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The fact ;z:,obte 01 ZJlehl . • that we are receiving more submissions illustrates two things--our readers are an Commentary by Wayne G. Sayles active audience and they assume a sense of ownership in the publication. We have always promoted this publication a~ a fra ternal endeavor and it is gratifying to see I's that time of year again when table on the third floor of the Marriott participation from such a diverse and in g the main focus of the hobby is Hotel, adjacent to the bourse. This is the teresting group of friends. on New York City. The pro lobby outside of the auction and meeting One thing that characterizes the inter gram for this year's New York Interna room area. We will have a box filled with ac tion in this journal is that it is for the tional Numismatic Convention is once coupons worth up to $25 in cash toward most part friendly. There have always again filled with items of attraction to purchases or Celator products or services. been controversies, and sometimes heated ancient and medieval coin enthusiasts. For example, the participant might draw debates, but there seldom is an underly Consequently, the city will be inundated a coupon for cash off any qualifying ing tone of animosity or disdain. Of not only with the annual flow of holiday bourse purchase. This eash coupon may course, editorially, we have excised a few shoppers, but with numismatists from be used at any bourse table displaying the choice lines from time to time (which around the globe. One of the great attrac Celator $$$ sign. Or, one might draw a might make interesting reading as an an tions wi!! undoubtedly be a walk by the coupon for a free binder, or subscription thology). We received a letter to the edi new home of the ANS, announced in this extension, Celator index, BeSl of The tor this month that seems to us rather bit issue. We congratulate the stafl" and lead Cefator, etc. There are no gimmicks or te r, almost defensive, in its nature. We ership of the society for their success in commitments or hidden costs. The eash have published the letter because it raises this monumental project, which came coupons are precisely that, and may be valid counterpoints to the argument pre sented in a Celator article, but with some reservation because of the rather sharp at " our readers are an active audience and they tack on the author-more like an academic critique than a friendly dialogue. Forwhat assume a sense of ownership in the publication." it is worth, and that may nol be much, we believe the original article by Kevin r~rguson about directly as a response to member redeemed on any purchase as if they were alxlut the origin of the "Christogram" ha.~ sig concerns and needs. cash. The only requirement is that they nificant merit. Although perhapsopcn tospe ·The aucti ons this year have been con must be used at the convention, and the cific criticisms it W,l~ eertainly thought pr0- solidated somewhat with Triton II and the dealer must have the Celator $$$ sign voking and rational. New York Sale each representing an af posted. Some readers may have noticed last filiation of three dealers. Also scheduled Those who came by la~t year and took month that the "Curator's Column" was are aucti ons by Superior and Stack's, all advlliltage of this opportunity found that it absent. It will unfortunately remain ab of which are advertised in this issue. There wa~ worth their while. What is in it for us? sent. We have tong felt a need to expand are some wonderful coins offered in these Good PR, suplXlrt for our advertisers, and an contacts between professional and ama sales, and they are sure to Ix: well attended. opportunity to thllilk our loyal readers. Doris teur numismatists. With this goal in mind, TIle ANS will also be hosting an ex and I look forward to seeing you there! we inaugurated the Curator's Column hibit, with the focus this year on Islamic We've been promising a new Cclator some eight months ago. We optimistically coins. The mainstay of the exhibit will be index, and yes it is happening. By the time assumed that the illtr 'lhe eel4tO'l is 1ttlJ11ed to'l Md dedic4ted to the coin dU-en:;'UlIJe'lS ot tVltUjuitlf ",hose tat umains as po",e~tul and appetllLn:; toda'f as in thei~ p",n time. 2 The Gelator THE REWARDS OF COLLECTING ARE FOUND AT SPINK photos enl arged x.2 Aquitaine, Spain, Castile and Leon Edward the Black Pnncc Pedro the C ruel (1363 - 1371) C haise d'or (1350 - 1369) AV Dobla In February 1367, the Black Prince led h iS army into Castille, to help his ally and fr iend Pedro I, regain his throne. Despite the success of his actions, Peter reneged on their agreement and fai led to pay Edward the money promised to him. 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NEWYO ltK 10022 T EL: 212 546 1056 FAX: 212 750 5874 November 1998 3 No Mithragram take to be the case, then it should stand perpendicular to the leg of the X which In an article published in your October, represents the zodiac (Ulansey, p.50). If 98 issue, Kevin Ferguson speculates that Ferguson proposes that this I stands for the well known Christogram originall y had the pole of the celestial equator, then the a very different meaning. He proposes that I would stand at right angles to the celes Constantine instead intended this mono tial equator. In neither instance could a gram as "a symbolic map of the cosmos .. "cosmic pole" bisect the angle formed by used by a rival religion ... Mithraism ." Mr. the ecliptic and the equator. Ferguson's Ferguson's argument fails, however, not "cosmic map" would quite simply be simply due to lack of supporting evidence, wrong, like drawing a compass with North Perilous Precedent and misrepresentation of rebutting evi and East transposed. No matter which dence, but more crucially, from contradic way you look at it, it wouldn't make sense. As a follow-up to my article, tions in the logic of his interpretations, Perhaps this is why, in every depiction of thought I should mention that the Re Ferguson deconstructs the Chi-Rho, gen Mithras or Sol and the crossed-glove re public of Cyprus has asked the United erally held to be the superimposition of produced by Ulansey, the god is simply States to impose import restrictions on these two Greek letters, into three parts, holding a staff representing the cosmic certain categories of archaeological He deciphers these as "an' X' (which re pole, but the pole is not connected to the andlor ethnological material. At this fers to the celestial equator and the eclip glove in any way. I will also point out that, juncture, it is unclear whether this re tic) and [sic] , I' running perpendicularly in a geocentriC universe. the pole or axis quest includes ancient coins as the through the X representing the cosmic pole around which the stars revolve would have exact nature of Cyprus' request is con that shifts or stirs the universe; and finally to be drawn through the earth, not the sun, sidered confidential. If it does, it could a symbolic circle of Solon top of the I show which was considered one of the planets, be an unwelcome precedent for collec ing that he is in control of the cosmic pole," or wandering stars. Perhaps, though, tors. Once I find out more, I'll pass it His reading is quite ingenious, and quite Ferguson is proposing that Constantine along. unlikely, anticipated Copernicus by some twelve Anyone wishing to share the ir As regards the Chi, or X the "Lion centuries! pespeclive with the U.S. Agency in headed God", Mithras, and more rarely, Our sources for the description and volved should write to: Cultural Prop Helios/Sol have been associated with a meaning of the Chi-Rho are Lactantius erty Advisory Committee, US Informa sign of a globe bearing an X, and, in this and Eusebius. Ferguson finds it "suspi tion Agency, 301 4th Street, S.w., Rm. context, crossed lines may stand for the cious· that Eusebius only records his ver 247, Washington, DC 20547. crossing of the celestial equator and eclip sion of Constantine's vision after his death. Peter Tompa tic, However, Ferguson's conjecture of a Ferguson trusts Eusebius for his descrip Washington, DC circle as standing for Sol Invictus as the tion of the symbol, and that the sign was figure in control of the cosmos is weak, In from the beginning painted on the shields of Constantine's Ferguson relies heavily on Ulansey's book army, but rejects wholly Constantine's Thank you for all the time and ef for these points, but makes no mention of explanation of the symbol as recorded by fort which has been spent creating The the fact that every representation of the Eusebius. Ferguson's reason for accept Celator. When I began collecting , crossed bars there cited uses a personifi ing the description but not the explana dealer lists were my only source of in cation of Mithras or Helios, not a geomet tion apparently lies in the relative lateness formation on coins and books. When ric symbol. Constantine was not averse of Eusebius' recording of the event. The Celator began [1987) I hoped it to portraying Solon his coinage, but al Ferguson asks ''why does such a signifi would continue at least a year-I am ways as a figure with the spiky halo repre cant event surrounding the Christogram glad it did! senting his rays, only get recorded after Constantine's William Gundberg, Jr. The crucial problem with this reading death?" Why, indeed? Ferguson would Arizona of the Chi-Rho, though, ties with like to imagine a battle over the meaning Ferguson's "cosmic pole," He would nec of th is symbol (pagan vs. Christian) that (There are not many people who essarily draw this vertical stroke at equal is settled only after the emperor's death, can say they have read The Celator angles with the legs of his X, though he and depicts Eusebius as an adept, an from its inception. The subscriber base does not te ll us whether it would then bi cient "spin-doctor." Ferguson is here at the end of 1987 was about 200 read sect this circle or pass tangent to it. If this misinformed about the order of events. ers. We're pleased that you were one vertical stroke is intended to represent the Robin Lane Fox, writing in Pagans and of them.) axis of precession of the zodiac, which I Christians p. 613, gives us a much clearer picture. Before he [Constantine] engaged battle, he was said to have seen a vi QUOTES FROM THE PAST sion, for wh ich we have two Christian authorities, Lactantius and Eusebius. At "Meek young men grow up in libraries, believeing it their duty first, in his Church History, Eusebius to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, could not be precise about the form and have given; forgetful that Cicero, Locke and Bacon were only origin of Constantine's divine aid. He young men in 'libraries when they wrote these books, " was writing in the East in or before 313 and as yet had enjoyed no contact with Ralph Waldo Emerson the court. 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For the 1967 English ve r antine coins found on the Taman Pen sion the translator somehow insula facing the Crimea are little garbled this sentence, for in the known but they are by no means a com English edition on p 55. the sixth plete novelty to numismatic research. paragraph says, "This indi genous Soviet numismati c periodical s and co inage of the Tmutarakan Princi books such as Spassky's Russian Mon pality was presumably based on etary System refer to them as "coins of Byzantine I Oth · 11 til Century the Tmutarakan Principality." Not be types: such copies arc mct withjusl ing convinced that there was necessar in the Taman," thu s referring to ily so formal an entity there at the time, Oleg's issue and not to the one pre I should rather refer in the present dis ceding it. cussion to Tmutarakan simply as a town At least two articles I am aware or trading ce nter. of describe and pictu re the imitat ive towns around the Straits. In Roman times Of the coins under consideration, coins in question: a) Bywnline Vestrlik the area became the Ki ngdom of there is one type, not an imi ta tion, of vol VII carries K B Golenko's "Imita Bosporus. The gradual westward influx wh ich very few lIfe known. It depicts tions of Byzantine Coi ns found on the from the East of Alans and later of the Archangel Michael on one side and Tama Peninsula." II is bsed on a study Khazars forced the Greeks back ontO has a four-li ne legend on the olher. This of eight coins in the Pushkin Museum Crimea; they shi fted their center of power piece is believed to have been issued in and one coin in a private collection. b) to Kh ersonaes is (near present-day 1078 by Oleg, the grandson ofYaros!av In Soviet ColleclOr No 5 (1967) the same Sevastopol). As an economically autono the Wise, who took Ihe Christian name author published "New Findings con mous center of the Byzanti ne Empire Ihis of Michae l. Ya roslav had willed cerning the oldest Russian Coins." Be town issued its own abundant coinage Tmularakan to his son Svyatoslav, and tween the end of the 10th Century and which circulated widely in the entire re from Svyatoslav to Oleg, and Oleg used 1078, when Oleg issued his own coins gIOn. it as a base of operati ons from which he at Tmutrakan, says the author, is the From the Ei ghth Century Hermon mounted a campaign to regain his main likeliest time when the imitations of aessis, renamed Samkerz, became a ma possession, Chernigov, which his uncles Byzantine coins were produced. jor Khazar city. As Smkrz (customary had seized. Tmutarakan, on the Taman Penin om.ission of vowels in Hebrew), in Kh azar Spassky in hi s book speaks of a pe~ sula, with its control of the Strai ts con Leruers, Joseph King of Kh azaria in riod of imitative coinage thai had oc necting the Sea of A7..0V 10 the Black Sea, the m id-10t h Cent ury, writing to curred before Oleg's issue of coins in had long been a major regional trading A bd urra k hman Ill's advisor in Taman. In Spassky's 1970 Russianedi center (The accompanying map places Cordoba, refers to the place as very tion, on p 54. the last sentence of the it in relation to other sites). importan t. And indeed, any com· second paragraph reads, " The issuance As the one-time Greek colony of merce from the interior to Byzantium of their own coins in the Tmularakan H ermoneas se.~, it was part of a chain of wo uld have had to pass through Samkerz. Archeological d igs show beneath the c ity's streets Iraces o f earlier layers to considerable depth. WHOLESALE TO ALL! a sign of sustained prosperit y. In his description of a voyage from 100 ancient coins in flips and att ributed. A diverse lot including Kiev to Constantinople, Byzantine Em Nero, Caesar Augustus, Alexander the Great, Biblical wWidow's peror Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus Mite", etc. Only $475.00 postpaid, with satisfaction guaranteed! (913-959) refers to Samkerz as Tamatarha, the name which Russian (including Van Meter's book Collecting Roman Coins) chroniclers adopted in the slightly dis· torted form of Tmutarakan. 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Oleg (879-912), regent for Igor The dynastic tree is offered here as an essential reference to help clarify the Igor ( 912~945 ) relationships of the main players in the Olga (945-957) history of Kievan Rus and Tmukarakan . A problem for Kievan power and the Svyatoslav (957·972 exercise of its sovereignt y over Vladimir (980-1015) Tmukarakan was that the town, on the Taman peninsula, was completely cut off from Kie van lands by territories con I I I tro lled by the aggressive Peche negs. Svyatopolk (1015·1019) Yaroslav (110 19.1054) MSlislav (-1036) Sviatioslav's decisive success over the Khazars had created a power vacuum in the lands southeast of Kiev, into which I I I I th e Pechenegs, and eventually the Yladimir Svyatoslay Yiacheslav yseyolod Mongols, readily penetrated. These cir (Galicia) (Chcmib'Ov with Tmutarakan) (S molensk) (Pereiaslavl) cumstances meant that a Rurikovich I prince, as "viceroy" in Tmutarakan, isia511.1Y I Iw Yladimir MDDDmak.b would have enjoyed full de fa cto power (Kiev) ~ (Volyn) (1113·1125) and complete autonomy, being wholly out of reach of Kiev. Hence, in modem Rus sian the word ''Tmutarakan" means some principle of olchina, or "father's domain" Rus itself produced no precious thing very re mote, out of reach, forsaken. by which all his land he passed to his meta ls. Before Vladimir's day, masses One of Vladimir's sons, Mstisla v, three eldest sons, and those lands would of Islamic silver coins and Khazar and was just such a de facto ru ler in pass in turn to their sons; younger sons Bulgar imitations of them circulated in Tmutatakan after his father's death. In would be equated with cousins, without the land. All were of high-grade silver. 1022 Mstislav demonstrated to hi s rights of inheritance. Two of Yaroslav's And Khersonaesis had been supplying brother Yaroslav that he was a force to younger sons, Igor and Vyacheslav, enough copper coins to meet the de be reckoned with. He advanced on Kiev sought by force to ovenurn this principle mand for these in Rus. with an anny of Khazars and Kassogians and, in greatl y simplified terms, an Vladimir married the Byzantine during Yaroslav's absence. He did not armed slruggle pitted some ofYaroslav's Princess Anna, and his history became e nter the c ity, but pressed o n to grandsons-the "legitimists", so to much invo lved with events in Chernigov. Yaroslav gathered a force in speak- against his rebellious younger Constantinople. He accepted Christian Novgorod, he and MSl islav met but did sons. The coalition ofYaroslav's grand it y in 988-989, and he made it the State not clash; he agreed amicably that the sons was led by Olcg, whose main base religion in Rus. The Byzantine Empire land east of the Dnieper should pass to was Tmutarakan. Oleg succeeded in re had reached its zenith during the reign Mstislav. However when Mstislav died gaining Chernigov, a nd he forged a of Vladimir's brothers in law, Basil II in 1036, Yaroslav took back sale power. peaceful relationship w ith his cousin and Constantine VII (976-1025). In 985 The chronicles mention Tmutarakan Vladimir Monomakh, whose descen Basil's war wi th Samuel, King of Balkan again: in his will Yaroslav gave it to dants eventually became Grand Dukes Bul garia, was interrupted by a rebellion get he r w ith Chernigov to hi s son of Moscow and Tsars of all Russia. The in Asia Millor which th reatened the Svyatoslav. On his deathbed Yaroslav chronicles' description of events associ whole Empire. It was then that Vladimir had his sons swear allegiance to each ated with Mstislav and with Oleg make of Ki ev came with his army to the Em other mutuall y, and he divided his cities it clear the city was then populated pre perors' aid and crushed the rebellion. among them. They were to follow the dominantly by Khazars. Undoubtedly these events had their in nuence on Vladimir's decision to be· come a Christian. Very likely his troops, Medleva! & !/(fnaissalUe Coins who had put down the rebellion, were Back After Three Years Without A Catalogue! paid in silver coins of Basi l nnd We are sending out twO great fixed price lists this fal l. The Papal list has coins from the Constantine and in coins of their prede middle ages to the 1800·s in all price ra nges. The other list has a vast variety of early, cessors - money which they brought scarce coins from throughout Europe including an excellent selection of italian States. back to Rus. It is known also thaI in 989 We are strong buyers for these areas. circumstances caused Vladimir to turn against his brothers in law, and he sacked Since it has been so long since our last list, we are asking our old Khersonaesis. The blow to the city was customers as well as our future customers to let us know which evidently irreparable; there was a com lisl(S) they would like senl. (E·mail Address: [email protected] plete hal t in its coinage, and the start of Khersonaesis's decline dates from then. 2?gnaissance Coin Company The city's ro le of regional trade center shifted gradually to Tmukarakan. Box 2303, Loop Slalion, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (612) 374·1399 8 The Celator Don't Miss Out On The Final Major International Auction Sale of 1998 THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION AUCTION DECEMBER 4, 5, 1998 featuring Diad umenim o.,narius i.ARGE BY2ANnNE Gow CollECTION lMFORfANf MExrCAN 8 RwEs CollECTION PLUS FRACTIONAL RwEs MAJOR CollECllON OF CANADIAN RARm ES Silver T~m1 d fllch m of Olh" Gold Ameus of Had,;. n lMroRfANf BRfIlSH Gow SEVERAL H UNDRED WORlD Gow CoINS FROM AN Ow CoUECnON ExTENSIVE HIGH GRADE Dr1Ichm or Si nope . P"phI:.gon i. 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Icono and though they are mainly of dirhem viet Collector article on page 68 he men graphically they were Byzantine in style, weight, their fineness is of a far inferior tions two pieces of which the prototype though they leaned more toward dirhems quality, on the low billon spectrum. was a coin of John I Tzimisces (969-976), in weight and value. Sotnikova and High-quality silver specimens occur, displaying the cross crosslet with a por Spassky, in their 1982 landmark corpus, however, and inevitably these are found trait oval medallion in the center. Russian Coins of the X-XI Centuries, either in hoards with other high-quality Among the 29 pieces I have stud deal with these coins in fu ll and authori silver coins or si ngly - that is, they were ied , one resembles a markedly different tat ive detail. Though it is commonly specially set aside and saved. It is pos prototype from that of the others. It has held that these coins were more of a sible that owing to their low silver con the cross crosslet on one side and the proc1amatory nature than an issue to ten! most of the Kievan coins were re five -line legend on the other. The re meet the needs of trade, the opposing jected in commerce and were eventually maining 28 all are more or less recog view has its partisans. An article by Yu recalled. When Yaroslav took the th rone nizable imitations of the coinage of Ba Pokrass In the February 1997 of Kiev in 1016 and regained it in 1019, sillI and Constantine VII. Six oftbe 29 Numizmatika I Faleristika, published at he did not issue any coins to commemo pieces arc in silver (Nos 2, 6, 16, 16a, Kiev, puts forward an opinion that seems rate these significant events. It even 17 and 21), the remainder in copper. In to me not implausible. could be that it was he who may have his articles, Golenko divides the coin s By the mid-10th century, he writes, recalled all the previous issues. Like into sil ver, billon and copper issues, and the Islamic world suffered a rapidly wise, the sudden shortage of coins until he attributes the difference in the com growing sil ver shortage. Even though then readily available in Tmutarakan position of metal to a gradual deteriora great quantities of dirhems had accumu created an acute shortage of media of tion in fineness- an official effort to lated in Eastern Europe, the infl ux of exchange and promoted the idea of is profit ever more brazenly from the coin new Islamic coins fell off drastically. A suing an imitative coinage. age. In the samples I worked with, the supplement from elsewhere became ur Among the samples Golenko de weights, sizes and general iconography gent. scribes, the prototype for the imitation are so nearly uniform that it is safe to Sotnikova and Spassky knew of 338 coinage was the same-a miliaresion of assume that all of these pieces were is specimens of the coinage of Vladimir Basil II and Constantine VII . This is the sued within a short span of time. and his successors, coming fro m 26 1 die sort Vladimir's troops would have The non -invasive energy-dispersion pairs. Such a great number of dies ar brought back with them from X-ray tests (cds) I depended Oil could gues for an original production of the Constantinople, with a cross potent on not produce very accurate results be coins on a far greater scale than the num the obverse dividing two figures draped cause of the chemical "restorative" treat ber of surviving specimens would sug- in Imperial symbol s of power---one in ment all these coins had been subjected to at the time of or not long after they were discovered . All the silver-colored pieces show a sil ver content (on the sur face) of from 30,99% on coin No 21 to Edward J.Waddell, Ltd. 96.01 % on coin No16.We can take it that this reflects only the degree to which the Ancient Coin Specialist coi ns' surface had been "refined" or "en Greek, Roman, Byzantine Coins & Numismatic Literature nobled" through cleaning with acid, leaching out the surface copper and leav ing undisturbed the surface silver con Visit our Website at tent. It is poss ible that the true silver content throughout each of these coins www.coin.com was originall y of bill on percentage. Coin No II, which shows a dark copper color, turns out to reveal about 15% silver, and the rest of the coins arc of pure copper with traces of manufacturing and, more often, of organic pollutants. My origi nal purpose in the test had been to de termine whether in fact all the dark Sample Catalog Upon Request: toned coins did not contain at least 10% silver, just like No 11, and hence were Su ite 316 , Department D actually all billon and at the time of is 444 North Frederick Avenue sue had a silver surface and were there Gaithersburg, MD 20877 fore essentially uniform. However, the results of the test showed that 22 of the Ph one: (301) 990-7446 coins were of pure copper wi th no traces at all of silver. Fax: (301) 990-3712 From these results the assumption flows that there must have been two Email: [email protected] denominations, issued in the same size, and with about the same weight, and 10 The Gelator possibly from the same or very similar IV . Obv. The Vi rgin with Christ Church. The senior emperor might be dies. One value was of billon or in the Rev: Imperial portrait depicted in either the chlamys or loros, bil lon-sil verrange; the other was in pure a). Romans UI (1028· 1034) (Sear 1822). as the occasion dictated . On some coins, copper; and the twO were issued and This coin is very rare. Constantine the emperor is shown wearing both! traded in commerce at a certain ratio. IX (1042- 1055) (Sear 1834, depicts See, for example, the fol lis of Furthermore, there is evidence of the the Virgin without Christ). This coin Nicephorus 1 (Sear 1612) where on the intention to cut one of the silver and one is quitc rare as well. obverse the emperor wears a loros and of the copper pieces under stud y neatly on the reverse he wears a chlamys. in half, suggesting a relati vely sophisti The descriptions of legends that ob On the coin shown below, simply for cated system of pricing and exchange. viously differ for each rule have been il lustration, the obverse figu re (Michael If we accept Spassky 's an d purposely omitted, because on all 29 II, the seni or emperor) is wearing a Golenko's opinion that this particular coins in my group these legends arc il chlamys, the figure on the reverse im itative coinage was issued prior to legible. (Theophilus, the co-emperor) is wear 1078, then we should look at all pos Class I V of the prototypes is of little ing a loros. si ble coin types that might have served importance because no imitations of that as a prototype for th is issue. Slightl y type have so far been found. simpli fying, we can divide the possible As mentioned before, one coin in my prototypes into four classes, based on group wou ld resemble closely Class I. the composition of the design. though with some inaccuracies. This piece may be associated with the follow· I. Obv. Cross potent on th ree steps wi th ing bac k.ground: a ci rcular legend arou nd. In 904 Oleg the Sage (879-912) gath· Rev. Five- or six-line legend. ered a great fo rce and set sail for (Sear 15 12, 1545, 1554, 1585,1595, Constantinople. He conquered the city, 1616,1628, 1641, 1660-1664,1690- but its destructi on was averted by Em 1692, 1708, 1726, 1727, 1738,1752- perors Leo and Alexander offering a 1754) peace treaty to Oleg on such favorable Michael II wearing chlamys a). Constantine VII and Romans I (913- terms for him that the fin anc ial stability 959) (Sear 1757) with cross crosslet of the land of Rus was determined from on three steps with "x" at center, pel that point on. Coins from Class I were let on shaft and globus beneath. in the payment received by Oleg and his troops, and could have survived in cir II. Obv. Cross crosslet with a medal lion culation for many decades. portrait in the middle of the cross on The coins of Class II through Class three steps with a circular legend lIla were predomi nant among those that around. Vladimir's trOOpS were paid with, at the Rev. Five-line legend. time they helped Basil preserve hi s a). Constantine VII and Roman I (9 13- throne. They would have brought these 959) (Sear 1755), with oval medal· back. to Rus with them, and there may in Theophifus wearing /oros lion. addition have been a strong influx of b). Nicephoras [I Phocas (963-969) such money in to Taman in the course of (Sear [781 ), with four-lobed medal trade. In my group of imitative coins, some lion. The coins of Class III are the ones have fi gures on the left of the cross wear c). John I Tzimisces (969-976) (Sear that the remaining 28 pieces in my group ing the loros, on others the fi gures with 1792) with ci rcular medallion. closely resemble. Even though an imi the loros are on the right. Looking at the tative style of design tends to simplify coins listed above as possible proto III . Obv. Cross crosslet with two fac some of the original's details, the main types, it wou ld be tempting to assign ing busts to each side of the cross. clements clearly remain. In proper Byz given coins of our group with differ Rev. Five-line legend. antine coinage depiction of two or more ences in the placement of the figures a). Basi! II with his brother Constantine fi gures rigorously followed a certain im wearing the loros to different prototypes, VIll as co-ruler (976·1025) (Sear portant protocol. A large figu re, on the for more precise dating (?). However, 18 10). Bearded bu st on the left , left , whose name comes first in the leg we should refrain from implicating any wearing crown and loros, Beardless end, held the higher hierarchical posi specific Byzantine type, no matter how bust on the ri ght, wearing crown and tion. strong the temptation, as a direct and chlamys. Cross crosslet, with "x" al The chlamy.\·, was a purple cloak fas specific prototype fo r the imitative center, pellet within crescent 011 tened at the shoulder with a cl asp-li ke coins. shaft, globus on four steps beneath. fibula. The chlamys was a garment as· A less speculative view would be to b). Constantine X (1059- 1067) (Sear sociated with the imperial fu nctions of see all the types involved as a compila 1850) Bearded bust on the left. wear state. lion of possi ble prototypes and to visu ing crown and jeweled chlamys, The loTOS, mentioned often in this alize the fi nal result, in the imitative Bust of Eudocia, wearing crown discussion, is a scarf·like article of cloth· coinage, as a fu sion of several of these saccos and loros. Cross as before, ing that was wrapped around the em· innuences. All arti sts. great and smail, but no globus. peror, draped, but no! always shown, in the history of the graphic arts, regard c). Michael VII ( 107 1- [078) (Sear over his left arm. The loros was a gar less of their particular styles, renec! an 1874) Sim ilar to above. ment associated with the functions of ... November 1998 11 accumulated knowledge of many earlier pieces were made by unski lled barbar Coin No 2 1 has very short busts on styles as an influence, or a deli berate ians. This is not the place to review both sides, but its mediocre preservation counter-i nfluence, on the styles that they the history of or illustrate samples of keeps us from disti nguishing the fi gures' themselves have developed. The anists Ancient an in general or of the par clothing and docs not allow us with cer who worked on the dies of the coi ns of ticular area we are considering. BlIt tainty to call both busts idenlical. Tmutarakan undoubtedly had samples, those fam iliar with the field will agree Six coins in the group are so poorly possibly various ones, before them, but that often the workmanship of our day struck and/or preserved that one must they had many more images stored in would seem crude and barbaric to craft s withhold judgment on the elements of their memory and, whether consciously or mcn of Ancient and Medieval times. design. (are they shown anywhere?) not, they drew on what they remembered On our coins, the overall schematic On two coins the figure on the left as well as what lay before them to de depiction of va rious elements comes is clearly discernible, but in the case of ri ve the images they produced in their into sharp contrast with the somewhat No 18 it is possibly an incomplete fou r final product. precise representations of the impor segment loros design without the cus Another important elemcnt in imi tant heraldic elements of the cross and tomary horizontal bar and pellets. I n the tative coi nages in general is how fa the detai ls of the Imperial clothing. case of No 19 it seems to embody a dis miliar, or unfamiliar, the engraver is This also suggests that the simpli torted chalmys simplified into four ver with the principle of using a mirror fications on our coins arc more likely tical lines. image in transferring to hi s die th e deliberate than accidental. The rest of the coins have a figure image he is using as a model. Among The legends on both sides of our wearing the loros on the left and a fig our group of coins th ere are some imitation coins are produced using a ure wearing the chlamys on the ri ghl. transpositions of the loros- wearing single or a few primitive and non -de The conventional representation of the figure from the convemional left to the scriptive punches, most often square loros (L ) takes two form s: a four-seg right of the cross. This may have been or round. The except ion is coin No 16 mented design (lA) or a six-segmented simply a case of the engraver ignor in the Catalogue below, where the leg design (L6). ing the mirror-image principle in pro end takes the form of two elaborate, The chlamys (C) is fastened either ducing his die-rather than the result constantl y repeated. and sometimes in at the right shoulder (CR) or at the left of consult ing a later-dated coin. such verted, punches. The absence of read shoulder (CL) or, in some cases, it is not as a miliaresion of Constantine X or able legends keeps us from saying with an accurately depicted ehlamys but rather Mic hael VII, as a prototype. Further, certainty whether the loros-wearing a mantel fastened at the middle (CM ). on some coins thc figure wearing the figure on the right is placed there fo l To classify so small a group, and chlamys has it fastcned at the left lowing prototypes of Eudocia and with such limited data, I have arbitrari ly shoulder, or even in the middle, caused Maria or whether the placemcnt re limited myself to go not beyond classi possibly by the same misperception. flect s an engraver's confusion over the fying just the dies. The chart that pre This sort of transposition is common mirror-image concept. sents the Catalogue sets fonh the clas throughout all medieval coinage, and In our Catalogue/Chart there arc only sification of dies based on the pieces I should be even more common in coins three coins with the loros-wearing fig had available. of an imitati ve issue. ure on the right (Nos. 12, 16, and 17). In addi tion to all the coins listed as Number 12 shows a loros-wearing fig I Cross crooslet: No I prototypes, we should nOt forget that ure on both sides of the cross. On two L4CR: all rul ers of that time had their ow n coins (Nos. 16 and 17), with a figure on (four segmented loros at the left. seals, and many lead impressions from the left wearing th e c hlamys, the chlamys at the right is correctly fastened th ese survive today. Most of them chlamys is fastened on the Emperor's on the right shoulder) show the reverse legend in horizontal right shoulder - the correct one. L4CR: Nos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. lines, a fact which could predispose Coin No. 16 shows a scoring, applied LACM: Nos 9, 10, II. one in favor of the design of the Byz with a knife. precisely along the shaft lAlA: No 12. ant ine mi liaresion being used as the of the cross, thus dividi ng the coin ex L6(?): No 13. prOtotypc.(?) actly in the midd le. In my opinion the L6CR: Nos 14, 15. We should exclude from our per purpose was to faci li tutecreating a frac CRL6: No 16. ception any attitude that the imitative tional denomination by halvi ng the coin. CRL9: No 17. L2??: No 18. L3??: No 19. CRCR: No 20 Short-truncation bu st on both sides: STEPHEN ·M·HUSTON N021 (!Classical jiumismatist The die Catalogue/Chan follows. hope this classification of the dies and PH ONE lit. FAX: J-888- S-HUST ON the descriptions of the coins may help researchers in the future to expand the !J/(at!2Jid O alfls If ~"xfld.7'rtCtl BiJb available knowledge about thi s interest 7Jholo~inuoice anlh tJlI ca/aio1ufl purchasru ing issue. oample rfluslrahu/calalo1utl on rerutlsl. (This article was first published in the POST OFFI CE BOX 193621, SAN F RANC I SCO, CA 94tI9 U.S.A. Journal of the Russian Numismatic: So ciety, No. 66, 1998) 12 The Gelator ELEM.ENTS m' Ir-.U'ERI AL CI.QTHING DEPICTION OF FIGURES TO THE LEn TO THE RIGHT # OF THE OFTHE OBVERSE REVERSE CROSS CROSS 1 Cn 1.2g 0 21mm t 2 Bi-Ar ~- 1.2g ·m~ 22mm ~ &Th 3 Cn FASTENS 1.3g ON 21mm tID RIGHT '" 4 • Cn ..• .• I.Sg • 2lmm t • 11 5 • • Cn : 1.3g · 23mm \& 6 Bi-Ar O.8g 22mm FASTENS ON 7 Cn O.9g 20mm t j 0' .. 8 .. Cn : "W·. 1.3g . • It 22mm W ~ FASTENS 9 ~ .. -. IN .,- - Cn . THE ·1· MIDI)LE 1.8g 22mm ~ ~ November 1998 13 0'- IM PERIAL CWTHING DEPICTION OF AGURES # CHLAMYS OBVERSE REVERSE 10 , .•. Cu ' •. 1.3g FASTENS 22mm IN lIO THE MIDDLE 11 Ar-Bi O.9g 22mm 12 Cu O.9g 22mm 13 Bi-Ar O.8g 22mm 14 Cu o.9g 20mm FASTENS 15 ON CU RIGHT t.3g SHOULDER 22mm 16 Bi-Ar O.9g 22mm i 17 Bi-Ar I.Ig 22mm I lWO 18 VERTICAL CU (' SEGMENTS l.Ig 22mm li1 14 The Celator ELl<:r. n:NTS OF IMPE RIAl. CLOTHING DEPICfION OF FIGURES TO THE RIG HT # OF THE CHLAMYS OBVERSE REVERSE CROSS 19 FOUR VERTICAL Cu •.,.' • SEG MENTS l.Og 20mm ihU BOTH 20 FASTEN ON Cu EM PEROR'S RIGHT 2.0g SHO ULDER 22mm 21 NO Bi-Ar CHLAMYS l.Ig 21mm ~" f»~.. ..~ .~ . :Freeman & Sear • 0 • Safe and Purcfiase ofQuafit!l Ylncient Coins • Consignments Ylcceptedfo r Private Safe and Yluction • 'E:{tensive Inventory • 'Rggu[ar 'Ji{ed Price Lists Watch for our upcoming "Mini-List A" f eaturing Roman silver coins P,O. Box 64 1352 PHONE (3 10) 202-0641 Los Angeles. CA 90064-6352 FAX (310) 202-840 1 U.S.A. e-mail: Tory [email protected] ST"TI;MI>.'TOfOWNI'RSIl'~. "" A N~tiI' November 1998 15 More Anonymous Bronze FoBes Manzikert in 1071. In 1075 it was re the negative evidence that they are gen by Simon Bendall captured by the general and local no erally not found in the other areas of the table, Theodore Gabras. Anna Byzantine empire where so many coi ns I read with interest L. J. Lis' ar Comnena, daughter of Alexius I, wrote are regularl y found . Apart from the ticle on Byzantine anonymous folies that after the city's recapture Theodore overstrikes which have been mentioned, in the August edition of The Celator. considered it as his own property. In it should be noted that the fl ans of all I was not too surprised that there were the mid or late 1080's Alexius made but one of {he types have multi-faceted no illustrations of types Land M. The Theodore Duke of Trebizond but kept clipped flans . The first three types have letters L and M give the impression that hi s son Gregory as a hostage in twelve sides and the remainder eight they are part of the series of these coins Constantinople.· In about 109112 sides. This is not the norm at either Con that were struck in Constantinople. They Theodore visited Constantinople in a stantinople or Thessalonica. are in fact just two of a series of four vain attempt to obtain his son Gregory. teen very rare types of folles struck in Theodore was captured and killed by Trebizond between c. 1080 and 1110 the Turks in 1098. He was replaced as of which twelve types are anonymous Duke ofTrebizond by Dabatenus who and only two are imperial. Of these was already Governor of Heraclea and Iypes eight seem to be known from less Paphlagonia. In about 1103, he was than half a dozen specimens and the replaced by Gregory Taronites ( who remainder probably from not many may possibly have been the same per more than a dozen or fifteen speci son as Gregory Gabras, son of mens. Although they were published Theodore Gabras). Gregory rebelled between 1977 and 1982 in the Numis against Alexius I and held out until 1. Obv. Bust of Christ. matic Chronicle they were unaccount about 1106 when he was captured. He Rev. Cross on floriate base within ably omitted from the second revised was imprisoned for some years and border of large dots. edition of "Roman Coins and their later pardoned but we do not know if Ref. N. Chron. 1977, type I ; Gr. Values" published in 1987 which is he was ever reinstated in Trebizond. 1002. Still possibly unique. the reason that they are brought here There is now a gap in our knowledge. to a wider readership. What we can say, is that at some time The coins are undoubtedly from a just before 1119 Constantine Gabras mint in Trebizond, no doubt because had become Duke of Chaldia (which at this time the area was beleaguered incorporated Trebizond) after a suc by the Turks and not in receipt of sup cessful career as a general under plies of coinage from Constantinople Alexius 1. He was either a son, a and partly because the city was con brother or nephew of Theodore trolled by a local notable with delu Gabras. It seems very probable that sions of independence. Most of the Trebizond was generally controlled by 2. Obv. As type I . coins have been found only in and the Gabras family from the 1070's Rev. Cross with wedges in the around Trebizond and the types are until the 1140's. angles and the letters A-A-B-P generally connected by the form of the (Alexios Basileos Romaion) at flans and by overstriking, THE COINS the end of each cross bar. The history ofTrebizond is obscure We have seen that most of these Ref. N. Orron. 1977, type 2; Gr. 1003. at his period but the city was captured coins have been found around Three or four specimens noted. by the Turks after the battle of Trebizond and 10 this may be added ANCIENT COIN DEALERS You are invited to participate in an innovation in ancient coin marketing on the Internet. Not another auction site. 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(+44 171) 930 6879 Tel. (+ 1 202) 833 3770 Tel. (+44 171) 261 1703 Fax. 9309450 Fax 4295275 Fax. 261 5324 November 1998 19 Romaion) in angles. age of Alex ius I and since it is un Ref. Schlumherger, pI. 1115; N. likely that this innovation would oc Chron. 1977, types 13A and B; Gr. cur at Trebizond before it did at the 101 4 and 1015. Several capital, it is likely that type 7 post specimens noted. dates 1092. Evidence of the production of some of thi s coinage by Theodore Gabras might be the appearance of St. Theodore on the two issues 8 and 10. 12. Obv. Bust of Christ. It was many years before Ihis saint Rev. Armed bust of St. Demetrius, appeared on the coinage of the central spear over shoulder government and he was the name saint Ref. Sabatier, pl.lxvi/6; N. ehron. of Gabras who used a similar bust of 1977 , type 12; Gr. 1013 . Several St. Theodore as that on type lOon his specimens noted. lead seals. \ 4. Obv. Christ enthroned. The coins are arranged in the above Rev. Three E's flanking Y sequence for three reasons. The first Ref. N. Chron. 1982; Three speci is that there is a general reduction of mens noted. the size of the flans . The second is the reduction from twelve to eight sides Comments for the flans while the third is the evi Types 1, 2 and 4 have a rather dence of overstriki ng: 13A "elongated" head of Christ. The flans Ty pe 10 is overstruck on types 8 of the first two types arc quite thick and 9. and it must have been quite difficult Type II is overstruc k on type 10. to shear the edges. Later types are thin Type 12 is overstruck on types ner and produced with fewer facets. 7,8,IOandll . While types 3 and 7 depict Alexius I, Type 14 is overstruck on type 12. type 7 shows Christ holding an open rather than closed Gospel book. Hendy In conclusion, the writer would be 13.0bv. Bust of Christ. very interested to receive any informa Rev. PlaiD or jewelled cross on has pointed out that this first appears tion regarding Ihis coinage from any steps, A-A-B-P (Alexius Basileos only on the earliest post reform coin- reader of Th e Celator who owns an unrecorded specimen- either with photographs or casts . Any new coin might he another link in the chain of Charles V, numismatic knowledge. the Wise References: Description Generale des Monnaies France 1364-80 Byzanfinees, 1. Sabatier Numismatique de L'Orient Lalin, G. ScI umberger. Charles V, rightly called the Wi se, was a man of learning and Byzantine Coins, P. Grierson. discretion. Under his leadership, the Hundred Years' War began "The Mint of Trebizond under Alexius to turn against the English. Charles chose his generals and his I and the Gahrades", S. Bendall, battles carefully. Much of the combal between his forces and N. Chum. 1977 those of the Black Prince was in the form of intervention in a "Some further Notes on the Mint of Trebi zond under Alexius", S . Castillian civil war against Pedro the Cruel. It was in Spain that Bendall N. Chron. 1979. the Black Prince contracted a fever, of which he died in England "A New Twelft h-century Byzantine in 1376. When the English were engaged in France, guerilla tac Coin from the Mint ofTrebizond", tics were used. By the death of Edward Ill, Charles was able to S. Bendall, N. Chron. 1982 attack the English coast with impunity. Still, Charles V could not escape the vengeance of his enemy, Charles the Bad of Navarre, who is said to have poisoned the king. Silver Blanc au K" F with s light clipping ...... $39.00 ur/Jt ([tlator Base silver denier, VO or better (not illustrated) ...... $ 15.00 serving nearly 2,500 collectors, (914) 434-6090 ttlJ and over 100 dealers, of lIen G. Berman fax/messages: (203) 374,6986 Ancient and Medieval ....,.,~ ...... --.~ - ~ P.O. Box 605-E u.s. orders add $2 posta9\' ...... coins and antiquities. overseas oroors sent at buyers ~ ~=a.. 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Year Two AR letradrachm, Undated Yr 3 AR tetradrachm, Undated Yr 3 Mild. 80; Hen 739 Overstruck on Tyrian shekel Mild. 95; Hen. 713 Choice VF. $250 w/portriat of Melqarth visible. EF and rare. $3500 Mild. 87; Hen. 711 VF $2600 Bar Kokhba Revolt Roman Administrati on under Domilian. 132·135 AD Struck in Caesarea in 81·96 AD, AE 24mm. AE small bronze. Undated. Hen. 753; AJC II, Supp VIII , 2. Superb EF and rare. Mild. 158; Hen. 739 EF $375 The finest specimen we have handled. $1750. If you collect Ancient Coins, make sure you are on our mai ling list. We are also lOp buyers of U S Coins &: Cu rrency and beller Coins of the World. With over 70 years of experience, we are tile "Seasoned Professionals." Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, In c. # 153 LM838 #154 4608 Paradise Road I Suite 900 Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 LM 845 Voice (702) 894-5200 I (800) 978-COIN I Fax: (702) 894-9631 November 1998 21 Gardens of A1],;noos: fact or Hct;on? On the reverse pattern of the silver corns from Corcyra, Apollonia and OyrrhachilUIl tions in the numismatic literature by Dr. Gyu/a Petrany; origin ate from the last centuryl and are only hypotheticaL It is generally accepted thaI the cow suckling a calf The archaic and ancient staters of is a fe rtility symbol and is probably the island Corcyra have a cow suck of Euboean origin. ling a calf on the obverse and a double More puzzling, however, is the geometrical pattern on the reverse, and double geometrical pattern on the re the same images can be seen on the verse (fig.l). It consists of dots and Since Mike Marotta supported the gar staters and drachms from Apollonia shapes resembl ing teardrops but den hypothesis unconditionally in an and Dyrrhachium, foundations of sometimes drumsticks or petals, ar earlier issue of The CefalO?, I think the Corcyra on the Adriatic coast. There ranged in two parallcl oblongs. This alternative hypothesis deserves similar is no recorded historical or archaeo is viewed in two different ways; some attention. logical evidence, which explains the call it a floral pattern, originating them Stars can often he seen on Greek meaning of these images. All attribu- from plants or flowers; and the others coins both as the main image and as deduct the image from stars and use small symbols in the field. The most the term stellate pattern. Some sup frequent is the one which has eight porters of the first (floral) theory even teardrop-shaped flames pointing out say thaI the coins show the gardens wards, arranged around a central dot. Flowers on coins usually have pet " < of Alkinous, after one of the adven- ._ '.' ' tures of Odysseus, allegedly in the is- als in the reverse position: with pointed ~Fig. land ofCorcyra. Proponents of the star end inwards. Fig.2 shows my sugges Corcyra, AR stater origin argue that the two stars repre- tion how can an eight-ray star be fit ca. 400-350 Be sent the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. led into an oblong to become the char acteristic pattern of the coins: the side rays degrade to dots and the central rays change direction to fit better in the imi~ narrow space. Fig. 2: Fitting a stellate pattern into an oblong On the earliest Corcyrean state rs there are IWO parallel oblongs as if two independent punches were used. There is also a small difference between the two parts of the image: the central dot is surrounded by a tiny square in one, 22 The Gelator America's Most Prestigious NYINC NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL Ancient & Foreign Coin Show NUMISMATIC CONVENTION The 27th Annual NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION World Trade Center #1/ Mezzanine • New York City Host Hotel: Marriott World Trade Center· (212) 938·9100 AUCTIONS BY: ~ • Classical Numismatic Group <~) Club Meetings ~7 Educational Forums • Superior - An A-Mark Co. • Seminars • Italo Vecchi • Stack's General Information: NYJNC I Robert Brueggeman 425 E. Alvarado St., Suite H Security by Positive Protection, Inc. Fallbrook, CA 92028 USA (760) 728·1300 (760) 728·1300 Travel by M&M World Travel Fax (760) 728-8507 (800) 426·8326 November 1998 23 and by a di amond-shape in the other According to the mythology, Zeus put half of the reverse (fi g.3). This is a them in the sky to form the constella minute but significant diffe rence and tion Gemini (the Twins). They were must have some meaning. There are not real twins in their life but became two th ings represented, w hic h are so in the sky and they also became the simi lar, but no t simp ly two of many. patrons of the sailors and travelers, Instead, these arc a pair of some hospitality, chariot driving and athlet thing, with individual characteristics. ICS. Similar, but not exactly the same. Two On later coins of Corcyra the two stars in epigraphy is the usual repre oblongs became a single device; and sentati on of the Di oscuri, Castor and the tiny square and di amond, the only Pollux, or in the ir ori ginal Greek distinctive marks of the two halves of name, the Di oskoroi, Kastor and the reverse pattern disappeared. The Fig. 3: Square center de vice and Polydeukes. Two sons of Leda from Apollonian and Dyrrhachian staters diamond center de vice different fathers: Kastor was from (figA & 5) were mi nted with this fully Tyndareos and Polydeukes from Zeus. symmetrical version. T he original meani ng of the image could have al ready be forgotten when the later Attention Dealers & Collectors-Help ns Please! drachms of A pollonian and Dyrrhaehian still conti nued the same We are actively seeking the following 3 coins and will pay top dollar obverse and reverse designs till the end for VF or better, centered examples of this long series in the first hal f of the first century Be. The exact dating 1) Mytilene, Lesbos EL Hekte, Bod. 46, Rev: male and female herms. an d sequence of these coins are also 2) Mytilene, Lesbos EL Hekte, Bod. 92, Obv: Maenad / Rev. Torch. unresolved and challenging questi ons. 3) Mytilene, Lesbos EL Hekte, Bod. 103, Obv: Zeus / Rev: Hcrakles Contact Craig or John at PhonelFax (203) 389-9350 Thank you for your time! Fig. 4 Apollonia, AR drachm ca. 3rd-2nd century BG If you aren't seeing this symbol on catalogues you are currently receiving Dyrrhachium, A R stater ca. 400-350 Be These are my views on the strange reverse pattern of the coins of Corcyra, Apollonia and Dy rrhachium, and why I prefer 'double stellate pattern ' instead of the more romantic but probabl y unfounded hypothesis of 'the gardens of Alkinoos'. Notes: 1. A. Maier: "Die Silberpraegung von Write for our membership list Apollonia und D yrrhachion", Numismatische Zeitschrijt (1 908) I : 1-33. Jean-Luc Van Der Schueren 2. M. E. Marotta: " Dyrrachi um: Secretary, I.A.P.N. Rome's doorway to Greece", The Celator, April 1997,6-8. 14 Rue de la Bourse (Figures I & 4 courtesy oj CNG) B-1000 Bruxelles, Belgium tel: 322 513 3400 fax: 322 512 2528 24 The Gelator DMITRY MARKOV Coins & Medals MAIL-BID AUCTION #6 Closing November 24-25, 1998 1000 LOTS OF INTERESTING AND RARE COINS INCLUDING: * 150 Lots of Greek, Roman, Greek Imperial coins * Collection of more than 100 Pre-Islamic and Islamic coins of Central Asia * Medieval coi ns, including very important German pieces * co ll ection of about 100 Poli sh coins * over 400 lots of rare and choice Russian material * Also includes: . Cru saders; . Armenia; - Brockages; - a lot more Quali ty full y illustrated catalogs free upon request to the Celator's readers. Write to: DI MITRY MARKOV, Coins & Medals P. O. Box 950 New York, N. Y. 10272 Ph.: 7 18/332-4248 FAX: 71 8/332-8676 November 1998 25 People in the News Leo Mildenberg remembers: One of the Greatest Collectors of Jewish Coins Abraham Bromberg (1914-1998) was construct my work on the subject, since perseverance and passion, is a mean born in Leipzig to a Jewish family which my original manuscript had been lost ingful example. The major part of the had been involved in the fur trade for during the War. Obviously, the listener collection was recently publ ished in two generations. He became a renowned ex was not bored. He crossed the bridge, auction catalogues: wi th the lion's share pert in furs; forced to leave Germany, he marched on and became, as I see it, the of th e proceeds and number of coins of established his business In London and greatest co llector of Jewish coins who special historical importance being do became a British ci tizen. ever lived. nated to th e Israel Museum in Jerusa After the turmoil of the War we met Nowadays, we kn ow that coins are lem. However, Mr. Bromberg never in Zurich In 1948. He then collected th e relevant factual sources for the history ceased to collect. One of his last acqu i stamps of the British Mandate of Pales of ancient times . Numismatic research sitions was a magnifi cent Bar Kokhba tine and those of the new State of Is is based on the collecting of material large bronze from a recent auction sale . rael, being advised in Ihese matters by wherever it is found: in literature, public It is my duty and privilege to state the Haifa philatelist Werner Hoexler, with and private collections, and in auction here that without the interest and help whom I had studied In Germany. Alter I sale catalogues. Coin collecting has of Abraham Bromberg my book The founded the Numismatic Department 01 been known since antiquity. If states and Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War (Aarau Bank Leu in early 1949, Mr. Bromberg international organizations try to hinder 1984) wou fd never have seen the fight wanted to know something about the Bar it now, they will not succeed, but wi1l only of day. It suffices to mention all his coins Kokhba coins which were depicted on surpass their own limits and damage recorded there under the name, uPrivale the first stamps of Israel. I offered him a their ultimate obligations. In this context, Collection 2.~ In short, there is no col rather detailed account, casually men the famed Bromberg Colleclion of Jew lector of our time to whom Jewish Nu tioning that I might now be able to re- ish Coins, formed by a man of vision, mismatics owes more, and I, and every one else interested in this subject. will be forever in his debt. ~tofile5 in Leo Mildenoorg ~umi5matic5 Gallery to sell Pope .Julius II Orme Lewis coins 1441-1513 Orme Lewis was a highly respected Giuliano della Rovere, born at Albizuol a, attorney, dedicated public servant and was the nephew of Pope Sixtus I V and held connisseur of fine art. In his 87 years, he a number o f i mportant church posts as made enduring contributions in each of B i shop and Arch bish op before be ing these fields. He received his law degree elected a Cardinal. He was a great Humanist and collector o f antiq from George Washington University in uities of all sorts-includi ng coins and engraved gems. While still 1926 and served in the Arizona Stae a Cardinal he acquired the fam ous A pollo B el vedere, and later the House of Representatives in 1929. He Laocoon group. Giul iano was a fierce competi tor o f Lorenzo the also served as Assistant Secretary of the Magni ficent for anc ient work s o f art and classical manuscripts. O ne Interior from 1953-1955. o f L orenzo's agents wrote o f a fi nd of antiqui ties at a monastery Lewis was a collector 01 fine art, in whic h t he Cardinal had promptly l ai d claim 10. B y digging under cluding paintings, prints, sculpture and cover of night, the agent was ab le to exlract some some of the Greek coins-starting a coin collection pieces for Lorenzo-much to his delight. G iu liano was named Pope in his 70s. He purchased only coins of in 1503 and took the name Julius II. H e conti nued to collect i mpor extraordinary quality and character. tant artifacts from Italian as well as Eastern finds and greatly en When he died, in 1990, he bequeathed hanced the collection of antiqui ties held w ith i n the Vat ican- which the co llection to the Phoenix Art Museum forms the nucleus of that fam ous m useum today. which has recently dedicated a new ex hibition area the Orme Lewis Gallery. This f eature is provided courtesy of George Frederick Kolbe The coins formi ng his collection are be ing sold in the Tri ton II sale this Decem Fine Numismatic Books, Crestline, CA 92325 ber at the New York International. 26 The Celator Art and the Market Two major auctions-s---fiisix major firms Triton II-December 1-2 The New York Sale tetradrachm of Rhodes and an ex· Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. December 3, 1998 tremely rare bronze issue of King Numismalica Ars Classica, and Freeman A second major auctional the NYINC Agrippa of Judaea. & Sear are pleased to announce that they is a collaboration between ltalo Vecchi The Roman Colonial series is high· wilt once again conduct a Triton auction. lid., A.H. Baldwin and Sons lid. and lighted by an exceptional group of Triton n wi ll be a public and mail bid sale to MOnzen und Medaillen AG. The auction Antoninus Pius bronze drachms of Al be held December 1-2, 1998 in conjunc will consist of Greek, Aoman, Byzantine exandria With extremely rare reverses. tion with the New York International Nu and Modern Coins. The Roman Republic is a small bu t high mismatic Convention (a\ the Marriott Wend Amongst th e Greek co ins are to be quality group of early anonymous, Trade Center). This sale will consist of found a very rare S-scrupl es piece of Vu lci, moneyer and Imperatorial issues wh ile 1408 lots of rare Greek, Roman, Byzan a fine selection of Magna Graecia and Si· the Roman Imperial coinage has many tine, British and World coinage. Included cilian coins-including a signed beautiful and rare coins. are the Greek coinage collection of Orma tetradrachm of Ca tane, a superb The Byzantine section boasts sev l ewis Sr" property of Mr. K. -D. Walkhoff tetradrachm of Himera, a l OCHitrae of the eral ra rilies including a Nicephorus I and Jordan; and the John Jordan collection of finest period of Syracuse, Siculo Punic is· Stauracius solidus from Sicily; the ex British coinage. sues. Also offered are an extremely rare l remely rare solidi of Alexander and The Walkoff-Jordan collection is one of tetradrachm of King Mostis of Thrace, a Constantine VII and a Merovingian soli the most important Baklrian collections superb octodrachm of King Alexander I of dus of the time of Clovis struck in the ever to appear in auction and includes Macedon and a fine selection of Cretan name of An aslasius. many great rarities, including an almost issues. Abeautifultetradrachm of Cyzicus, For catalogue information contact any complete series of the dynastic or "pedi. fine stephaneophoic tetradrachms of of the th ree partner !inns (see ad on page 19, greeH letradrachms. Individual highlights Tenedus and Lebedus; an outstanding or the index of advertisers on page 54). among the other Greek coins include the famous Naxos tetradrachm of 460 BC, es timated at $125,000 and one 01 the finest known 01 the type; a silver dekadrachm of Akragas, oneal eight known with only Ihree in private hands, estimated at $30,000 in Fine condition; seven Syracusan silver FRANK 1. KOVACS dekadrachms: a unique gold stater of Ancient Coins & Antiquities Abdera, and one of possibly only two gold coins known for the city, estimated at $20,000 in EF condition; and the famous silver tetradrachm of Seleukos I depicting Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins a horse head on the obverse and an el Important and unusual rarities ephant on the reverse, estimated at $20,000 in EF condition. Among the Roman coins is a -Circus I work directly with individual collectors by appointment, at Maximus" sestertius of Caracalla, esti shows, and via Jetter. Occasional catalogues. Advanced col mated at $25,000 in EF condition with a lectors will particularly benefit from my 30 years experience lovely green patina, and a very ra re Carus aureus with th e DEO ET DOM INO CARO and interestin g stock (especially strong in fine Greek silver, AVG obverse legend, estimated at $20,000 Roman bronze, and Roman Provincial). in Superb EF condition. Other rarities abound in the Triton sale catalogue wh ere When in the San Francisco Bay area call for an appointment. they are fully described and illustrated. Copies of the Triton II catalogue will be available in early November for $20 (£ 15) FAX (650) 574-1995 from CNG at either the UK office: 14 Old PH ONE (650) 574-2028 Bond Street, London, W1X3DB . RnKovacs@ill .nelcom.com (0171 ) 495·1888·Fax (0171) 499- 5916 or the U.S. omce at: P.O . Box P.O. Box 25300, San Mateo, California 94402-5300 479, La ncaste r, PA 17608·0479. (717) 390-9194· Fax (717) 390-9978: 9-mall: [email protected]. November 1998 27 48 - , - ,-.AE 17.I't.'fWphone. 76 - .Pautalia. Faustina II . AE cornucoplac at I./l.egend in 20. Hygieia. aF. iiCarce ...... 10 ..... reath. L II f:lJ7v. VF/N (weak 77 - , - . $cpt. Severns. AE 18. ANTIOCH"t4 ASSOCIATES strike) . . ... 65 Grapes. FIVF ...... 25 "9 -. Tauromcnlum. AI ! 1. 78 - . -, (;eta, AE 18. C.on(;or- 236 -West Portal Avenue - 297 Hclmet wilh chee kpie<:el~\ot>(>- ilia stdg. F glffn pal...... 15 gram KA or TA In ...,..,ath. L IT San Franci sco, CA 94127 79 - . - . - . - . Funerary ge 609 F< and rare ...... 65 nius (lJeath Angel) ....it h In· 5Q TA URI C C UERSO NESE. ve 28 The Gelator 102 - , BerytU$, c. 300 Be, At: 130 - , Oioclcsarl'a. Caracall a, 159 - , - , Trajan. AF 26. Tyche 190 G O RD I AN Ill , 221 M AR CI A N, AE 4 , 11. Cab;ru" wearing pileus! AE 2S. Nike adv. r, ,h}ki ng L L seated On rudder...... 35 anlOninianus. Marsslrutting. YF Thessalonika mim. "Ionogram + K 14gg. I'+ ami SCarce .... 55 and star in wreath. Carson, Hill. Club in wreath. aYF ...... , 45 160 SAMAR I A NeapOliS, ...... 50 103 - , Scepsis, c. 400 RC. AE 131 - , Eieussa-Sebaste, AE 21. I No vember 1998 29 Ponterio sale Coming Events •••• closes Nov. 10 Oct. 31 Peus Auction, Frankfurl, Germany Ponlerio & Associates, Inc., has announced its forthcoming auction #97, Nov. 4 Sotheby's Auction, New York City a Mail Bid Sale which closes on Tues· Nov. 6-7 Peus Numismatic Literature Auction, Frankfurl, Germany day, November 10, 1998. This auction includes 216 lots of ancient coinage. Nov. 7 London Coin Fair, Cumberland Hotel, Anc ient gold includes a Stater of Marble Arch, London, England Koson with the popular motif of Brutus walking with two lictors. An Electrum Nov 14-15 Superior Auction, Beverly Hills, California Stater of Miletos ca. 575 BC, an Elec trum 1!5 Stater of Carthage are in Nov. 19-20 Giessener Munzhandlung Auction, Munich cluded, along with Aurei of Septimius Nov. 23-24 Lanz Miinchen Auction, Munich Severus ("Virtus" ) and Diocletian ("Jove"). Other gold includes Solidi of Nov. 25-27 Gerhard Hirsch Auction, Munich, Germany Justinian I (Ravenna), Tiberius II Nov. 27-28 Craig Whitford Auction, MSNS Convention,Dearborn, Mf Constantine (light weight), Constantine V with Leo IV and Constantine X, plus Dec. 1-3 Triton If Auction, Marriott, World Trade Center, NYC Visigothic Tremissii of Reccared Dec. 1-2 Stack's Auction, Park Central Hotel I(Toledo), Sisebut (Emerita, Hispalis & Toledo) and Suinthila (Emerita). Dec. 3 The New York Sale, Marriott, World Trade Center, NYC Many attractive Greek lots are high· lighted by a Populonia AR Didrachm, Dec 4-5 Superior Auction, Marriott, World Trade Center, NYC and AE Uncia of Central Italy (club! Dec. 4-6 New York International Numismatic Convention, Pentagram). Your choice of styles is available in 11 Taras lots and 24 Marriott World Trade Center, New York City Alexander "the Great" Tetradrachm lots. Four different "turtle" Staters from Aegina are offered and Corinth and co lonies has a selection of Staters. Crete is represented with rare staters of Gortyna, Phaistos and Rhaukos. Farther East, the Carian Satraps Hekalomnos and Pixodaros are repre· LONG BEACH sented by Drachms, and there is a CORN & COLLECTIBLE EXPO Stater of Lycian Dynast Perikle. Two Dishekels from Byblos, a Tetrashekel from Sidon and two Tyrian Shekels. Roman Republican coins featu re a February 11-14, 1999 Julius Caesar Denarius (VenuS/Gauls), an As and Denarius of Sextus Pompey, Come join our fine group of and several "Legionary Denarii". Roman Im perial issues include 2 ANCIENT & FOREIGN COIN DEALERS Augustus Cistaphoric Tetradrachms, a Nero Claudius Drusus Denarius, a Auctious by Heritage Numismatic Auctions Caligula Sestertius (wreathed inscrip and Ponterio & Associates tion), a Nero Sestertius (Temple of Ja n us), and a Sestertius of Nerva Dealer Set-up Wednesday, February 10th, 2:00-7:00pm (Ubertas). Also notable are many higher grade Denarii. Mariniana, Over 400 Booths of Ancient and Foreign Coins, Florianus and Carus Antoniniani and U.S. Coins, Paper Money, Stamps, Sports Cards, a nice Julian II AE1 and a Catana mint Phone Cards, Jewelry & Collectibles ... 10 Nummi of Heraclius round out the and 2,000 dealers. sale. Catalogs for this auction may be For Show & Bourse Information: obtained from Ponterio & Associates, Andrea Neumann, Show Coordinator Inc., at 1818 Robinson Avenue, San 1103 Slate St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Diego, CA 92103 at $20. per copy. For (805) 962-9939 • fax (805) 963-0827 more information, call (619) 299·0400, email: [email protected] (800) 854-2888, or FAX (619) 299- Ronald J. Gillio-General Chairman 6952. 30 The Cefator Malter auction features nice ITALO VECCHI LTD Greek collection Specialist in Ancient and Mediaeval Coins Joel L Maller & Co. Inc. will present Auction 73. lealuring Ancient Coins and Antiquities, on Sunday, November 22, 1998 in Los Angeles. The section 01 Greek and Roman lots features a very fine and old collection of Greek silver coins from a Northern California collec tor. For th ose who remember the 'irm's Dr. Wilkinson Auction 49 of ancien t Greek coins, held in 1992, this auction has the same fl avor except on a smaller scale. Most of the coins were collected back in the 60's and 70's, many with at CELTIC - GREEK - ROMAN - BYZANTINE tractive cabinet toning. The auction is strong in the coins of Italy and Sicily and MEDlAOVAL - RENAISSANCE - MODERN includes several nice tetradrachms in cluding one from Akragas with the crab AUCTIONS & VALUATIONS and eagle. Another nice example is from Gela. The coins of Macedon and Thrace For a complimentary catalogue specify your interests and apply to: are also well represented with a choice VF example of a Philip II gold staler. Halo Vecchi Ltd. Several coins of Alexander the Great and other Macedonian kings are also in 35 Dover Street, London W I X 3RA cluded. The Athenian section is slrong tel. (44 17 1) 491-7048 fax (44 17 1) 409-7835 with several nice tetradrachms as well as fractional examples. An excellent offering of coins from Asia Minor and far ther East is offered as well. A smaller but very nice collection of Roman coins featu res a great denarius NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA of Julius Caesar as perpetu al dictator in near mint state. The end of Ihe coin sec ANCIENT COINS AND MEDALS lion concludes with many bulk coin lois. GREEK - ROMAN - IlYZANTINE - MEDIEVAL - RENAISSANCE This is a great opportunity to pick up several nice ancient coins for a reason able fee. AUCTIONS - LISTS The second half of the auction fea VALUATIONS tures fi ne antiquities. Highlighted arti facts include Judaean Glass, Pottery, and Egyptian Sarcophagus and related Egyplian bronzes and amulets. Also included is a superb collection of Per sian armor including several bronze hel mets and a superb long sword and mace head. Cuneiform tables, (all translaled), and a large collection of Near-Easlern cylinder seals conclude the auction. Illustrated catalogues are $15 in the US, and $20 all others. The catalogue is also on line al www.maltergalieries.com. Catalogues upon reques t Malter galleries also offers hundreds annual subscription rate CHF 100 of other coins and collectibles for sale at fixed price as well as new ~ ON LINE NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA AG AUCTIONS". Write or call: Maller Galleries Inc., Nicderdorfstr,43 P_O. box 745 Tel. +41 1261 1703 17005 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91316 CH-802S Zurich Fax. +41 1 261 53 24 USA, Phone 818-784-7772, fax 717- http://www.arsciassica.ch 784-4726 November 1998 31 works of art and architecture from sources fa r and wide. The dialogue wh ich accompanies these powerful images is intended fo r Book Ne:ws a general readership and has a com· fortable tenor. At the same time, it is extremely informative. The text traces the development of civilization in the first villages or settlements that sprang Both Annie Caube! and Patrick Pouyssegur are on the staff of the up with the beginnings of agriculture. It builds a basis for the emergence of Department of Near Eastern Antiqui ties at the Louvre Museum in Paris. city states and eventually empires and dynasties. Names like Hammurabi and She is the director of the Department and he is a mulli·media specialist. Ms. Gilgamesh suddenly take on greater meaning when discussed within the Gaube! wrote the introduction and con context of contemporary art. clusion for this book, while Mr. Pauyssegur undoubtedly produced the The evolution of political regimes lavish art workwhich dominates every from Sumerian to Akkadian and Hittite, page. Assyrian to Babylonian and Persian is treated in a chapter of its own-as is One's first impression is that this is a coffee table book. The remarkable the evolution of writing. full color plates throughout are extraor Of more than passing interest are The-Ancient Near East, The dinary. Anyone interested in the cul the appendices to this book. A two· page map listing ancient place names Origins of CivilizBtion, by lure of Mesopotamia and Persia will be is hepful in keeping one's perspective. Annie Caubet and Patrick immediately impressed by the clarity Also useful is a detailed timelinewhich Pouyssegur. 9 112 x 12 paper of images and the stark beauty of the objects depicted. While the authors extends from the earliest periods of back, 208 pages, 150 full civilization to the conquest of Persia by color Illustrations, ISBN 2- borrowed heavily from their own museum's holdings, the scope of this Alexander the Great. An interesting 87939-152-0, chart illustrates the development and book goes beyond the mere catalogu Terr.if, $27.50. meaning of cuneiform symbols. 1998, ing of artifacts in the Louvre. It is a As an inexpensive introduction to cultural study which draws on great the Ancient Near East, this book is an exceptional value. 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EOOIl'IAENT, advertisement announcing the " ~ _ 2OXEYEPIECES c!1A111j j{iJlUJtj to $'''''1,. availability and '-'SnvnCAldERA Po st Office Box 15 134. POl1land, OR 97293 USA AOAPTffiS ., S95 detai ls for ordering. (Spoelly "",ko "",, _ . Pho ne (503) 234- 1262 Fax (503) 233-5664 Single I.ono -. onIyl November 1998 33 Antiquities The red and the black by silhouette and incision. The figures by David Liebert were painted in slip (diluted clay) on the body of the vase. Touches of other color Red and black were important col notably white and purple were added with ors in antiquity. The ancient Egyptians dissimilar slip to produce details. The de called their country the Red and Black tails of the figure were nonna[]y empha land. Perhaps no where in Ancient arl sized by incising before firing. In the fir is the distinction between red and black ing process, fresh air was briefly intnxluccd as clear as it is between the Red ware and to the kiIncausing the slip to tum black while Scene from a Red-Figure vase Black ware pottery of ancient Greece and the main body of day stayed red. the Attic schools in particular. Because of the necessity of present The terms Attic Black-Figure Pottery ing figures in silhouette some of the best and Attic Red-Fi gure Pottery signify a vases have a heraldic quality not found clear demarcation in style, technique and in the succeeding Red-Figure Pottery. time. Attic Black-Figure pottery is char Although many of the vessel shapes are acteristic of the 6th Century B.c. Al simi lar in both Black-Figure and Red though the best pai nlers among them, Figure pottery, some are characteristic Exekias and the Amasis Painter, were to the two types, the so called "Little Scene from a Black-Figure vase active only in the later part of this pe Master" cups a special type of stemmed time around 530 S.c. marked the tran riod C. 560-530 S.c. when the devel drinking bowl which was one of the sition into the production of what many opment of the technique was already in highlights of the Black-Figure repenoire consider to be the fi nest painted vases its final stages, many fine works were is one such example. ever produced. The actual technique is produced throughout the period. Attic The discovery of the Red-Figure rather simple. Instead of painting the Black-Figure is a technique of painting technique by Attic pottery painters some figures in black on the red clay, the painter reversed the process, painting the background in black and fi gures are \eft in the natural red clay with details added The Professional Numismatists Guild, In c. in line drawing with a brush. This en has stood for KNOWLEDGE, INTEGRITY & RESPONSIBILITY since 1955. abled the painter to abandon the conven The PNG membership list includes dealers from all around the world. tions of Black-Figure and develop a true A directory of PNG members is available free by contacting: drawing technique-including variable line width and shading . Robert Brueggeman, PNG Executive Director, The Attic vase painters of the 5th 3950 Concordia Lane, Fallbrook, CA 92028 Century B.C. produced some of the Tel. (760) 728- 1300 Fax (760) 728-8507 email: [email protected] greatest works of ancient art. In some cases they signed their real names. The ~"'~'~~~~-. ~i"~~ greatest of them-Euphronios, '--~ Epiktetos, Douris, the Berl in painter and others- have become immortal. By the www.pngdea!ers.com 4th Century R.C. the technique had fallen into decline and was replaced by other techniques foreshadowing the Hellenistic period. Egyptian Mummy Bead Necklaces The number of surviving examples with Eye of Horus Amulet of Attic pottery is very large, perhaps numbering in the tens of thousands of 18" Suitable for weari ng pieces extent. New vases are being dis Just in time for Holiday giving covered every year and some inevitahly comc on the market. only $75.00 + $3 .hipping and handling Although the best works of Attic vase painting is beyond the reach of the aver age col lector, many lesser works come on The Time Machine CO. the market every year and examples of P.O. Box 282, Flushing Station, Queens, NY 11367 good, if not gre cially prevalent among the ecclesias What then can we rely on? For one by Wayne G. Sayles tical chroniclers. This will probably thing, we can rely on the coins. Al bring out a rash of hate mail, but the though the images on coins may be Exploring the shelves of a used truth is that there was as much propa propagandistic, the fac ts of their ex book store one day, many years ago, gandistic distortion from the pU lpit istence are not. It is hard to disguise we came upon a book ti tled "Sources and the monasteries as there was from the fact that a coin is clipped or de and Documents". In side were pas the throne and min ister's quarters. As based- no matter how much prosper sages excerpted from the surviving th e church grew in power, its admin ity its legend proclaims. It is impos istrators became increasingly prone to sible to ignore the discovery of huge texts of ancient authors. [ t was a rev elation-although we latcr found that corruption of that power. Saint or not, Balkan hoards, which suggest tunnoil and there are many such compilations. the words of ecclesiastical authors instability on the northern frontiers. Reading through the pages of that need to be measured very carefully It is also impossible to ignore the book seemed to be like taking a magic before one forms an opinion of their existence of pagan motifs on coins carpet back to antiquity. These were, veracity. struck by Christian emperors. For us after ail, the very words of someone We are certainly not free from Ihis to assume that in AD 313 the Roman who lived in the distant past. Of distortion in our own age. Secondary world suddenly became Christian, and course, had we been schooled in the sources, for example like those that we all exis ting religious imagery was Classics th is translation would have have written, are often prone to sen erased from the corporate memory of seemed trivial. However, to an unedu sationalism in the name of good read- mankind, is folly. The coins tell us the cated but intensely interested student 109. It is very difficult to relate the truth- thaI images were gradually it was quite remarkable. Reading details of an emperor's reign in 100 transformed over centuries of time. those lines left one w ith the feeling words or less, and the detai ls that nor~ When we search for the truth in that this was the truth, and nothing mally stand out are those that are ancient sources, it is well to rcmem but the truth, since it came directly somewhat sensational. ber that the coins seldom fail us. from the source. Well, that naivete soon faded. First, we became aware that those words were not necessarily "straight from the horse's mouth". Not only do KIRK DAVIS we need to consider the vagaries of modern translation, we must also con Classical Numismatics sider that the text from which these translations is taken may wel l be 3rd or 4th generation documents. That is. . the originals were probably translated In from Greek into Latin, then copied and recopied, then translated into Syriac or Arabic, finally translated once more in to a later form of Latin NY and now converted to English. It should not be surprising that some thing is lost along the way. The second obstacle 10 the truth is that chroniclers, historians, poets and j ust about anyone who set a pen to paper (or reed to parchment) had a particular point of view. Often, the ruling class and the aristocracy were at odds, and the educated aris tocracy were the ones recording events. If they were not favored by the regime NYINC World Trade Center Dec, 4·6 table 76 in control, no matter what good the state might have derived, the record was susceptible to being biased unfa Post Office Box 324 vorably against their antagonist. The third obstacle to the truth was Claremont, CA 91711 USA intentional distortion. This was espe- tel: (909) 625-5426 fax: (909) 624-6215 November 1998 35 A Celtic copper conundrum. A curious coin indeed! by James Bakes Why were any of the letters reversed. and more 10 the On a sweltering summer day, point, why only half of Elora's Main Street is crowded with them? I like a coin that fires lOurists, but j ust ahead an odd litl lc the imagination. For that mo curiosity shop gives me the opportu mc nt in time nearl y 2000 nity to part ake of some peace and years ago hcre is onc pos quiet. Inside, Tim, the owner, shows sible explanation. me his Roman coins-nothi ng special Early in the first cen this time, except one, not beautiful, not tury, the long postponed in the best condition- but curiOliS. It conquest of Britain was is 1I Celtic copy of a well kn own coin looking more and morc like of Nero, well done as far as the por a necessity. Why the delay? trail goes, but oddly, completely re Certainly a highly devel versed. oped Celtic culture fl our The original of this coin is one of ished 011 the island whose the first of Nero's great recoi nage , wealt h ha d long been culmi nating in 64-65 A.D. wi th some known. As well it had been of th e mosl beautiful bronzes ever calculated that the size of struck. It has his bare head right and the force necessary to take Above: Celtic imitation of a Nero As among various legends, IMP NERO the island and add its Below: Imperial mint issue (SR 690) CAESAR AVG P MAX TRP PP. The wealth to th e Empire would reverse has a winged Vi ctory flying be identical to that needed left, holding a shield inscribed S P Q to defend the continental coastline Four Legions were selected to oc R. S C is to left and ri ght. if no conquest was made.! cupy the future Province of Britannia: TheQbven;c ofthi s curious liltle copy has Bu t the Legionaries looked upon the II nd Augusta from the Upper lhc bust facingkfi. ThecurisofNero'schari Bri tai n as being near the edge of the Rh ine, the IXth Hispan:l from ()(eer-sryle coif, looking more like I;nglct<;, world. No one knew wha t Jay beyond P:lnnonia, the XIVth Gemina from the are competently done. The legend is, and when the conquest was finally se Middle Rh ine, and XXth Valeri a J'!IISilA::> 0,.0"',,"1" "nd riously begun in 43 A.D. there was Victrix from the Lower Rhine. the rest is too lightly struc k to read. mutinous discontent about crossing The Britons were immensely skil The three P's look like the end of the the English Channel and heading for fu l in chariot warfare, but their leaders original legend, but what happened to a foggy land at the farthest reac h of Togodumnus and Caratacus depended the IMP? A second look reveals the S the earth. Consequently, the Legion too much on nalural obstacles like riv is the only letter not reversed. aries refused to embark. It took a ers and hill s, and used their sk ill s at The reverse is qu ite close to the month to summon a freedman from maneuvering too litt le. Soon the ski ll ed ori ginal. except lack of familiarity Rome, who persuaded them back to leadership of the Roman Army pre makes the wings of Vic tory into their dut y. vailed ( the future emperor Vespasian namelike lines. while perhaps the wear Meanwhil e, th e Britons had as was commander of the lind Legion). on the copied coin makes the shield's sumed the att ack was called off and Now it was evident that the fragmented letters look like SOR. had ceased to man the coast. leadership of the Brit ish and the supe rior tactics of the Roman leaders had left the way open to the British Royal Capita l of Camulodunum. The Com Largest Stock of Ancient mander-in-chief of the Romans Aulus Plautius, however, awaited the arrival Coins in the World! of hi s Supreme Commander th e Em peror Claudius. He quickly restored the Coins in quantities include: military reputation of the Claudians, damaged when Cali gula had ordered Greek, Roman, & Byzantine bronze & silver his British expedition to collect pretty Dealer inquiries only. seashells instead, and fought a pitched battle with the enemy. Claudi us entered Educational Coin Company the ci ty of Camulodunum in triumph. Box 3815, Kingston, New York 12401 In four years' time, 47 A.D., most of Britain south of the Humber River Phone: (973) 728-8650 or 728-3865 Fax: (973) 728-0204 had been conquered except fo r Cornwall and Wales. Fortresses were 36 The Celator established: by Vcspasian for the lInd le gion at lsea (Exeter), the lXlh in the east among the keni, the XIVth at the nonh end of the Welsh border, and the XXth at Ancient Coins the south end. • Mail Bid Sales Troubles conti nued in the western part • Fixed Price Lists of the island so the lands already pacified • Buy or Bid Sales in the south and east were assumed, • Numismatic Literature wrongly as it turned out, to have been as similated into the Empire. In 59 A.D. the Specializing i" moderate priced ludaea" coins Governor of Britain, Suetonius Paulinus, (serious want~ /ists solicited) was at war with the Druids 0 the Island of Mona (Angelsey). This ancient Celtic sect William M. Rosenblum /rare coins was fanatically antagonis ti c 10 the Ro p.o. box 355-CE, evergreen, colo. 80437-0355 mans. For their part, the Romans were phone 303-838-4831 • fax 838-1213 · e-mail wm [email protected] anxious to obliterate a group that used human beings for augury and sacrifice (whereas the Romans only sacrificed hu mlms for games and span!) Just as the governor was mopping the operation up, during the winter of 59-60, the revolt of Queen Boudicca came very c l o~ to undoing two decades of Imperial Leu Numismatics Ltd. progress on the island. Takin g place in the already conquered southeast, Ihe IXth Zurich, Switzerland Legion lost 2000 me n ~ , and London and Vcrulamium were burned and their inhab itants slaughtered. Governor Paulinus with a polyglot force of fcwer than 10,000 le gionaries and stragglersl, badly beat the much larger and supremely confident Brit ish force (complete with hangers-on to help them celebrate an expected resound ing victory over the invaders), and the dangerous rebellion was over. Boudicca was to be remembered in the nineteenth century as the first British monarch to re sist tymnny from the continent. A statue to her stands on Westminster Bridge in London. By 62A.D., peace had returned to most of th e island, after nearly 20 years of con stant strife. Commerce between Britain and the continent had always been strong but the dive in revenues caused by war and rebellion made a return to nonnaJcy desirable on both sides. The Celts had had a strong currency in precious metal before the conquest. Between the expeditions of Caesar in 54 B.C. and Claudius, some tri bes had even Every year we have an auction of VBI)' important ancient coins incorporated Lati n legends 0 their coins. in spring. By the conquest however, the Roman We issue occasiona/lists. coinage had begun to circulate and as the Our stock ranges from Hemilartemoria to Dekadmchmai, and world coinage, was eventually to super from Quadrantes to Multip/e Aureus Medallions. cede the native currency. 1he 20 years of We actively buy and sell at a/I price levels. warfare and chaos between the conquest and the final peace must have thrown the monetary economy into chaos. Except for those brought by the sol· diers, few Roman coins would have ar· rived from the continent, while merchants waited for conditions to settle down. Many Leu Numismatics Ltd. Roman coins therefore were copied cither In Gassen 20 CH-800 1 Zurich Switzerland .. Telephone (from th e US) 01 1 4 1 1211 4772 Tele/ax 011 41 12114686 November 1998 37 by soldiers or civilians using scrap cop per, b ronze or the native copper of Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. Cornwall. The largest issue was of sestertii of Claudius with reverse the figure of Spes - NUMISMATlSTS AND AUCTIONEERS SINCE ]870 - walking left legend SPES S C. Asses of Claudius, reverse Minerva with Gorgon shield, were commonly copied too. The little imitation As that turned up in Elora, Ontario was reportedly found with a metal detector in Dorset, in the southwest of England. It is intriguing be cause, while the reverse is nearly correct, • PURCHASE AND SALE OF ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND the obverse is completely a mimJr image MODERN COINS AND MEDALS AS WELL AS OF IMPORTANT NUMIS of the original ty pe. Why would this be? MA TIC LI BRARIES It is tempting to imagine a Briton, li v • AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC AUCTIONS / MATL BID SALES A YEAR ing near the lind Legion headquarters at lsca (Exeter). Bartering with a soldier from • APPRAISALS AND EXPERT ADVICE the fort, he has obtained a shiny new Ro • ATTENDING MOST MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SALES man a~ of the Emperor Nero, rarely seen ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS bUI much desired. The war is over and there are many things in the market now Catalogs available by subscription at a biennial rate of US $40 (4 issues). to buy. Payments may!lQ1 be made by Credit Card And suddenly he sees a way to make his one As into many. The copper isn' t hrrrd PLEASE CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION to come by, and although like most of the #~e.." peasants around he is illiterate, at least he Bornwiesenweg 34, e has always known he has artistic talent. ,t"~ T~ 0-60322 Frankfurt a.M. 1 Besides, he saw the local Celtic ~;,r GERMANY coinmakers strike coins when he was ~7 PHONE 49-69-9596620 FAX 49-69-555995 much younger, so he knows about dies and • striking an obverse and reverse. He even briefly apprenticed to the Celtic celator. Someone must carve the reverse die, bU I that should be easier... there are only a few of the mysterious letters and one fig ure which, 38 The Gelator as small change in the marlcetplace, for twenty years starved of continental coinage. The celator of the reverse mentions to his friend that the head of the Emperor is now backwards on the coin, but no one seems to care, and his reverse design of the burning figu~, to his great pleasure, tree -gaze) a warlike Wessex tribe seems to look ~ like the original. with over 50 hillforts in southern England. They and the Belgae 1 I.A. Richmond, The Pelican History of fought 30 bloody battles with England, Vol. I Roman Britain, p. 18 Vespasian. The stater is a Cranborne Chase type , VA 1235-1 , 2 ibid., p. 32. Some sources say the IXth copied from copies of gold staters of was completely annihilated. Rosemary Philip II of Macedon, with a Sutcliffe's wonderful novels, The Criticised head of Apollo and Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver diSjointed horse, near VF and only Branch are built around such an event. £39 (normally (55) + (5 postage. 3 Nora Lofts, in Queens of England, p. 11 , The quarter stater is a Duro Boar says 70,000 were slain. Four type, not in Van Arsdell, EM 2771, wit h a worn obverse die and Bibliography: thunderbolt on the reverse , about F Tacitus, The Agricola and the Gennania, and usually GO. Guaranteed genuine. 7 days approval. Visa and trans. H. Mattingly and S. Hanaford, MasterCard accepted To order Penguin Classics 1977 phone (44) 1263 73S 007, fax I.A. Richmond, The Pelican History of En (44) 1263 731 777, e-mail gland, I, Roman Britain, Penguin, 1%3 [email protected] or mail a Theodore Mommsen, The Pmvinces of the Incredible but true. If you order this cheque for £..44 (sterling) to Chris Ronum Empire, I, Bames& Noble, 1996 Celtic stater now, l"ll give you a quarter Rudd, PO Box 222, Aylsham, Norfolk John Burke, Roman England, NY, 1983 stater absolutely free of charge. Both NRII 6TY, England. Nora Lofts, Queens of England, New were struck in base silver c.40BC - York, 1977 20AD by the Durotriges (say it dew-ro- Chris Rudd Subscription NUMISMATIK ;''''"'~'' air mail $25, each catalogue, incl. list of prices realized LANZ \. .. ) NUMISMATIK LANZ Maximiliansplatz lON, Luitpoldblock MONCHEN ., D-80333 Munchen I Germany Tel. (+49) (89) 299070 Fax (+49)(89)220762 e-mail: [email protected] AUCTION 88 on Nov. 23rd, 1998 in Munich The LEO BENZ COLLECT10N - REPUBUCAN COINS - consists of 978 selected coins ingold, silver and copper and demonstrates in an impressive way the development of the Roman coinage from its beginning in the 3rd century B.C. to the time of OctavianusAugusius. Especially important are among many others the Gold Ha ~-Stater w~h oath taking scene, rare aurei of the late Republic and many extremely rare and beautiful denarii, like the famous EID-MAR type 01 Brutus, an important series 01 caesar portra~s, as well as those of Numitorius, Comufucius and Labienus; it includes other rare ones from the civil wars and at the end a selection of the coins of the mintmasters struck under OctavianusAugustus, like the one with a portrait of Aglippa. The LEO BENZ COLLECTION is probably the most important ensemble of Roman Republican coins offered in a German auction sale since Workl War II. AUCTION 89 on Nov. 24th, 1998 in Munich The auction will include about 1000 Medieval and Modern Coins and Medals, beginning with an extensive special Kreuzer collection. Followed by the coins of the Holy Roman Empire from double Talers to interesting minor coins, coins of the churches with a series of Salzburg, the secular houses with attractive pieces of the noble houses, and the coins of the cities and the German Empire. The foreign countries include a series of Serbian medieval coins; some inleresling personal medals, for instance the one of Georg Frundsberg conclude this offer. AUCTION 89 on Nov. 24th, 1998 in Munich The auction includes 138 lots, primarily Europe, among them some outstanding pieces like a Commander of the Military Maria Theresa Order. November 1998 39 Coins of the Bible Mattathias AntigonUS: 4OZ7 BCE. by David Hendin When the Parthians and men of Mattathias Antigonus (Mattatayah) Antigonus marched into Jerusalem, AE prutah, 40-37 a.G.E. Hyrcanus II and Herod and his men re Obv: Seven-branched menorah Out afhatred to Herod itwas that he treated to the royal palace. while Rev: Showbread table assisted Ani/ganus, the son of Antigonus and his forces occupied the Temple Mount. Herod escaped Jerusalem not receive any substantial support from Amtobu/us. (Josephus, Wars, I,XlI:2) and eventually made his way to Rome, Ven tidius, Mark Antony's legate and where he was officia!ly designated King By 40 S.C.E. Judaea was al most com eventual victor in the Parthian War. Herod of Judaea in 40 B.C.E. pletely dominated by Rome. Aotipaterthe battled Antigonus's forces for two more In his book Judaea Weeping , George Idumaean had been the power behind years until, after a seige of several months, Brauer relates this tale of Antigonus and Hyrcanus II for some time, and his sons Herod, with the Roman forces of C. his uncle Hyrcanus U: "Hyrcanus was not Phacsal and Herod were the governors of Sossius, took Jerusalem and captured and dangerous enough (0 kill, but Antigonus Jerusalem and Galilee, respectively. killed Antigonus. wanted his uncle's hi gh-priestl y office as Herod, all the white, had been gaining The coins of Antigonus are of poor well as the throne, It was said that when considerable power through political alli quality and most of them are struck on Hyrcanus was brought before him as a ances, especially with Rome. double-thick flans. These flans were cre suppliant, Antigonus gnawed off the old In the year 40, Mattathias An tigonus, ated when the molten metal was poured man's ears. A high priest had to be wit h youngest son of Aristobulus II and four into a double mold. (Just such a double out bodily blemish. Hyrcillllls would never generations removed from Judah mold, with openings the diameter of the be high priest again." Maccabee, bribed the Parthians (Rome's second-denomination coin of Mattathias, Other historians note, however, that greatest foe in the area) under Orooes II were found in excavations near Jerusalem's while this makes a nice story it is prob to invade Jerusalem and help him win the Jaffa GaLC, suggesting this was the location ably not true, and the chances are better that crown and position of high priest, still held ofAntigonu s' s mint Photographs of this can Hyrcanus was mutilated by the Parthians. by his uncle Hyrcanus II. (It is said that be seen on the last page of plates in Volume I When Herod returned to Judaea to re the bribe to Orodes included some 500 of Ancient Jewish Coinage.) sume hosti lities against Antigonus, he did Jewish women.) Coins struck in this appear to be two coins stuck together. Sometimes the two secti ons of the mold did not fit properly and stepped flans were produced. Antigonus struck all three denomina Guide to BIBLICAL COINS tions of his coins on these double-thick molds. However, rare coins bearing his name were also struck on nonnal tlans EDITION one type being the extremely rare Menordh coin and the other being a basic imitati on by David Hendin of the coins of his predecessors. Antigonus probably added the two larger denonuna lions to compete with his rival, King COMPLETELY REVISED EDITION OF THE ONLY BOOK Herod, who also struck larger coins. ABOUT BIBLICAL COINS RATED " ••••" BY THE CELATOR In 37 B.c.E. Herod and his Roman allies be sieged Jerusalem and ended five genemtions The new edition lists more than 525 different coins of rule by the Ha.~moneans. with more than 900 photographs; hundreds of line The coills of Mattathias Antigonus are also struck from a far less pure alloy drawings and A NEW NUMBERING SYSTEM than the earlier Hasmonean coins-68 percent copper as opposed to 82 percent 356 pages; 32 pages high quality plates; sturdy hardcover; dust jacket copper. One can assume that this was due to the dire circumstances of the ORDER FROM YOUR FA VORlTE COIN DEALER reign oflhe last of the Hasmonean kings. OR GET AN AUTOGRAPHED COpy As a matter offacl , Antigonus ruled for three years that overlapped the fLrst three DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER. $60 postpaid years of the rule of Herod, who also claimed to begin rule in the year 40 "We wrote the book on Biblical coins!" B.C.E. 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'l. ! . ~ ,"f": fax: (417) 679-2524 Tel: 5171394·4443: Fax: 5171394·0579 , ...:... . - .,.' email: [email protected] c-mail: [email protected] • November 1998 43 Long Before ColUJTJ~U S An unlisted 'Wonder of the World~~ time exploring the s ite as a youth, in place long before they first landed in by Joe Rose claimed their Druid o rigin in a report to Britain and, in fact, there exist vinuall y !(jng Charles II in 1663, But Inigo Jones, no writings o f theirs that even refer to the celebrate d arc hitect, strongly Stonehenge. As mentioned above, the It seems strange that with all the disagreed, stating thai the Druids were erection of such a place wa.~ far beyond anenlion directed to the world's seven not builde rs and to tall y lacked the technical skills of the native Britons wonders throughout the ages, the most knowledge to have been the builders. if nOi their imaginations. We don' t even cryptic and amazing o r them all has been J ones equally d is m isse d the earl y know when men, other than the builders, total ly ignored. I refer to that wange and Br ito ns, s tating that t hey were a firs t took notice of Stonehenge. Gildas the lone ly place~Stonehenge . It was built barbarous people, " knowing no use at Wise (whom some doubt even existed) in so long ago that its very existence had all of garme nts and destitute of the the sixth century, Aneurin the Welsh bard virtuall y been forgotten by the ancients. knowledge to e rect s uch stately in th e seventh century and Nennius (whose Perhaps this is the reason it is not struclUres". Li kewise, he branded as existence is also questionable) in the ninth mentioned among the other marvels. But fa lse the story that the stones had been century are all cited as the fi rst chronicler. inarguably, more questions remain transported from Ire land by Merlin the Wace, an Anglo-Norman, wrote of the unanswered about Stonehenge than Magic ian. This fascinati ng myth had "hanging Stones" in the twelfth centu ry about all the other seven wonders existed in English folklore forcentur i ~<; and Henry of Huntington claimed it was co mbined (including the never-was before being set in writ ing by the then so named because the stones .< seemed to Rhodian Colossus!) c e lebrated historia n G eoffrey of hang in the air." Others said it was so What do we know about this huge Monmouth in the twelfth century-and named because it was intended to be a nOIHando miy placed pile of siones? For was the basis for that long-held belief. place of execution for criminals. one thing we know it was NOT built by So then, who DID build Stonehenge, Scienti sts have established that the ice the Druids, as popular fancy would have and for what purpose? The "why" is no from the last Icc Age began to melt some it. John Aubrey, En g land' s first longer a mystery but the "who" remains 18,000 years age, wiping OUI the land archeologist, who was bo rn near shrouded in conjecture, We k now it bridge that linked Russia to Alaska and Stonehenge about 1625, and spent much wasn't the Romans, as the stones were effectively halting the migration of both men and animals from west to east-a migration that had continued unahated for millennia. Mixed with peoples who had migrated northward from Europe, this conglomerate fonned the basis for those YLrte Primiti'lJo earl y ancestors of today's European population. 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AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC AUCTION o ' "• ~- ~ .S OF ANCIENT AND FOREIGN COINS 'j. ,. .., '"6!i#", .io4Utl1."'+~ Sweden, Karl XI, 1677 - on the victory over Denmark: estimate DM 2.500 AUCTION NO. 202 • 25-27 November 1998 Catalogued and sold by Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Pmmoo,dopl", 10. D·80333 Muooh,", O"m,ny Tel : +4989292150, Fax: +49892283675, E-mail: coinhirsch @compuserve.com November 1998 45 TRIVIA QUIZ LETTERS Cont. from page 4 ".~c··"'The Pelta was a short shield in the shape of ~~,,'/ a half moon. Which ancient warriors used to Constantine's son, gave more detail. this type of armament? [Ferguson mistakenly writes that Lactantius makes no mention of the (Answer on page 52) sign.) Within four years of the event, he wrote that Constantine had seen a dream "on the eve of battle," and that it r------, ordered him to inscribe the "heavenly sign of God" on his soldier's shields. Ferguson relies on Eusebius (the de scription of the symbol is crucial for Ferguson's argument) but rejects the ex planation of the event for chronological reasons that are simply mistaken. For his part, Ferguson introduces no evi dence in support of his Mithraic "cosmic map", except for an attempted "link" with the camp gate folies. But these coins depict neither his circle nor his cosmic pole, and the portrayed figure could Piau till a was the daughter of Plautianus, an extremely rich senator who stand for the emperor or his "genius." posted a queens dowry lO have her married to Caracalla- the son of Neither does Ferguson give us any an Septimius Severus and heir to the throne. The wedding look place in cient authority claiming that the famous Chi-Rho was other than it seemed. AD 202 and is commemorated on the coin illustrated here, which de There are voices from this period. other picts Caracalla and Plamilla clasping hands in the traditional Roman than Christian, which we can study. For ceremony. She was apparently too imperious even for the crass Caracalla, example, the pagan sophist Eunapius who in 205 had her and their young daughter banished to Lipara. In was highly critical of Constantine and the 212, when he was acclaimed emperor, Caracalla had his wife and young religion he adopted. He had his own version of the vision at Milvian (found in daughter executed. (eNG photo) Zosimus, Historia nova. Book 2, 16, 2, and take here out of From Constantine ~------~ to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views VISIT THE CEI.ATOR p. 15, Lieu and Montserrat): The event revealed the truth: in fact ANCIENT COIN RESOURCE CENTER at when Maxentius brought his army out before the city of Rome and crossed the www.celator.com bridge which he himSelf had built, a num berless crowd of screech owls landed on for information that is useful to the collector the wal! and covered it; when Constantine saw this he instructed his forces to form battle lines; when the armies were in position face to face, flank against flank, Constantine sent his cav alry forward which advanced and de Parnell Nelson IS feated the enemy horsemen. If it were commonly known that the Chi recuperating nicely and Rho carried an alternate, pagan meaning taking it VERY easy for (and this would have necessarily been if we believe Ferguson's assertion that "the the moment. He has Christogram was being fought over by a number of competing agendas"), then why indicated that he will be would Eunapius not have used this? hack to producing his Constantine's re lative and successor, Julian the Apostate hated the "Galileans" sprightly cartoons for the and left extant a lot of libelous attacks on December issue. We look them ; why would he not mention this "se cret" meaning, especially since he may forward to his return next have been a Mithraist himself? month. 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Our Specialty /""'Mli",,,,/ "" "",ari"" of I''')f''s~"",/ ,""mi""""", m,miN', [<"""'" lJ y,, GREEK - ROMAN • BYZANTINE All of our aucti9n ClItaJogues. prices mllitW BRJT ISH . EUROPEAN - ISLAMIC IIll!UU!IOmi!!e ~ lI {t ion jnfonna!iQIl CHINESE- PARTHIAN - SASSAN IAN naiJable for Cree Qn· ' irn:! JUDAEAN - INDIAN & MUCH MORE (AS W!(U..AS HIE MODERN WORLD) Malter & Co. Inc. 17005 Ventura Bh-d ., Encino, CA 91 316 For Serious Col/eclors · Occasional Lists YOUR COIN SHOP Ph. (8IS) 784·7772 WILLIAM B. WARDEN, JR. ON THE INTERNET ~ F" (818)784-4726 TOI.L FREE (S88) 784·2131 P.O. BOX 356 http://www.cadvision.comicalcoins November 1998 49 Professional Directory ( , Coins ) ( Coins ) ( Coins ) FRANK PRICE LIST OF ANCIENT COINS Maine Classical STERNBERG AG IV~ offer frequent Ancien! 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BOX 7386 Ann Arbor, MI 48113 PO Box 15134, Portland, OR 97293 SANTA ROSA, CA. 95407 U.sA Phone: (313) 995·5743 (503) 234-1262 rax: 233-5664 phone: 707·539·2120 Fax: (313) 995-3410 fax: 707-539-3348 November 1998 51 Professional Directory Dr. Ralph DeMarco Medusa GaHeries L & L Scholing Interesting Ancient Coins • Ancient Coins of High Quality conservatively graded & fairly priced "Not your average hoard material" • Also Foreign Coins, Tokens, Paper Money P.O. Box 705 GREEK to MEDIEVAL • Want lists gladly accepted Murray Hill, NJ 07974 • • Send for illustrated price list to: Coins & Antiquities (908) 464-7252 [email protected] From 700 B.c. to A.D. 1600 Fine Antique Maps & Decorative Art 25 Years in Business I A name you can trust I Write or Call for a Free Catalogue Fred B. Shore 368 Shebrooke West P.O. Box 947 Safety Harbor, FL 34695-0947 Montreal, Quebec Tel: 514-842-4411 Classical Numismatics Tel/Fax (813) 797-9100 Canada H3A - IB2 Fax; 514-842-4499 Ancient Greek, Roman and Parthian coins of the highest quality bought and sold Glenn Schinke C./. Martin (Coins) Ltd PO Box 398 Numismatist of London, England Schwenksville, PA 19473 OUR CATALOGUES II-:CLUOE ANCIENT (610) 287-4820 fax (610) 287-4821 Maintaining a vigorous GREEK BRONZF~ GREEK SII.VER. show and convention schedule ROMAN SILVER & BRONZE, BYZANTINE, Look for us in your CELTIC. ANGLO SAXON. NORMAN, show directory! HAMMERED MEDIEVAL. ANCIENT ARTIFACTS. HOARDS &- SPECIAL OffTRS P.O. Box 3371, Rosemead, CA 91770 (8UI) 446-6775' fax (818) 446-8536 85, The Vale, . South ate, \ London ;!f14 6AT, ~. England Twente ®E.,,,h/is}.. ,,/ 20 Y<:4rS Tel: (1) 81 882 1509 Ancient Fax: (1) 81 886 5235 Coins Shows & Want Lists (no caralogues or lists published) John & Janet Twente MU, 105 Lefevre Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 (573)·445-3389 ancient & rare coins p.4I, hm; 3X7. r~c. n.~. 1U5XO BILL MCDANIELS ,('n jn~ dl';Ilt'r,. rnlkl'lul"', inl ('st"rs Ancient and CELTIC, ROMAN 'H' Iit-l-d (" h"., Medieval Coins (;rl'l'k • Ihz.lIlltinl' (Greek, Roman, Indian, and HAMMERED COINS Romall • Judal'an Is/amic, Chinese, bought & sold- illustrated list upon request P.O. Box 2874, Colchester, Essex, \\ant li'hlKti,d) wnin·d.l-l·da) n'(urn Early European, Etc.) England C04 5UR prhil,·gl'. \11 louin, guaranl"Nt gl'l1l1 irll' Tel/Fax 44-1-206-752110 "ilh,,,,( tilll<' lil1lil. P.O. Box 2273 email: [email protected] phone: 191-1) 9."\9-205X Albany, NY 12220 website: http://w'WW.vospcr4coins.co.uk II1.'ml)('r: ana 1m I-IS(" a'''. ("',. ni,,,, 52 The Celator Professional Directory ; ~ ---~ (': COinS ) ( ,!\¥. '1 Coins ) c KIRK DAVIS PRAETORIAN SPAI{fAN Classical Numismatics NUMISMATICS Greek· Roman· Celtic Greek, Roman Republic NUfo1'Sfo1ATfQS Numismatic Literature and Imperial, Byzantine PO Box 19 Illustrated Catalogues i%ued quancrly Top dollar paid for single coins Excellent prices on guarameed Furlong, PA 18925 or en ti re collections authentic ancient coins arul GnliquitieJ. (215) 343·9606 Please call or write and express your interest Conservative Grading, Many scarcer Post Office Box 324 items, Satisfaction Guaranteed. Free Illustrated Catalog Claremont, CA 91711 USA Matthew D. Geary has been a respected coin dealer for 20 y..alS. He will b6 happy to offer Attractive, Low Priced (909) 625-5426 help and guidance /0 beginning collectors. Send for free momhly catalog. Ancients E·Mail address: Medieval Rob Golan [email protected] Antiquities Greek and Roman Coins Or write to: Frequent illustrated lists of handpicked P.O. Box 35, Philadelphia. PA 19105 "No One Sells Better for Less" nw.lerial. Orders shippt.Yi promptly. Post Office Box 193 Hillsborough, NC 27278 ILLUSTRATED SUPERB (919) 644-6069 ANCIENT COINS [email protected] PRlCELISTS Working hard for your repeat business since 1992. Greek , - , : " , ': Roman ' '' ---" " :~. [ ., ' . Byzantine d Christian Biom Request yours today! DAVID L. VAGI Wayne C. Phillips 212-564-6360 Greek, Roman and a-A Village loop World Coins Suite 125 DELPHI write for free sample list Phillips Ranch, CA 91766 INTERN ATIONAL P.O. Box 7618 (909) 629·0757 ANCIENT ART Arlington, VA 22207 Fax: (909) 620·8857 703-525-3910 Box 20155 . Greeley Square Station Serving the collector since 1959 New York. NY . 10001·0155 noon to midnight 9.f&.M Buy or Bid Sales of PHOTOGRAPH COINS Quality Ancient Coins INSTANTLY IN COLOR or 'J{umismatics, Ltd. BLACK & WHITE Dr. Keith Candiotti • Sharp images on standard P.O. Box 416673 3·1/2" by 4-1 /4" Polaroid printS ANA Miami Beach. FL 33141-8673 • No focusing, preset lighting, Member Tel: (305) 868-8099 Fax: 868-8079 v!::rl' ta.~)' If.! QIl~[i!I~ OR • Two adjustable si/es: Actual si ze or 150% enlargement for William B. Warden very fine detail ~~@~ P.O. Box 356, New Hope, PA 18938 • Photograph both sjde~ of a Fixed Price Lists Tel/Fax: (215) 297-5052 coin on [he same Ilrint, Public Sales· Appraisals white or black backgrounds =""~ Buying and Selling m rnE ~ Contact Lucien Birkler E·m~jl, Call or Wril~ for Our r-+-':: W 1100 17th Street NW, Suite 900 Detailed Fret' Brochure ~ 22400 Sk}'line Blvd., 1126 0 Washington, D,C, 20036 HIPPOCAMPOS, Inc. La Honda, CA 94020 '-t TeL 202·833·3770 ' Fax 202-429-5275 l'hone (650) 948-6424' E.mail: [email protected] November 1998 53 INDEX OF DISPLAY ADVERTISERS Professional Directory Album, Stephen Amazon Traoo r 48 Amphora ,." ... " ." .. . " ." ... " ...... " .. .. " ...... " ." ... " ., 40. 51 Ancien! & Ratti Coins ______,.... " .. . "_, .... 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" ." ." ."" .. .. " ... " ." ... " .,,"" 35. 53 Room rcsenations: 617_482_1800 Delphi Int 54 The Gelator Paid Ad vertisement ~e Dear Celator Reader: some owners of shares who do not reside within the US, but this requires just a bit of paperwork. Cu r First, I want both to comment on, and recommend rently the Corp. owns the NY Int. , and the SF Inl. to all who collect Greek. the Numimati ca Ars What is planned for the future is un known as the Classica Sale #13 which was he ld in Zurich on Oct. Board recently decided to change the man agement ~ 8th. If yo u coll ect or are interested in Greek coin team who has in the past put on the sh ow. This could age, you simply must obtain this catalogu e-a mag result in expansion, as the whole purpose of the nificent collection. on a par with the Hunt, Garrett, Corp. is to put on quality shows, which consistently "Property of A Lady ~ , and similarl y important sales make money lor the owners 01 the shares, and the which have been held over the past several decades. new management team has a solid history of put This collector put together a co llection over 40 years ting on major coin sh ows across the US. It also gives wh ich I do not believe cou ld possibly be assembled shareholders first rights in terms of table selection today. All the rariti es are present, and the descrip for new shows and guaranteed tables at any new tions, done in English, are scholarly and complete. ve nues. For newer dealers who may have to wait We are not able to supply those interested, but cer years to be able to get into the Dec. NYC show, tainly you can contact the firm th rough their monthly purchase of one of these shares certainly could be ad in Th e Celator. It is worth the cost of catalogue a viable idea. Whi le it does not guarantee yo u a and Shipping to add this to your library. table at the next show, it does put you to the head of My comments last month on the state of the stock the waiting li st. market have not changed at all. In Ihe pasl we ek As you can see by the schedul e of upcoming the market sli d yet lower. What has materialized are shows, we will be bu sy on th e East Coast during collector/investors who have not been all that ac November. If you can make either show in Boston tive recently as they have been immersed in port fo or Baltimore, we urge you to come see us, as we lios which used to be worth much more Ihan they will have massive quantities of US & foreign coins are currently worth . I have made suggestion s to and paper money, as well as a lot of new ancient those who are sin cerely intere sted, and suspect that material. Please remember that we constantl y need some of my sug gestions wi ll be looked at very seri to buy, so if you have coins, stamps, paper money, ously. For those of you out there who are interested autograph material, early Americana, etc. please dig in long term capital growth and who are perhaps a the sluff out and bring it to the show, as we would bit more disillusioned about the stock market then be happy to make you an offer. you were last month, , certainly would be happy to talk to you about what numismatic purchases I wo ul d Upcoming Show Schedule: re com mend. By the way, oh ye skeptical souls, some Washington/Baltimore Coin Show, Now. 13· of whom reside in foreign, cheese-producin g la nd s, 15th, Baltimore Conv. Center, Hall "B" . Show this is not some complicated Byzanline ploy of th e hours are 10-7 on Fri. & Sal.& 10-4 on Sun. We will machevelian Dr. Arna lda, to dispose of old, un be there on Sunday. See us at corner table #463. wanted stock, as the matters which we discuss usu Bay State Coin Show, Boston, Nov. 20-22, ally do not even involve coins which I currently have Radisson Hotel, Park Square. Show hours are in inventory. All discussions are of course st rictly 10:30-7 Fri.& Sat. & 10-4 on Sun . Look for us in our confidential! ! usual "super b ooth~ at the la rgest show in the Bos You may have noti ced, or if yo u did not, now go ton area. look, as the ad space that is usually devoted to my Gallery has temporarily been replaced by an off er to tender four of the shares of the NY International Group which l awn . I have deci ded that as part of Rare Coins & Classical Arts Ltd. my own long term investment plans to become as "Specialists in Museum Quality Coins" li qu id as possible and put myse lf in a heavy cash Member: ANA, ANS . SAN , AINA, INS , Ex position, thus the tender offer. Although the shares Fellow RNS cannot technically be held by a foreign national, they P.O. Box 374 " At the Gallery" can be sold to someone overseas if they are put in South Orange, NJ 07079 111 South Orange Ave. a Mblind voting trust" to comply with NJ laws on se Phone : (973) 761 .()634 South Orange, NJ 07079 curities, as the Corp. is registered in NJ . We do have Fax: (973) 761-8406 Phone: (973) 762-1 588 November 1998 55 Celator Classifieds Rates: $5.00 for the first 20 words, 20¢ each additional word. SILVER COINS of Bengal Sultan, GREEK, ROMAN,:MEDIEVAL coins. WANTED Dehli Sultan, Mughal, Tripura, Monthly catalogs with very reasonable Cochbehar, error coins of Bangladesh, prices and discounts issued for 30 years. Byzantine follis of Justin II, Buy and Sell. Muzammel-Haq, 75-06, Francis J. Rath, Box 266, Youngstown, NY Carthage mint, Sear #394, 164 sIr., Flushing, NY 11366, U.S.A. 14174. Fax (718) 59 1·4176. any grade. AG ING BUT AMIABLE COLLEC· Call 717-764-2192 STD...L LOOKING for a special book on TOR invites you tocheck out his website: ancientorforeignooins? Westockover 1,(0) httpllwww.deepfield.comlanOOlArtNoot. or email Wayne Munscher at: different titles. Please write: A.G. van 56 The Gelator Irrrll^f oorn @uurrieg ir pleased ro onnounce irs regutar FALL MAIL BID SALE ANCIENT AND MODERN COINS OF THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES Closing Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1998 Over 500 Iatt of Greek, Roman and Byantine Coins FEATURING: . Ancient Gold Coins . Ancient Greek Silver and Bronze Coins . Ancient Judaean and City Coins . Roman Imperial Silver and Bronze Coins . Interesting Roman Multiple Coin Lols Ancient coinsJor every iierest and pocketbook Profusely Illustrated Catalogues Available Now! The Price of $10.00 Includes the Prices Realized PUBLIC AUCTION Ancient , Medieval and Modern Foreig[ Coiru December 1 & 2 Park Central llotel 56th Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC Coin Galleries has beeo conducling Mail Bid Aucrions featuring Ancie.t coins lbr over 4l years. Our sales are qua.lerly, in the Spring. Sumoer, FaU and Wi.ter, with th. neatone scheduled for February, 1999. Tbose wishingroconsignmaterial should con- tacl us as soon as possible. Coins for in.lusion in ou. February sale shoDld be in our hards no lare. 1han November t5, 1998. j"*r'-l,r.oiffi;tt;t#'j $aolr lc,otn Gatteri rn i The Ancient and Foreign Department ofStack's I New York, NY 10019 123 west 57th NewYork,NY 10019 ro,1ee3 Mairlid sare Street I :*i:L.]":.Ji*,i:l:f*ruNovcmber I Telephone: (212) 582-5955 FAX: (212) 245-5018 I I (2t2) 582-2580 (212) 582-1946 I Name- I sr.eet Visit us on the World wide Web I h1lpy'/www-slicks.com 11,-...-*-.--3--.! boc , 5R 2229.YF within circular legend. FIYF 40 F+, exc. holed ...... IS A'tan",Europa/8ull galloping...... 50 ...... 50 B~1C 337. F/f+ ...... 25 END OF SALE