sept. 28-29 COINEX International Numismatic Show, Earls Court Conference Centre, London, England Contrary to the view of other numis matists, John Talbot does not believe that the Iceni issued any coins after the Claud ian invasion of AD 43. He said that the silver coins inscribed ESV PRASTO (VA 780 . BMC 4577-80) were HELP WANTED pre-conquest, and he doubted that they had been struck by the historical Pras utagus, husband of Queen Background in ancients Boudica. Dr. Jonathan Will iams of the British Museum had expressed the and/or world coins. same doubt in 2000. This may come as a disappointment to those collectors and dealers who, for For West Coast auction finn, a quarter of a century, have been per suaded that these 'Esu Prasto' coins send resume and salary were the co ins of King Prasutagus, struck in the late AD 40s or 50s. We'd been told that the Roman-style head requirements. on these coins was copied from the head of Nero. But, as Talbot pointed Main function of the prospective out, the 'Esu Prasto' head, and its horse too, may both have been derived from a much earl ier silve r unit of employee will be attribution and Cunobelinus (VA 2055, BMC 1871-73). research of consignments. F + W Publications Don't miss a single c/ o Bill Bright , ; , issue of 700 E. State Stre et '0 Th e Celator. Subscribe lola, WI 54467 ~ today! 36 The Celator LHS 100 Cont. from page 33 Numismatic Literature showed that bidders have learned from the BCD sale to highly appreciate the Now Available rarity and beauty of the coins from that area. A collector was willing to pay Roman Provincial Coinage, 1,150 (lot 266, est. 150) fo r a simple, Volume VII - De GOI'dien l ER but extremely fine, trichalkon from Megalopolis, and a very solid 20,700 ACo rdiell lll (238-244 (lot 268, est. 3,500) for an extremely Apres f. -c.) fine hemidrachm from Tegea in the name of the Archaic l eague. Pa rt I. Pro vince d'Asie The prices paid for the rare staters by Marguerite S. Butcher from Crete of outstanding quality weren't really surprising. Eleven spec 400 pages, 67 plates imens, wilh a lolal eslimate of 54,800, $240.00 + $8.00 shipping were up for sale and ten of th em were AND BAC K IN PRI NT knocked down for a total of 153,870. The most expensive coi n, sell ing for Ramal! Provincial Coinage, Volllme 69,000, was a stater from Gort yna I - From Ihe Dealh of Caesar 10 com ing from the Kunstfreund and Maly the Death of Vil ellius collections showing Europa with the $300.00 + $10.00 shipping swan on the obverse and the bull on th e reverse (lot 276, est. 15,000). See our full inventory of over 1000 titles on VCoins.com vcoius.com/anciem/chartesdavis Charles Davis p.o . Box 547, Wen ham, M ass'" 0 1984 Tel: (978) 468 2933 Fax: (978) 468 7893 NUniislil @aol.com CataIogucr oflhc S I Million Ch, ,,1J'I Nurnisrroaric library Mc mbersince 1968: I!AC 14 2 ANA 60021 Lot 393 from LH$ 100 was this Republican denarius of Q. Pomponius Rufus, 70 Be. Craw· ford 398/1, Sydenham 793. One nl'.' " . of the finest known examples in Extremely Fine condition. It " 1);'\\\' . brought 2 1,275 versus an esti· mate of 10,000 CHF. www,dnw,co,uk A tetradrachm of Kyrene with a sil· phium plant on th e obverse and a head • THE OFFICIAL COINEX AUCTION 2007 of Zeus Ammon on th e reverse came from the same fine collections, and the IMPORTANT ANCIENT COINS Hermitage as well (lot 349). It sold for 64,400, fa r above its estimate of 22,500. Once again, coins 01 the Roman london, Wednesday 26 September, 10 am Republic proved that quality combined with ra rity has its price today. The col Macedon, Mende, The Suevi, Time lector who bought th e marvelous anon Tetradrachm, c. o f King Rec:hiar ymous didrachm of 269·266 had to pay 430 BC, ex (448-456), 18,400 (lot 37 1, est. 2,750), and a de· N<'ison Bunker Solidus, Braga narius of O. Pomponius Rufus, described as one of the best specimens known, cost Hunt Co llection. mint (Portuga l). "'';''''_.i!- 21,275 (lot 393, est. 10,000). Estimate $5,000. Estimate $50,000. ....€!i~~ Extremely fine Imperial gold coins are popular-we all know that! LHS 100 illustrated this fact very well. Of the DIX NOONAN WEBB twenty au rei for sale, eighteen were 16 Bolton Street Piccadi lly Lond on W1J 8BQ England sold for 655,500-their conservative estimate total was 352,000. We want Te lephone 44 20 701 6 1700 Fax 44 20 7016 1 799 E- mail [email protected] cOlllillllCd all pagc 46... July 2007 37 AN(IENT S(ALE WEIGHTS Book News 38 The Celator ends with stamped glass Islamic weights standout item in this group (cal. no. from as late as the 12'" Century AD. 390) is a one-uncia bronze weight por· Perhaps most illuminating is the traying SI. Paul, who is identifi ed by the range of objects that served as Greek inscription 'SI. Paul of Tarsus.' NYINC weights. Many would escape the no If one could f ile any complaint tice of all but the seasoned profession against the book, it would be that there NEW YORK al, for they resemble beads, symmetri is no listing or discussion of an impor INTERNATIONAL cal roc ks, or small objets d'art. Many tant category of weights, solidi exagia, are cast or carved in the forms of crea which were used in late Roman times NUMISMATIC tu res , such as scorpions, houseflies, to confirm the weight of gold solidi. But CONVENTION tortoises, ducks, frogs, fish, baboons, that is acceptable and easy to under rams, bu lls, lions and hedgehogs. stand, for if Mr. Hendin had widened www.nyinc.info Equally fa scinating is the number of the scope much beyond what he has weights that have inscriptions. One already undertaken, we might not have 1 1, item, a hematite weight (cat. no. 12) seen this book for many years to come . THE 36 ANNUAL from the mid·1 st millennium BC, bears an attractive cuneiform inscription in •••••••••••••••• NYINC Sumerian. It identifies the weight as America's Most Prestigious three shekels and describes the item as Die Silberpragung der Insel Thasos Ancient & Foreign Coin Show a stone of Shamash, the Sun who saw und die Tetradrachmen des uThasis all and thus was the god of fair dealing. chen Typsn vom 2. bis 1. Jahrhundert Inscriptions indicating weight ap v. Chr. by lIya Prokopov January 11-13,2008 pear routinely on the shekel weights of Professional Preview- Thursday, Judah, used in the Holy Land from the th Reviewed by Reid Goldsborough Janllary Hr, 8'~ to the 6 centuries BC. Hendin lists 40 examples ranging from a 40-shekel 2PM- 7PM - $100 lIya Prokopov, former director of piece to a 1/4'h-shekel. Typically they Bulgaria's National Museum of Histo are dome shaped and made of lime The Waldorf Astoria Hotel stone or bronze, though some variants ry, is one of the premier numismatists in the world. He's the most active nu New York City are listed, such as pieces made of mismatist, and one of the few numis granite and diorite, or bronzes of pyra matists , publishing information in print 301 Park Avenue between midal form. about ancient coin forgeries. He's also East 49th & 50th Streets Also inscribed are the Phoenician an expert on authentic coins originat weights from the Hellenistic Age, of ing from ancient Thrace, which today Call the Waldorf Astoria at wh ich Hendin lists 43 examples. Most (2 f2) 355·3000 and ask for the is Bulgaria along with parts of south· are small bronze "cubical" weights of speciul NYfNC rale rGmap code NYC) ern Romania, eastern Serbia, north square or pyramidal shape. Some of eastern Greece, and European Turkey. the earlier examples, though, are cast Major Auctions His latest book is the most defini· in the shape of knuckle·bones or shells. Educational Forums tive work ever published about Thasos In terms of their visual appeal and tetradrachms, Attic-standard coins de Club Meetings their design and inscriptional content, picting on the obverse a portrait of a Exhibits the most remarkable items in the cata· young (beardless) Dionysos facing log are the cast lead weights of the Admission: right and on the reverse a standing Greek and Roman periods and the in· F'rida}'-Saturda}'~'unda}' Herakles facing left and holding a club cised (and inlaid) bronze weights of the $10 for a three-d:1Y pass and lion skin (Sear Greek 1759). Late Roman and Byzantine periods. Prokopov's book is in German. The General Il1formatioll: Together, these categories comprise ti tle, Die Silberpragung der Insel Tha Kevin Foley 140 of the catalog entries. P.O. Box 370650 The cast lead weights from the Greek sos und die Tetradrachmen des "Tha· sischen Typs" vom 2. bis 1. Jahrhun· and Roman occupation of the Holy Land Milwaukee, WI 53237 dert v. Chr., translates into uThe Silver are of exceptional interest, as they of (414) 421·3484 Coinage of the Island of Thasos and ten combine Greek, Latin and Phoeni Fax (414) 423-0343 the Tetradrachms of the "Thasian Type" cian letters, and even the occasional E-mail: [email protected] of the 2nd to 1st Century BC." like most Egyptian symbol. The designs are also North American collectors of ancient noteworthy; in this collection they include coins, I don't read German fluently. What a Herculean club, the caps of the Dioscu fol lows is a review of this book from the ri, a menorah, the Tyche of Ascalon, the perspective of its usefulness to those 'swastika' of Gaza, a Macedonian shield, who also don't read German fluently. a ship's prow, anchors, a palm tree with dates, and a housefly. Prokopov's book complements a 1996 book of his fellow Bulgarian, Iva The charm of the Byzantine weights in the collection is the early Christian lukanc, titled Les imitations des mon naies d'Alexandre Ie Grand et de Tha· iconography. Hendin shows many sos (translation: "Imitations of the weights with crosses, the facing bust Coins of Alexander the Great and Tha- of Ch rist, and unidentified busts that could be Imperial or re lig ious. The ... JUly 2007 39 sos"). That book, in French, is the most from the northern Aegean island of comprehensive catalog of the more Thasos, while the Thasian-type tet abstracted (barbarized) tribal imitations radrachms are early copies, typically of Thasos tetradrachms, which I call ed styled only sl ightly more crudely, and ,,, ...... Th racian tet radrachms in my four-part minted by various authorities nearTha I, ... s m ~", ... ""y;,"" In ~'1 ..... " .".. I,' k Celator article on them published from sos on the Thracian ma inland, further T.. . " , .",,~ ..... ~ .. • ' ....i " .... 1; ...· ,_ July to October 2004. The books of north in Dacia, further west in Mace : ~ I . J. h. ~""' ...... 0. • . Prokopov and Lukanc overlap in cov donia, and later on by the Romans in ering the slightly abstracted varieties, Thasos after they took over the island which Prokopov terms "Thasian Type" and before they replaced this coinage tetradrachms. with the ir own denarii. Lukanc's book illustrated 1,987 va Prokopov, who exhaustively studied rieties, along with providing back the hoard ev idence and found die links ground information. Prokopov's book among the coins he illustrates, also has illustrates 1,861 varieties, along with proposed a dating system for these providing background information. To coins. Currently Thasos tetradrachms English-only readers, the most useful are typically dated after ca. 146 BC Die Silberpragung der Insel Tha- aspect of both books is their compre (according to SNG Cop.) or after ca . 50S und die Tetradrachmen des hensiveness as an attribution refer 148 BC (according to David Sear's "Thasischen Typs" vom 2 . bis 1. ence. The reference dealers use most 1978 standard Greek Coins and Jahrhundert v. Chr. lIya Prokopov. frequent ly to attribute Thasos te t Their Values) . Ne ither reference pro Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 2006. radrachms is Syll oge Nummorum vides an end date. Hardbound, 464-pages. II can be Graecorum, Dan ish National Museum Based on hoard evidence not avail ordered, no doubt among other (SNG Cop.), which illustrates 12 Tha able to either the authors of SNG Cop. places, from AntikMakler (http:// sos and Thasian-Iype varieties. SNG or Sear, Prokopov dates the Thasos www.anlikmakler.de/ca tal ogl Oxford (sometimes abbreviated SNG tetradrachms (his Groups I to X I) 168/ product_info. ph pip roducts_id! Ash .) is better, illustrating 29 Thasos, 7-148 BC . He dates the later Thasian 8298) for 98.80 euros plus shipping Thasian-type, and Thracian varieties. type letradrachms (his Groups XII to (PayPal payments are accepted). Prokopov, through its sheer compre XX) ca . 148-90/80 Be. Others who hensiveness, allows dealers and col have also studied these co ins also date mismatics, he ld in Madrid during 2003, lectors who specia lize in this coinage them earlier than SNG Cop. or Sear, he dated the more abstract Thasos tet to be far more precise. including Margaret Thompson , Olivier radrachm imilatives ca. 90/80-20/10 Perhaps most useful, however, Picard, E.B. Christodopou lou , and BC, with the most abstract dated ca. about Prokopov's catalog is the guid Stavri Topa lov. SNG Hart, SNG 50-20/10 BC. ance it provides in distinguish ing Tha Manchester, SNG Fabricus, and Dew Another interesting aspect of his sos tetradrachms from Thasian-type ing, all published after Sear (and SNG book is his documentation of rare Tha tetradrachms that aren't marked by an Cop.) , all date these coins earlier as sos drachms of the same type as the unusual inscription or monogram, we ll. Yet almost all dealers and auc tetradrachms, with only about a dozen which no dealer or auction house I've tion houses slill dale them according specimens known to be extant. Prokop ever seen has done despite the facl to Sear or SNG Cop. Having commu ov illustrates four such coins, and he that they have been distinguished in nicated frequently with Dr. Prokopov, I dates these drachms ca. 180 BC . the literature at least since Robert For fee l confident in dating the coins in my Much of Prokopov's other thinking rer's 1908 book Keltische Numismatik own co ll ection according to his fin d is unavailable to me, locked away in der Rhein- und Donaulande. In all fa ir ings, and I believe dealers and auction the German he used to write the book. ness, distinguish ing Ihem can some houses would be more accurate and Incongruously, he wrote his books on times be difficult and inexact. up-Io-date by doing the same. Inc iden forgeries in English, making them near Thasos tetradrachms are generally tal ly, in a paper Prokopov presented 10 ly universally accessible. As an exper thought to be Greek coins originating the 13th International Congress of Nu- iment, I scanned what appeared to me to be the new book's three most im portant pages, his commentaries on the coins in his catalog, ran the pages THE EID MAP-" DENA«JU5 through an optical scanning recognition (OCR) program, and ran that text One of the most famous ancient coins and through Google Translate (http:// likewise one of the most expensive. You translate.google.com). Even with my knowledge of some German numismat can pay $200,000 or more for a real one ic terms, the process for just these three or you can pay $20 for an exact, hand-en pages was long and tedious, and I had graved by Ron Landis, hammered si lver re to extrapolate frequently to arrive at what I believed to be the intended meaning. production from Striker Token and Medal. Sti ll, I picked up some interesting ETTV? information. Prokopov be lieves that the rare Thasos drachms, like the Thasos Send $20 + $1 .95 for shipping to Striker, PO. Box 6194, Lincoln. NE 68506 or call 888-688-3330. COPY scamped on obverse un less specified otherwise. continued on {Jage 46.. 40 The Gelator What about the chief arguments of It is illegal to im port objects acquired our opponents, Ihough? Some vocal after 1990 into the USA. Many Euro archaeologists assert a kind of moral pean nations have similar laws. authority over the study of the past. In A perusal of the market and recent their view. it is as if the artifacts them museum acquis itions shows that the selves are unimportant compared to small amount of Mesopotamian mate their proper archaeological context. rial for sale is mostly from long stand Everything should remain in the ing collections. It has to be or legiti groun d until future professional ar mate dealers will not touch it. Where chaeologists can properly excavate it. are the results of this allegedly vast The problem with this argument is that looting going? Why are western col things simply don' t remain safely in lectors being held responsible for al place over time. Natural forces such leged looting from which they derive Who Owns the Past? as earthquakes, floods, freezing and no benefit and of which they seem to thawing, etc. can displace objects on have no knowledge? More important The question of ownership is at the land, while tides, currents, etc. can ly who appointed the archaeological hean of the batt le between collectors move objects in the water. Human ac purist faction guardian of all antiqui and the coalition of archaeological tion plays a great role whether inten ties? Archaeology, as a science, is at zealots, nationali stic governments and tional or no\. Plowing, construction. best only a little over a hundred years bureaucratic, "poiiticllily correct" war, grave robbers looking for pre old. Even archaeologists and associ meddlers that would seek to destroy cious metals \0 melt down, etc. have ated scientists themselves disagree our right to collect antiquit ies. Let me displaced far more objects than the over many of the basic premises of the say at the outset that I am not versed antiquities market over the years. science. Read the various conflicting in international law nor am I an attor We all remember the horror stories theories over controversial objects like ney. I am not an authority on bureau about the great museum robbery in the James Ossuary if you don't believe cratic regulations regarding interna Iraq after the war. Where is the horror me. Collectors have, for mi llennia, tional commerce either, and I certain about thousand year old shrines being contributed much to our understand ly claim no special insight into the blown to pieces on a regular basis by ing of the past. Should they not con complex cultural, political, moral and one side or the other in the internal tinue to do so because a small but vo even theological issues involved in Iraqi war currently going on? Accord cal minority of "professional" schol collecting antiquities, which can lead ing to the archaeologists, therc is mas ars want a self appointed monopoly to a miraculous solution acceptable to sive looting going on every day in Iraq. all sides. What I hope to .do in this ar However. whcre arc the results going? collfillued ol/page 56.. . ticle is to cut through the morass of propaganda, conflicting claims and sheer hype to clarify some of the is THE SWISS NUMISMATIC SOCIETY sues involved. Founded in 1879 We all know our position as collec At the forefront of scientific and historical research for over one hu ndred years. the Swiss lors. The remains of our ancient past Numismatic Society has established a wor ld-wide reputation by its work with leading are the common heritage of all man scholars, collectors and dealers diff used through its well known Revue and Gazet1e journals kind. As individuals and institutions, with articles in four languages, together with numerous monographs and special publica we have an inherent right to purchase, tions in such series as Typos and the Catalogues of Swiss Coins. own, study and display them for our The SOCiety itself owes its inception in 1879 to the pioneering spirit of Dr. Charles FrancoiS own benefit and that of others. Al Trachsel, its founder and first president, butthe Swiss numismatic tradi tion goes back to the earliest days of coin collecti ng in the late IS"' century when connoisseurs like the Amerbach though there may be issues regarding family of Basel, inspired by Renaissance humanists such as Erasmus of Rotte rdam then objects which were actually stolen residing in the city, established important cabinets. from collections or museums, the mere The Society continued from the old century under the guidance of Eugene Demole and Paul lack of provenance or the fact that the Stroehlin, while the new was presided over by eminent scholars such as Dietrich Schwarz object in question was not excavated and Colin Martin. in a sanctioned dig and exported with The Swiss Numismatic Society remains today at th e service of the intemational numismatic community, dedicated as it is to the furtherance of the knowledge of those small but the permission of some governmental invaluable witnesses of art and history, the coins of Greece, Rome. Byzantium, the Orient, office in country X or Y does not au the middle ages. the modern period and Switzerland itself. tomatically make it "stolen goods." By joining this leading society you will be able to participate directly in numismatic research Lord Colin Renfrew's famous dic and moreover be eligible to receive the annual Revue and the quarterly Gazette, as well as tum that "collecting equals looting," members' discounts on most special publications. while a great slogan, has in no way Applications for membership in the Society are welcome from all with an interest in ancient been proven to be fact by him or any and modern numismatics. one else for thai matter. Collecting The membership fee is Sfr 100 per year (Sfr 50 for members under 25) and Sfr 2000 for life membership, or a sponsoring membership from Sfr 250 per year. Make checks payable to is not immoraL illegal, o r destruc Swiss Numismatic Society. Please visit our website at: www.numisuisse.org. tive per se, no matter what our op ponents m ight think. While Ihere SWISS NUMISMATIC SOCIETY may be legitimate legal questions regarding the ownersh ip of specific c/o Secretary: Pierre Zanchi, Alpes 10 antiquities, the answer to the ques CH-1009 Pully, Switzerland Fax: +41 21 728 65 61 tion of who owns the past as a whole E-mail: [email protected] is thai we all do. July 2007 41 known) served as Hi gh Pri es t. This H-473 ("standard" style) and H-475 has been a subject of past (a nd will be ("cursive" style). future) di sc ussion. It seems at most certain that one of This month, however. we wish to the last coins struck under Jannaeus was focus on a bri ef di scussion of a possi the issue with the lily and anchor (H- ble chronology of the coins of Alex 467). Our evidence for this is that this ander Jannaeus. coin type alone was over struck in such To fac ilitate this discussion, I wil l massive numbers. The only way such an list the coins in what I believe to be a over striking could have been accom genera ll y correct chronology, with a pli shed was if the vast majori ty o f few notes. these coins never left the mint before The fi rst coins struck by Jannaeus they were over struck. If the coins had were probably the H-474 type, wi th the left the mint and been recalled fo r re Chronology of H-473 and H-475 varieti es coming close striking, there almost certainly would behind Of nearly at the same time. This have becn MANY examples of other Jannaeus Coinage conclusion is based on the styli sti c sim coin types being over struck. which The chronology of the various undat ilarity between these coins and the coins there are no\. ed series of Judcan coins is of signifi of Aristobulus L thc immediute prede The question of WHY these coins cant interest. The co ins of the Prefects CeSSor to Jllnnaeus, as well as hi s prede were over struck must receive further and Procurators, Agrippa Land Agrip cessor Hyrcanus J. These coin s depict discussion. However, note these points: pa [I. are dated; the Yehud coinage has similar inscriptions, in three main script The obliterated coin s carried the name been analyzed chro nologically by styles, surroundcd by a wreuth on the of Jannaeus as King in both Greek and Ya'akov Mcshorcr and Leo Mil denbcrg, obverse. :md double cornucopillS with a Hebrew, but omittcd any mcntion of his among others. and the Herodian coin pomegranate betwcen :md other agricul title of High Priest. Thc "'new" coins age has recently been studied thorough tural elements dccorating them. reverted to the most common generic ly by Donald Ariel, there is sti ll liule data Further, we note a specilic stylist ic Hus monean style, and completely omit on the internal chronologies of the vari similarity between one particular epi ted any mendon of the title King, which ous HaSlllonean coi ns. graphic form of the most common ex docs not re-appear until the coins of T he H ••smo nenn series ha ve been ample of the (mther scarce) coins of Mall alhias Antigonus. Finall y, the de li neated mainl y by the coins ofYcho Aristobu lus (H-465) and one coi n orthe "new" coins usc a diffe rent name form. hanan (Hend in 453-464, generall y same type bearing the nmnc of J:mnac Yonatan rut her than Ychonatan. thought to belong to John Hyrcanus 1- us (H-474). It is relevant to nOte that There are various theories regard 134-104 BCE). the coins ofYehudah (H- among scholars and collectors who are ing th is name change. First, some be 465 & 466. gencrJll y thought to belong non-readers o f the ancient Hebrew lieve that it was simply a diffe rent ver to Judah Aristobulus 1- 104- 103 BeE). script. these arc the two coins most com sion of the same name, a second group and the coins ofYchonatan (H-467-477, monlyconfuscd with each othcr because believes it could be the actulil Hebrew generally thought to belong to Alexander of the similarity of the leller forms. name of Hyrcanus II (who succeeded Jannaeus- I03-76 BCE). The coins of Large numbers of dies ex isted for the hi s father Jannaeus as Hi gh Pri est), Yonatan remain an issue of scholarly Inscription/Cornucopias coins of th e and a third group, which may overlap discussion. Some scholars believe that Hasmonean ru le rs. 11 is not clear wheth er wit h the previous two, observes that the Yonlltlln coins were struck during the all of the many die varieti es of coins the new name fOfm omits the consec reign of Jlln naeus himself. Others, my struck in the style of H-474 ("block" uti ve letters YEHO , which form thc self includcd, prcfer to assign th ese style) were made by the same engra v name of the Hebrew deilY. and may coins to the re ign of l unnaeus' widow er. On the other hand, because of sim have been offensive to the Pharisees Salome Al exandra, who retained the ilarity of Lypes of Ihe scripts on these at the time. (It seems very likely, there titl e of Queen after her husband's various coins, it is qu ite certain that fo re, that the Yonutan coins were death, while her son Hyrcanus II they were at least copied from u cen struck-or re-stmck-after the death (whose Hebrew mune is not actually tral model. just as the letter type s of of Jannaeus, by his s uccessor and Queen. acting as a regent for hcr son, the new High Priest, Hyrcanus II.) ffi H. D. RAUCH GmbH Vienna This leaves us with five other basic types of coins apparently struck under RAU C H Numismatist and Auctioneer since 1969 Jannaeus. One of these, H-471, is an For Ancient & World Coins anchor/star lepton quite easy to place, since it is the on ly well-known DATED Historical Medals example of a coin struck under Alex Spring Auction ander Jannaeus. Thiscoin is dated to the •• nd June I and 2 , 2007 "year 25 of King Alexander" in its Ara maic legend and daled simply "year 25" in its Greek legend. Thus, il wus slruck Pl ease contact us: 01143 I 533 33 12 in lannaeus ' 25'h year, or 78 BCE. Since the lead coin or token with E-mail: [email protected] Aramaic legend on one side and anchor Visit o ur shop: www.hdrauch.cotn wi th Greek legend on the other side is Write to: A-IOlO WicH, Graben 15 (Europe) the only other Jannaeus issue that uses Greek and Aramaic (as opposed to 42 The Gelator Greek and Hebrew or simply Hebrew), I believe tha( we can group them togeth er as issues of 78 BeE. (We have fur ther anecdotal evidence from a reliable Israeli collector that he retains in his collection one example of this lead piece that carries the date in Aramaic above the king's name. although I have not seen the coin or a photograph of it.) Jannaeus' prototypical large coin the Anchor with Greek with the star and H-474 H-473 H-475 H-470 H-471 Hebrew in a diadem (H-469 and its pre H,469 ciously-engraved variety H-471) seem very much to be prototypes for H-471, thus probably existed earlier. This is also the firs t coin type that identifies Jannae us as King in both Greek and Hebrew. It seems likely that the coins of H- 472 and H-477 (in lead) varieties are in turn and to varying degrees degraded versions of H-471. Because of fhe huge H-472 numberof known examples of these tiny H-468 H,477 H-467 coins, we can suggest that they were H,476 needed for a long period of time as smal! change in ancient Judaea and nearby Here are the various types of coins of Alexander Jannaeus, in the order of areas. It further seems probable that if Hendin's suggested chronology: H-474, H-473, H-475, H-469, H,470, H-471, the suggested chronology is correct, the H,476, H-467, H,468. H-472 and 477 types should probably fall into the reign mint under Jannaeus would never have of Salome Alexandra. had sufficient time to manufacture. the massive output of these coins and mint Readers should note that this particu on the suggested chronology or other re ing must have continued into the years lated topics, I would be pleased to hear of Salome Alexandra's reign. lar installment is very much a "work in progress" and if readers have comments from you at: [email protected]. I suggest that perhaps the final is sue of the Jannaeus mint was H-468. This is based upon three observations: I) the ti tle "King Yehonatan" appears only in Hebrew, 2) the coin is exces sively rare, by far the rarest issue of ANCIENT SCALE WEIGHTS Jannaeus, and one can speculate that its manufacture was only BEG IN NING before it was brought to a halt And Pre· Coinage Currency of the Near East due to his death, and 3) while 99.9% of all of the later over struck coins (H-478) by David Hendin were struck upon the anchor/li ly type, there are at least a couple of known ex MORE THAN 450 ANCIENT WEIGHTS AND PIECES OF PRE amples of H-468 being over struck as H-478, suggesting that a few examples COINAGE CURRENCY ARE CATALOGUED AND DESCRIBED from the mint found their way in the "to 240 pages; extensively illustrated ; be over struck" group of coins. Finally, we note that it has always sturdy hardcover & dust jacket been conventional wisdom to be lieve that ALL of the Hasmonean coins were ORDER FROM YOUR FAVORITE COIN DEALER struck at a mint in Jerusalem. 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July 2007 43 Spell-Check: Contact Information: (Alas, we have to admit that we arc Actually, we should divide this as gui lty as anyone on the issue of into two parts, commercial and non spell-checking.) commercial. Numismatic (and historical) names, For a commercial web site (i.e. you places and things arc a bit of a prob intend to se ll something), please. lem with most spell-checkers because please, please (!), give your users some items that we consider common (fo r way to contact you other than a generic example, antoninianus) are not in sales@website .com. A phone number duded. Admittedl y, there are times would be real nice. You may be sur when we might just ski p a spell-check pri sed at how many potential custom ing run because it is a pai n in the neck. ers just want to give a qui ck call to Please don ' t do it because misspelled make sure tha t there rcally is some Web Design: Tips and words can make a web site look ama one at the other end of a web site, be Techniques teurish and turn off potential viewers. fore they send off their hard earned The good news is that most spell money. A short bi o may also raise the checkers have the ability to learn un confidence of customers. For a long time, we have been urg famil iar words. And if you get inlO the \Ve have seen some commercial ing our readers to establish a presence habit of training yours from the begin web sites where the only in formation on the Internet by posting their col ning, you will find that it definitely about the web site owner is that ge lecting passion online. Of course, this pays off in the long run. neric emai l address, no name, phone usually means bui lding a web site. number, nothing. We fin d it a bit off However, we never really talked about Dead Ends: putting when we don't even know the what makes a good web site design. One of our pet peeves in some web name of the person who wants to sell Web sile design is a much broader sites is the dead end. Say you are hap us something. (and persona l) topic than can be cov pi ly browsing through a web site and The opposite is true fo r non-com e red by this column, but we thought you click on a link, only to find that mercial web sites (i.e. a collector's that it would be a good idea to pass there is no way ou t. or course, you can site). If you li ke, include a name and along a few of the tips and tech always use the back button to return email address so that fans can con ni ques thai we have gleaned over Ihe to the previous page, but a good de tact you. 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Box 10607 Lancaster, PA 17605-0607 N ew Articles Monthly [email protected] 44 The Gelator uct of how soft the metal was, how The logical follow-on question is hard the hammer hit the die, and how how do you tell the difference between true the alignment of the dies was. A one of these condi tions and the oth die that was not aligned vc rtically ers? Admittedly, it is not easy. Some would make a deep impression on one tim e in the century past, I ran across side of the planchet and leave a soft two antoniniani of Trajan Decius that strike on the other side. A die that was looked suspiciously alike. The wear not aligned horizontally would leave pattern s on these two coins were iden one or both sides of the image off- cen tical. In my naturally cynical mind, ter on the planchet. A die that was this suggested that the coins were forg struck with insufficient force or that eries struck frOm transfer dies made was struck on a hard planchet (too from a genuine ancient coin. I showed cool, for example) would leave a weak them to Frank Kovacs, whom I hap "Back to the Basics" impression. This is referred to as be pened to cross paths with at a show. Readcr Bill Leubrie raised an in ing softly or weakly struck. Yes, Frank is th at old too. He im me tcresting question thi s month, asking The third reason for a coin's image diately responded that they werc what the diffcrence is between "weak to be less than razor sharp is "honest struck from the same worn die. As ly struck," "struck from worn dies," wear." That is, I suppose, the oppo simple as that solution seemed in ret and "honest wear." These are terms site of "dishonest wear"? Seriously, rospect, it had not occurred to me ear used by many cataloguers, but to the every coin placed in circulation wears lier. I hate it when that happens! typical collector they simply mean as il is exchanged and moved about Now, lake either one of those two "not 100 sharp." One could probably from place to place. For some odd rca coins in iso lation and determine dcvise a definitive code like WS64 for son that I have never understood, "hon whether is was struck from a worn die coins that are just barely weakl y struck est wear" is something like a badge of or whether it is merely worn from cir or WS 10 for coins thaI are mush. honor among collectors while "weak cu lation. The relief on a coin (every Would that then serve as justification ly struck" is a social slur. The fact is coin) is graduated. The highest points for "W O" or "HW" quantifiers? that in both cases, and with coins na turally receive more wear than the Aargh!! For ancient coin collectors, struck from a worn die, one is observ lower points, and crevices receive lit descriptive cataloguing has fo llowed ing an image that lacks precise detail. tle wear at all from circulation. Con a path more subjective than scientific What does it matter how the condition versely, die wear is uniform and ev was arrived at? and many of the terms are used broad ery part of a coio's surface exhibits ly rather than specifi cally. Part of the psych910gical basis for some degree of die wear depending on There is technically a di fference, the cataloguer's varied use of these how man y siblings it already has when however, in the three terms mentioned term s comes. I think, from the modern it is born. If a coin is worn on the high above. They are a result of degrada mentality of col!ecting machine struck spots and sharp elsewhere, it shows tion that may occur in three di fferent coins. There are ever more crossovers signs of wear from circulation, hon phases of the life of a coin: into ancient coin collecting from the est or otherwise. When a die is used repeatedly to fields of modern U.S. and World coins, A coin that was weakly struck usu strike coins, it suffers from wear j ust In that corner of the collecting world, ally is sharper on one side of the coin as any material subjected to friction wear is a scourge but mint defects are than it is on the other. That is due to will. The first issues from a fresh ly a blessing. The differcnce can equate the poor transfer of energy from the engraved die will be razor sharp and to big dollars. Consequently, lack of punch die to the anvi l di e. Weakly exhibit the highest possible degree of detail due to a mint deficiency is not struck coins are generally low in re nearly as offensive as wear from cir detail. As the number of impressions lief and often have voids in the design. increases, the sharpness of that detail culation. Personally, I cannot see the Sometimes they have noticeable flat diminishes. At some point, the detail relevance of Ihese distinctions in an spots and sometimes they are double begins to fade and eventuall y the die cient coins from a valuc perspective, struck because the mint workmen will bcgin to shed bits and pieces and but some people must believe there is knew at the moment of impact thai this disintegrate. The range of changc a difference. one didn't ring true- so to speak. from fresh dies to broken dies is in finite, and we rarely consider it un less we are observing one end of the spectrum or the other. All coins, , 'Value you can appreciate excepting the very first strike from a new die, are from "worn dies;" the nuance is in the degree. from a name you can trust" The process by which an image was transferred from a d ie to a Visit us at http://vcoins.com/ancient/saylesandlavender planchet in antiquit y was subject to huge variations. When the hammer hit the die, nobody in that room knew how the coin would !Urn out. Some came out beaulifully, some were off center, some were double struck and some were weakly struck. This was a prod- July2007 45 LHS 100 Conlfrom page 37 The most expensive coin was the the 130 lots estimated at 754,000 sold unique 3/4 Mark thai was struck in gold for a total of 1.3 million, about 65% ove r to mention only one example: an ex as the first heavy gold coin of Hamburg their estimate. As an example, here are tremely fine aureus of Ae lius, estimated in 1505 (lot 903). This coin, of great his the three most expensive pieces: lot at 22,500 (lot 485), soared all the way to rical and numismatic importance, was 1267, 3 Ducats of 1605 from Prague, in up to 98,900. estimated at 100,000- the proud buyer extremely fine condition and estimated had to pay 207,000 in order to add this at 25,000, sold for 73,600; lot 1276, 10 Medieval and Modern Coins: coin to his trays. Ducats of 1613 from Hall, presumably As wel l as ancient coins, 821 lois of Another highlight of the second part unpublished and unique, and in extreme medieval and modern coins and medals of the sale was the 130 lots of coins from ly fi ne condition, estimate of 30,000, sold weraon sale in LHS Auction 100. They the Holy Roman Empire. Within the last for 66,700; lot 1302, 10 Ducats of 1688 realized more than 3.5 million Swiss few years, the market for this material from Kremnitz in extremely fine to FOG Francs, well over their tolal estimate of has improved, due to the eastern ex and estimated at 35, 000, sold for only 2.2 million. pansion of the European Union, which 103,500. This part of the auction began with now enables a lot of collectors who have All prices realized can be download 100 world gold coins- they were sold for their historical roots in the old Habsburg ed at http://www.lhs-numismatik.com. more than half a million, far above the ir monarchy to buy "their" coins. There is estimate of 359,000. a great pent-up demand-and therefore Prokopov Cont. from page 40 tetradrachms, were official Greek coins also documented cast bronze coins with No book can be pe rfect. The bibli issued on Thasos, but in the ir case they a silvered surface of the same type, og raphy doesn't include any works were a special issue resulting from the which he initially regarded as modern published later than the year 2000 oth re lease of the island from Macedonian forgeries but now regards as ancient. er than Prokopov's own. His list of nu rule. He believes that the drachms then Prokopov worked on this book for mismatic periodicals referenced became a model for the design of the five years, beginning in 2001, and has doesn't include The Gelator and in later tetradrachms. Based upon the studied this coinage for 20 years. cludes the American Numismatic Soci style and the hoard evidence, Prokop Along with the catalog, the book in ety's Museum Notes but not its Ameri ov divides the Thasos tetradrachms into cludes among other things a discus can Journal of Numismatics, even 11 groups, with their sequence corre sion of dating and chronology, a list though the former name was changed sponding to their internal chronology. ing and analysis of the 41 monograms to the latter in 1989. The proofreading Prokopov believes that the Thasian he di st inguishes on these coins, a de could also have been better. Prokop type tetradrachms, which he divides scription of hoards and a map of hoard ov's Group III coins were mistakenly into nine groups, were minted by both sites, a metrological analysis (the vast labeled Group II, and some of his Thracian and Celtic tribes on the Thra majority of both Thasos and Thasian Group VII coins were mistakenly la cian mainland to pay tribute to the type tet radrachms we igh between 16.0 be led Group VI. Macedonians and Greeks, by Romans and 17.0 grams, though as expected as they campaigned in Thrace as well more of the Thasian -type tetradrachms Say that you read it ill as in Thasos itself, and by Mithradates are lighter than the Thasos t et the Great as he campaigned against the radrachms), a detailed index, and a Romans. Interestingly, Prokopov has bibliography. The Celator Wf.l!L~ ItJ 8RfTAfM OtJ TH~ I R AtJtJUAL ~UROP~AtJ VACATlOIJ, 011 LOOK, BINK,, ! 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Slephen 48 Amphora .. . .. 43 . 51 Anc i e ~1 Coin Ma!l July 2007 55 Liebert Cont. from page 41 history, because it would violate the An rules regarding the sale of seals from Burry Guides the "the cradic of civilization-Iraq," then over the study of antiquity? Yes . it cient Coin Club of Los I would surely like to hear about it. would be nice if every object we col This is not a hypothctical exercise to lect were properly excavated with pro Angeles Through a win debating points; I actually had fessionals in attendance recording the such a seal removed by the powers that Trip to China most minute details, but this is not an be from an auction on e8ay. ideal world and we live in relllity not LOS ANGELES, CA-Sounds of the in ivory towers. erhu drifted through the room as the What about the so-called countries Ancient Coin Club of Los Angeles (AC of origin and their blanket claims to Ancient Coin Club of CLA) visited the dynasties of ancient all artifacts. which might have been China. "China Old and New . and a found within the ir borders? The illog Chicago Meets at the Few Coins Too" was the topic as club ic of this argument boggles thc mind. member Roger Burry spoke at the The I talians have successfully reco v Chicago International March meeting. ercd antiquities from major world Coin Fair Burry began with a brief description museums. Many of these items were of China and its history and then moved Greek in cultural origin. Should they CHICAGO, IL-The Ancient Coin on to vis it four historical sites. These not then go back to Greece instead of Club of Chicago (ACCC) held its were illustrated with photographs and Italy? Is a Roman artifact found in monthly meeting at the Chicago Inter observations from a recent visit. First Egypt, Egyptian or Roman ? What if it national Coin Fair (C ICF) at the Crown was a tour of the Great Wall northwest was made by a Jewish slave captured in Plaza in Rosemont, Il linois on Satur of Beijing and a visit to the Imperial Pal th Jerusa lem by Titus and taken to Egypt. day, April 28 , 2007. The program was ace of the Ming/Oing dynasties. Is it Israeli? Is there an end to such cir scheduled to be a presentation on Byz The talk then moved to Xian for a visit cular arguments? 1 don't think so. antine co in s by Jeff Amelse, however, with the Terracotta Warriors of Xian, a Are objects safer in the coun tries Jeff was sent out of the country for work product of the Oin dynasty of about 200 of origin? Hardly,just ask the Taliban, at the last minute. Stuart Kleven filled BCE. Also in Xian was the Stele Forest Are they more accessible? Debatable, in with the presentation, "Ancient Scale Museum with over 1000 stele from an but accessible to whom is the more Weights and Pre-Coinage Currency." cient and medieval China. A highlight valid question? If 1 legally buy a toast The presentation highlighted informa was the Nestorian Stele describing er in the United Slates that was made tion from a new book of the same title Christianity in China in 700 CEo in Japan, and there is some law passed by David Hendin of Amphora Coins. Jumping to contemporary China, in the Japanese parliament that all David was unable to attend the CICF Burry described th e Three Gorges Dam toasters made in Japan are the proper due to other commitments. so he sup On the Yangtze River. The dam, sched ty of the Emperor, should the Japanese plied the slides to Stuart Kleven for the uled fo r completion in 2009, will provide government be able to sue mc in a U.S. presentation. electrical power to a major part of Chi court for the recovery of the Emper Stuart discussed how the develop na. This was combined with a visit to one ors "property'!" I don't think so! Zahi ment of pre-COinage currency due to of the 1.3 million people displaced by the Hawass probably does or maybe his trade eventually led to the use of coins. bui lding of the dam. views apply only to Egyptian artifacts. This included metal shapes of silver The last part of the program was an Are the current residents of these and bronze as well as gold. The next introduction to Chinese COinage that was areas even the same peoples as those development was to known weights. illustrated by slides of coins ranging from who made the art ifacts in the f irst These were established in each local the early Zhou dynasty to the current place? In many cases. the answer is a area. Th e we ig ht standards highlight Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Coins resounding no. Again, coming back to ed were Egyptian. Babylonian. Phoe provided by various club members were my original example, if it can be prov nician, Syrian, Judean, Grecian, Ro circulated and discussed. These includ en that an object in a U.S. museum or man and Islamic. Numerous shapes ed spade and knife money of the Zhou collection was stolen from an Italian were used to manufacture weights as dynasty, medieval cast coins of the Song museum or collecti on in some rea well as many different materials. Zoo dynasty, and "cash" coins of the more sonable time frame, then, yes. 1 be morphic (animal) shapes were used recent Qing dynasty. The program end lieve it should be returned. Howev frequently. These included rams , lions, ed with a description of contemporary er, when it comes t o the broader scorpions, frogs, cows, boars, ducks PRC cu rrency. There was much discus question of who owns the past, the and even flies. Materials utilized were sion including the topic of modern simple answer is: Obviously not the hematite, diorite, limestone. lead. counterfeits th at are prevalent in Chi " countries of origin," whatcver they bronze, silver, granite, basalt, carne nese coins. would like us to be lieve. lian, and glass as we ll as others. The The ACCLA meets at 1 PM on the I don't even want to sta rt on the development of weights started around 2"" Sunday of each month. Future pro bureaucratic swamp now strangl ing 2100 BCE and gradually progressed. grams will include "Hadrian: His Life, the antiquitics trade. If someone out Scales of different types also began to Times and Coins," "Travels in Tu rkey & there thinks that they can explain to eme rg e, such as balance and steelyard th e Coins of Asia Minor," and some in me why it should be against e8ay types. Stuart was able to display ap teresting coin and history qu iz games. rules, supposedly dictated to e8 ay by proximately 150 to 200 d ifferent Guests are always we lcome. 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