Diocletian quiz

We had talked about TIF style quizzes as a coming attraction (distraction?). Would there be any interest in this sort of thing based on my new coin today:



What else would change on this coin if the A in the reverse field were to change to a B?

1. The obverse would show Maximianus.
2. The exergue would read XXI.O.
3. The exergue would read XXI.BI.
4. Any of the above are possible with the B.

Too easy? Too hard? Too boring?

 

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You would have to know alot about the particular varieties of that kind of coinage. You have a target audience for this quiz. How many collectors collect these coins based on these minute variations? An interesting exercise. I would guess number 4.

 

XXI O and the officina letter would be on the right?

 

#2

 

i really have no idea..i won't cheat and look stuff up.

i'll be in my corner.

 

i would have to research this or its "eeny meeny miny moe"...

 

Someone suggested about four people care and might collect them and know the answer to Doug's question. I know and know of one other, for sure. So, including Doug, at least three care.

 

Since almost no one cares, it there really a use for a forum like this? This type has been shown several times but veery few people read and fewer remember what is posted except when it involves the coin they are collecting at the time. If we were all general collectors trying to learn more about all coins, it would be different but all we show here is there is a wide variety of coins and you can't buy them all.

The things come in a wide variety of letter positions in the fields and in exergue. Below is the gamma XXI BI that completes the short set but people more ridiculous than I might want to chase the minor variations.


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http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html

 

That's a huge leap. I just spent twenty minutes trying to answer your little quiz. I don't collect these, I have no idea what the control marks denote or what the Roman Numerals are meant to indicate. I can't read french but I was going to go with the answer #4 based on what I could find.

Now as far as the lack of interest, well, this is a pretty specific little detail you were expecting everyone to know..........because you know it. Presumptive, no?

What I would like to know, and what I think would make the quiz interesting would be knowing the significance of knowing these little details. Is one variation particularly important versus another. Do they mark some significant event or date? If so, let's hear about it.

Right now, all I know is that I think i know something, but I am not sure it is worth knowing. Is it?

 

Doug, I would enjoy your questions more if they were in a format that provided test-taking (in private) and feedback/answers, such as with the quiz I recently posted via the platform QuizRevolution.

When the questions are posed on your website without answers, or here without knowing when or if the answers will be revealed, it is difficult to maintain interest and requires bookmarking or otherwise remembering to look at it in the future.

Even if the material isn't of immediate interest, I'd still be inclined to attempt a quiz if the answers were provided after each question or at the end, preferably with my answers recorded. Even if I miss every answer, I would be likely to learn something, remember more of the "lesson", and perhaps become more interested in the material. I'm here to learn and to have fun-- preferably both at the same time .

Update on QuizRevolution's platform: at this time, it does allow for large images or customization of the layout. It is not suitable for questions which require large high resolution images. I'm still looking for a suitable free platform.

 

... And yet nobody acknowledges that I was right with my answer to the quiz.
Tsk tsk tsk...

 

My answer is whatever his answer is. So what do I win? Please let it be a pony with a pink ribbon.

 

I think that often the internet isn't the perfect medium for Doug's brand of humour (or maybe he just needs to use more emojis).

The whole quiz format question was just an excuse to show a new coin... am I wrong ? At the same time, it allows for the observation that most collectors are only really interested in what they collect.

As for the significance of the knowledge, the reveal is in the link that Doug provided:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html

 

That presumes that most collectors are self-indulgent, egocentric clods. I find that presumption to be offensive.

I am not a clod................

notice my complex use of emoji.............. like I said I am not a clod.

but I am Spartacus. ( see, I can be arcane also)

 

Right now I have other things going on. I don't have time to research for hours (it takes me hours anyway). I don't know enough about all the little differences in mints and officianas but I would like to learn. I need more than 24 hours in the day at the moment.

 

As was I. I dunno, I like quizzes no matter the format. It either makes me think or remember bits of fascinating information, or it makes me research. In this case I did about two minutes of research to come up with the answer. If nothing else, perhaps tomorrow I might remember my research and answer.

 

As Pish noted, we only have 24 hours in a day... I wish I had time to be interested in everyone else's interests, but self-indulgence is forced upon me by the constraints of available hours in a day. Disclosure: I didn't attempt the quiz, I just waited for the answer .

 

As Seth 77 knows, the coin is part of a very well known and documented series. I have a page on it. It has been discussed here and on other forums in the past. My question was whether posting those lengthy explanations of things like this is a waste of time. If anyone is interested in the series, the material is available online. I do not collect Diocletian or tetrarchy to any degree of specialty but find some things there interesting. If we are all specialists and only learn things on our specialties all we have in common is they are coins.

 

I enjoy the 'quizzes', and try to answer them without researching, since I can do at any given part of the day for whatever reason.....and I find all the 'hidden' meaning of every coin interesting, if not crucial knowledge. I just wish I had the memory skills I once had----just a few years ago if i recall correctly

 

Ummm, I'm gonna guess "B" ... yellow