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IN THE CELATOR· John Eshbach. a good fri end and Half-Figure of Ih e King­ one of my loca l Ullraveling Ihe Mysleries of numi smati c mell­ the Earliest Siglai of Darius J tors, died on December 4th. As he was 90-years-old, and suffering from con­ by William E. Daehn gestive heart failure, his death was not John's own vol utlleer work for the Demeter's Torch & Tile a surprise, but nevertheless, he wil l be ANA was recognized when he was Mysteries of Elet/sis greatl y missed. Joh n was a ti reless awarded the ANA's highest honor, the leader and volunteer on the local. state. Farran Zerbe Award, at the 2009 ANA by George L Beke and national levels for our hobby. He World's Fair of Money in Los Angeles. was one a flhose people that you could John was a quiet, dignified man. and a AND COMING SOON always count on for help, and solid, man of few words, and [ remember leas­ Fromlile Shekel Halrodesh well-thought OUI advice. ing him if he had written an acceptance I first met John not long after mov­ speech for th e Zerbe Award. He had not. 10 Ihe Shekel of Israel ing to Lancaster in the fall of 1987. I and was nOllhrilled about the idea of mak­ by Gary M. Fine attended the Pennsylvania Associati on ing any sort of speech, but he still man­ of Numismatists (PA N) convention, aged to give some very heartfelt remarks A "New" Bronze of which was held in at the banquet. Antigonos Gonatas Lancaster Ihat In 2008. the Red year, and John by Walter C. Holt M,A. "!leamed the value of a Rose Coi n Club cel­ prompt ly i ntro­ ebrated its 50,h ann i­ Numismatic Evidence of duced himsclf to local COil1 club, and being versary. The club me , and also told a local volunteer, from the has a tradition of is­ Bishops' Symbols me that I needed to example set by lohll Esh­ s uing an updated by Gary Waddingham join PAN and the bach. Johll was ah'o an ac­ printed history every How to Read the local coin club, the tive member of the Ameri­ 10 years, and we had Red Rose Coin been saving money Legends on Coins of the can Numismatic Associa­ Club. I remember the pre vious ten Western Kslwtrnpas: telling him that I tion (ANA ), and even ye:.rs to pay for the was too busy to though I wos already active 50-year history. The A Beginner's Guide j oin a local club, ill the ANA, John was 01- only problem was by Pankaj Tandon but he insisted, and ways encouraging me to that we couldn't find s igned me up. A Unique Ci~ ;f Seal 'ramp liP' my volunteer anyone to write it. Eventually, proba­ As [ was president afColonia Ptolemais workJor the ANA." bly about a year of the club in 2008, by Adolfo Eidelstein laler, [ finally at­ I repeatedly asked for a volunteer to no tended a Red Rose Coin Club meet­ avail. Finally, John came to me, and said Astrngaloi 011 Al1cieilt ing, and was duly impressed. he would write the hi story. Not only did Coins: Game Pieces or The Red Rose Coin Club (R RCC) he write it, but he also designed and is one of the most successful local typeset it using his computer. Age1lts of Prophecy? coins clubs in the country. due to the John spent the last few years work­ by Bekirom Tahberer hard work of such longtime members ing on this project. At our club's most as John Eshbach. RRCC meets twice recent annual banquet. held on Novem­ Til e Ancienl Cily of Pili lippi, It month, and has over 250 members. ber 17 <1>. John was in attendance wilh his and the 'Eid Mar ' Coinage The cl ub also sponsors two coin shows granddaughter, Jessica Miller. She qui­ by Marvin Tameanko a year. I learned the va lue of a local etly mentioned to a couple of our mem­ coin club, and being a local voluntee r, bers (Sam Nolt an d John Long) thai Pythagoras and the Inwse from the example set by John Eshbach. John's prognosis WllS not good, and if Coins of Magna Graecia John was also an active member of the there was any way they could finish up by John Francisco American Numismatic Assoc iation the booklet in the next two weeks, it (ANA), and even though I was already would be greatl y appreciated. John Long acti ve in the ANA, John was always wenilO the printer. explained the situa­ John Eshbach the following week. encouraging me to "ramp up" my vol­ tion, and the printer produced three unteer work fo r the ANA. copies. one of which was presented to continued 011 page 40.... 'lhe {!.elatM is "a»ted fM a"d dedicated to the coih die-eh,.aoe.s of ahtiquit¥ Nhose a.t .e»tai"s as pONC7ful ahd appeali", todall as i1l thei. OMI ti»te. 2 The Gelator Consign Your Ancient Coins to Stack's Bowers and Ponterio's Official Auction of the ANA WORLD'S FAIR OF MONEY Au gust 1-11 , 2012' Phil adelphia, Pennsylvania' Consign by May 14, 2012 Stac k's Bowers and Ponteria's 20 11 auctions held in conj unction with majo r coin conventions have realized incredible prices fo r anc ient co ins. Below are just a few hig hlig hts from our Jan uary 2011 NY INC auction and our August 20 11 official auction of the ANA World's Fair of Money. Caunus Stater. Choice Extremely Fine. Bold Portraits of Julius Caesar Realized $16,520 in our & Mark Antony. NGC Cho ice XF. Exceptiona l Kroton Labo rs of Herakles Stater. January 2011 NYINC auction.