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The next meeting will be held on Sunday July 11, 2010, at the Balboa Mission Town Hall, 16916 San Fernando Mission Road, Granada Hills at 1:00 P.M.  Be sure and use the back door. The presenter will be Randy Butler our resident expert on Ionia who will hold forth on "Caria and the Upper Maeander--Sites, Coins, and History".

LAST MEETING

BUSINESS

The meeting was called to order by President Mark Westerline at 1:35. Treasurer Barry Rightman reported on the condition of the treasury. Webmaster Mike Connor's gave a brief report.

PRESENTATION

Ken Baumheckel gave an excellent PowerPoint presentation on "Royal Judean Seals of the 8th and 7th Centuries" - official seals used either for stamping on documents or making impressions on pottery.  A jar handle fragment bearing a seal was passed around.

Respectfully submitted
David Stepsay, Secretary

Next meeting of the club will be held on Sunday June 13, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. and at the usual venue of Balboa Mission Town Hall, 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills. The presenter will be Ken Baumheckel who will hold forth on Royal Seals of Judea.

LAST MEETING

BUSINESS

The meeting was called to order by President Mark Westerline at 1:33 PM. Barry Rightman gave the Treasurer's report. He passed on Ralph and Sally Marx's regards to the club. Mike Connor, Webmaster, is working on the "Five Good Emperors" project so please send him pictures. There have been 195 visitors per day this year. Ken Baumheckel gave a report on the recent OCACC meeting. Thereupon we had a discussion of recent auctions. Roger Burry said a couple of ACCLA related items may show up in the June issue of the Celator.

PRESENTATION

Roger Burry hosted two coin quizzes both using coin images in a Powerpoint presentation.  Game I consisted of comparing two coins of the same issue and identifying which was the better in quality. For game II, the meeting attendees were split up into 3 teams that competed with each other to answer questions that had been et by Club members.  A lot of excitement was created by all this competition and a good time was had by all. The idea of the contest is to promote learning and there were very few failures to guess the right answer.

Respectfully submitted
David Stepsay, Secretary

The next meeting ot the club will be held on May 9, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. and at the usual venue of Balboa Mission Town Hall, 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills. The program will consist of a Coin Quiz, as hosted by Roger Burry.  It is always amazing to witness the erudition of the members of the club who divine the correct answers to this rigorous exercise.

LAST MEETING

BUSINESS

Meeting called to order by President Mark Westerline at 1:37 P.M. Treasurer Barry Rightman gave the Treasury report. Roger Burry, Celator liaison, said the June issue will feature Dr. Cleave's last presentation. The June presentation will be by Ken Baumheckel on Seals (official, not mammalian). In July, Randy Butler will hold forth on the latest of his Turkey series (Caria, Upper Meander Valley). Roger indicated that there are still openings for upcoming meetings. Joe Tooma reported he did the Sassanian presentation at OCACC. Mike Connor, Web-Master, reported that he has received some write-ups and photographs from members for the Five Good Emperors project. 

PRESENTATION

Mark Westerline gave a talk on Bactrian coins. He began with a map showing the Greco-Bactrian kingdom which consisted of today's Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. He reviewed Persian, Greek, Seleucid, Bactrian and Indo-Greek  control of the region. Mark did a really creditable job of presenting the coins of this complicated and semi-obscure era.

Respectfully submitted
David Stepsay, Secretary

The next meeting of the ACCLA will be held on Sunday April 11, 2010 at the usual venue of Balboa Mission Town Hall, 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd.,Granada Hills and the usual time of 1:00 P.M. Be sure and use the back door. The program will consist of a presentation by President Mark Westerline , "Introduction to Bactrian Coins".

LAST MEETING

BUSINESS

Meeting called to order by Barry Rightman, acting for Mark Westerline, at 1:25. He started with the Treasurer's report. Web-master Mike Connor reported that he had gone through the list of search terms used by visitors to the website. Because the most popular terms included Trajan, Hadrian, Sabina et al. he proposed that we embark on a new project featuring the Coins the Five Good Emperors.  He is soliciting high resolution photos (easier to cut down than enlarge) from members.  Roger Burry reported that Randy Butler's talk was outlined in the Celator.

PRESENTATION

Dr. Robert Cleave gave a presentation on "The Constitution of Ancient Rome From the Republic to the Monarchy". Period I: Kingdom 753-509 BC Period II: Republic 509-27 BC Period III: 44 BC-476 AD. Description of Constitution: unwritten, based on Mos Maiorum (custom of our ancestors). Three components: Senate, Consules, and Tribunes. Senate was the best of the three forms. Consisted of all present and past magistrates (around 450, ideally). Only advisory to the magistracy--offered advice on everything. Gradually assumed following functions. 1) Assigned duties of magistrates; 2) Proposed legislation to Assembly; 3) Fixed number of conscriptees to the Army; 4) Fiscal powers--taxes, coinage. 5) Foreign policy; ambassadors, etc; 6) Issued Senatus Consultum Ultimum (Martial Law); could outlaw opposition parties. Became most important power of the state (SPQR). Magistracy: had to run through the cursus honorum, to wit: 1) Tribune: 10 elected for one year by the plebes; absolute veto of everything. Served as Senators. 2) Quaestors (30). 3) Aediles: in charge of public bldgs, streets, and games. 4) Praetors: 6 in all served as judges and held military and political offices. 5) Consules: only 2 of them who were the supreme magistrates. Gave name to the year. Named Dictator who served for 6 months or til the end of the crisis. 6) Censores: Only 2 who every 5 years compiled list of citizens. Maintained public morality and named the Senators.

Assemblies: Comitia Centuriata--composed of 193 centuries, among whom equites and proletarii. There was a list of 8 classes from equites to proletarii. Comitia Tributa--composed of 35 tribes. Senate: all magistrates were Senators. Our Constitution was written by classicists, viz praesidens (president) and senatores (self explanatory).

There was much more.  Suffice it to say that Dr. Cleave cut through 700 or 800 years of history like a hot knife through butter. He reviewed the accomplishments of some of the outstanding characters of the Republic and Empire; and he mentioned the two main factions, the Populares and the Optimates, as well as the two Triumvirates and some of their conflicts resulting in Augustus being the first of the Emperors, having started out as Caesar's nephew Octavian, which effectively was where Dr. Cleave left off. As always his presentation was extremely professional and captivating to the audience.

Respectfully submitted
David Stepsay, Secretary

The next meeting of ACCLA will be held on Sunday March 14, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. at the usual venue of Balboa Mission Town Hall, 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills. Be sure to enter by the back door. The program will consist of a presentation by Dr. Robert Cleave on "The Constitution of Ancient Rome From the Republic to the Monarchy".

LAST MEETING

BUSINESS

Meeting called to order by President Mark Westerline at 1:35 P.M. Treasurer Barry Rightman gave the Treasury report. Roger Burry discussed up coming meeting programs including a possible seminar on the coins of Julius Caesar. Mike Connor reported that we continued to have over 200 visitors a day to the website. He will bring a list of search terms used by visitors to the site so members can think about useful additions.  The Long Beach Convention Center show was reviewed.  Mark Westerline proposed that we consider buying numismatic texts for the door prizes and a lively discussion ensued. Ken Friedman reported that in this month's Celator is an article on provenance.

PRESENTATION

The presentation by Barry Rightman was on the Roman Empresses: Period of the Second Triumvirate Through the Rule of Hadrian. The coin photos were as follows: Fulvia: first wife of Marc Antony. Fulvia was the driving force behind Antony's success. Octavia, Senior: second wife of Antony from Ephesus. Livia: third wife of Augustus. Julia: second wife of Tiberius and daughter of Augustus.  Agrippina, Senior: wife of Germanicus and daughter of Agrippa. Caesonia: third wife of Caligula. Messalina: third wife of Claudius. Promiscuous and ambitious. Agrippina, Junior: fourth wife of Claudius, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina, Sr., and mother of Nero, who ordered her death. Antonia: daughter of Mark Antony and mother of Claudius and Germanicus. Octavia, Junior: first wife of Nero, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. Poppeia: second wife of Nero. Statilia Messalina: third wife of Nero, who survived him. Domatilla, Senior: wife of Vespasian, mother of Titus and Domitian. Julia Titi: wife of Titus. Domitia: wife of Domitian exiled after his death. Plotina: wife of Trajan. Intelligent mentor of Hadrian. Marciana: sister of Trajan. Sabina: wife of Hadrian.

Respectfully submitted
David Stepsay, Secretary

The next meeting of the club will be held on Sunday February 14, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. at the usual venue of Balboa Mission Town Hall, 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills. The program will consist of a presentation by Barry Rightman entitled "Roman Empresses: Period of The Second Triumvirate Through The Rule of Hadrian".

BUSINESS

The meeting was called to order by President Mark Westerline at 1:40. Barry Rightman gave the Treasurer's report and announced that the rent and insurance have been paid. He also reported that on the History Channel there was a showing of man-made ducts below ancient sites. Ken Friedman read a letter of thanks from ACCG for our contribution. The lawsuit is still in progress. There ensued a discussion of the Ontario (California) and other shows. Roger Burry reported that there was a press release in the Celator regarding the LMU meeting. The Long Beach Convention will be in early February. We then had a Round Robin evaluation of the best and worst coins of 2010. Roger solicited questions for another coin quiz in the future.

The officers and members of the Board of Directors were duly installed.  

We then enjoyed the festivities of the day. Books were sold and a raffle held. A good time was had by all.

Respectfully submitted
David Stepsay, Secretary

FELICEM ANNUM NOVUM HABEAMUS!

The next meeting of the club will be held on Sunday January 10, 2010 at 1:00P.M. It will be the annual Installation-Cum-Banquet and as usual the venue will be the Balboa Mission Town Hall, 16916 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Granada Hills. No presentation or other program has been planned. Just bring your edible item and appetite for the comestibles. Be prepared for a feast ab ova ad mala.

BUSINESS

The December meeting was called to order at 1:27 by President Mark Westerline. Secretary David Stepsay passed around a blank copy of a Banquet Roster for people to sign up for their contribution to the Banquet. Treasurer Barry Rightman gave the Treasurer's report. Ken Baumheckel on behalf of the OCACC: Last program on Hannibal of Carthage. There is a coin convention at Ontario Convention Center starting Thursday through Saturday from 12:00. Roger Burry reported that there is nothing new to report on behalf of Celator. Mike Connor reported still 200-250 new visitors per day to the website. He reminded members to use the links to Amazon.com on the ACCLA website to raise money fro the club. 

The nominations and elections of ACCLA Officers and Board of Directors for 2010 were held.  Elected were:

Mark Westerline - President
Roger Burry - Vice President
Barry Rightman - Treasurer
David Stepsay - Secretary
Bob Effler - Board Member (Past President)
Randy Butler - Board Member
Michael Connor - Board Member
Ken Friedman - Board Member
Merrill Gibson - Board Member
Paul Ranc - Board Member

PRESENTATION

Randy Butler gave a Powerpoint presentation on the Severans. According to him, the Severans "don't get no respect". Once again, we were the beneficiaries of one of Randy's well-planned, erudite, and entertaining presentation.

Respectfully submitted
David Stepsay, Secretary

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