I was wondering if the board could help me. I saw a book at the ancient coin club here once that was published in the 50's I believe, in German, on reverses of Wolf and Twins 4th century issues. Anyone know the name of this book? I have been trying to remember it to try to obtain a copy, as it was fascinating. Chris
That's an incredibly vague description... Have you considered contacting (or joining) the ANS and consulting their library resources (DONUM), at least to obtain a proper title/author to go by if not a copy to borrow.
A reference, in German, on a very specific coin type issued in the late Roman Empire timeframe, issued in the late 50's, is incredibly vague? If I was any less vague I would have to state the title or author I would think. I am a member of ANS, ANA, ONS, etc. I just thought someone here might have this volume in their library or know the title or author's name. Sorry if you feel I didn't give enough details. Edit: The reason I was asking was that auction season was coming up and I was hoping to get the title and find one for sale. I am not a person who likes to borrow books, preferring to own them and study on my own time schedule.
No need to apologize nor to even justify the reason for needing the information, but, Yes, the information in the OP was and remains incredibly 'vague', owing to the highly probable point of vagueness as to why you received no other replies to your original inquiry after some five days time... With no known publication date, publisher, author, nor title, and armed with only the roughest idea as to the subject matter to go on, you would have had as much luck here finding a satisfactory answer as you might from a public library or regular book store had you presented the same limited information on any subject matter. As a member of the ANS I should imagine you would have initiated a search there, given their resources, prior to or since posting this inquiry. Good luck in your search, may it reveal for you that which is yet, vague, and in a timely manner for the seasonal bidding that's to come. :thumb:
Die Spätrömisch Kupferprägung, by Guido Bruck, if anyone else is looking for a book on late Romans, especially the Wolf and Twins series. In German and published in 1961, (I was a couple of years off). Just don't anyone else bid on a copy or I will hurt you. It would have been easier to find if I spoke German, but another source helped me locate the title.
Now I feel bad. I remember seeing Bruck when I was at a friend's house but the book I saw was on much more than wolf and twins types so I thought you were looking for something else more specific. Read your Private Messages.
It was my fault. I remembered the wolf and twins types but forgot that it also covers many LRBC types. Its coverage of these types is great, though, pulling together all of the types and have drawings of all of them side by side to easily show the differences. The reason I was looking for it was actually your posts Doug, on the falling horsemen types, and I thought I might get into them more because I really liked that post.
The FH 1-4 types are, at best, an rough guide. The number of tiny differences make it hard to classify all with certainty especially between 1 and 4. There are even a few where the victim seems to be hugging the horse with one hand (like a 4) and reaching back (3) halfheartedly with the other. I like books with drawings but they often translate poorly to real coins especially when you get into the lower grades and half of the FH that survive are pretty scrappy.
Doug - while we're on the topic, how do these variations with the falling horsemen match up with the dating and mints/officinae?
FH1 and FH2 are all early and tend to be Western. The late ones (small size) are FH3 and FH4 but these two designs come in early models, too. Mints used more than one at the same time as shown by my two larger Antioch examples. I don't know statistics off hand but recommend interested collectors to look over Dane's pages which show what is available: http://www.catbikes.ch/helvetica/feltemps.htm
