The next meeting of the Ancient Coin Club of Los Angeles will take place Sunday July 14, 2019 at the Skirball Cultural Center starting at 1:00 PM. The meeting will feature a not-to-be-missed presentation by Randy Butler entitled Who Is On That Coin?
Skirball Cultural Center is located by the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass at 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049 (Click on the link to get directions and maps). Exit the 405 at Skirball Center Drive, turn right onto Sepulveda Boulevard and head north a few hundred meters. Park in the east parking lot (across the street from the main entrance) or in the north parking lot. Parking is free. Classroom 160 where we meet is close to the main entrance.
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LAST MEETING
President Joseph Geisinger brought the June 9 meeting to order at 1:18. He welcomed everyone to our inaugural meeting at the Skirball Cultural Center and called for reports. Secretary Michael Connor reported that the Club Facebook page now has 1,615 followers and the ACCLA website is receiving 200-300 visitors each day. He has set up an ACCLA Paypal account to add donation buttons to the website. Vice-President Roger Burry reviewed upcoming meeting programs. Randy Butler will talk on Who is on that Coin? at the July 14 meeting, Lori Hambly will talk on Maximinus at the August 11, 2019 meeting, and David Michaels will talk on Travelling Hadrian's Wall at the September 8, 2019 meeting.
Many members had attended the Long Beach Expo and visited the magnificent Tyrants of the Tiber exhibit. Mike Cozzolino mentioned that copies of the Tyrant catalogs can be read on line. View them at: http://thetyrantcollection.com/shop/.
President Geisinger presented a well-earned Certificate of Appreciation to Roy Iwata in acknowledgment of his having manned the Club table at the Long Beach Expo for yet another 3 day stint. The Club picked up 2 new members. Thank you so much, Roy!
The feature presentation was a group seminar on The Value of Provenance anchored by Roger Burry and Ken Friedman, with Joe Tooma putting in a cameo appearance as ACCLA’s auctioneer as we tried to assign dollar amounts to provenance. It was another excellent and well received program with lots of audience participation and contributions from members. Thank you Ken, Roger, and Joe!
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NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT
- A fun fact from your President - July is named for Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar. AR Denarius (19.5 mm, 4.11 g, 6 h). Minted March-April 44 BCE at Rome, M. Mettius, moneyer. Caesar's wreathed head right, CAESAR IMPER / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in right hand and scepter in left, resting her left elbow on shield set on a celestial globe, B in left field, M • METTIVS. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, 20-21 (A3/R14); CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35. (Courtesy of CNG)
- The Roman Dictator Julius Caesar (ruled 49-44 BCE), with the expertise of astronomer and mathematician Sosigenes of Alexandria, instituted major reforms to improve the Roman calendar. Following his assassination in 44 BCE, the Senate renamed Quintilius, the fifth month of the original Roman year and the birth month of Julius Caesar, to "Iulius" in his honor.
Joseph Geisinger
President, ACCLA
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RECENT ACQUISITIONS
A Classic Daric
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John Borneman recently acquired this lovely gold daric (8.40 g, 16 mm, 11 o'clock). Minted at Sardis in the Achaemenid Empire under Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II (420-375 BCE), the obverse features the King in kneeling-running stance right, holding a spear and a bow. The reverse is an incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26.
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Joe Tooma recently won this lovely bronze as of Vespasian (ruled 69-79 CE) with an architectural reverse. Minted in Rome in 71 CE, the obverse of this Æ as (25 mm, 10.80 g, 6 h) features the laureate head of Vespasian right, IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III. The reverse features an altar, S C across field, PROVIDEN in exergue. RIC 317. (Image courtesy of Triskeles Auctions)
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Your Secretary just won this sharp and attractive small bronze of Phraates II. Minted in Ecbatana between 138 to 127 BCE, the obverse of the Æ chalkous (14 mm, 2.16 g, 11 h) features the diademed head of Phraates II left. The reverse features an elephant walking right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ before, ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ behind. Sellwood 16.29; Shore 56. (Image courtesy of Leu Numismatik)
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NUMISMATIC NEWS & RESOURCES
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COMING EVENTS
Van Nuys / Verdugo Coin Show. August 18, 2019. Van Nuys Masonic Hall, 14750 Sherman Way, Van Nuys.
NASC Golden State Coin Show. August 23-25, 2019. Arcadia Masonic Center.
Long Beach Coin Expo. September 5-7, 2019.
Glendale Coin Club Coin Show. October 27, 2019. Van Nuys Masonic Hall.
San Francisco Historical Bourse. December 6-7, 2019.
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