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JANUARY 2012
FELICEM ANNUM NOVUM HABEAMUS!
The next meeting will be held on January 8, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. It will be the
Annual General Meeting, Election and Installation of Officers, and Potluck Lunch
and will be held in the usual venue of the Community Room, Sherman Oaks
Galleria, 15301 Ventura Blvd.
LAST MEETING
The meeting started with reports by officers. Roger Burry discussed the idea
of video broadcasting of the meeting for those who cannot attend the meeting.
Mike Connor showed the website that included Coins of the Five Good Emperors
webpage. Bob Effler had prepared some images of coins that he had cleaned and
showed some before-and-after images of the coins.
PRESENTATION
Randy Butler provided a very interesting presentation: Roman Portrait Coins to 48 BCE.
He discussed coins with portraits of living Romans, deceased Romans, living
non-Romans, deceased non-Romans, and deceased Romans on both sides of the coin.
Some of the coins discussed included a coin of Cartago Nova during Roman
occupation with a portrait of Scipio Africanus and another coin of Carthage with
arguably a portrait of Hannibal. The impact of Scipio as a transformation figure
was discussed. Another coin was a Roman coin issued by L. Marcius Philippus with
the head of Philip of Macedon, which was first coin issued in Rome with a
portrait of a non-Roman. Another interesting coin was from Cn. Cornelius Blasio,
with a portrait that is arguably either Mars or Scipio—if it is Scipio, then
this coin would be the first coin minted in Rome with a portrait of a Roman.
Other coins included portraits of king Tatius the second king of Rome, head of
Quirinus, and bare head of Sulla.
Respectfully submitted,
David Stepsay, Secretary |
