Interesting that the Antonius Pius as surfaced in your area. I read somewhere that they were primarily produced and circulated in Britannia. I hope it cleans up well...
Thank you, again and again. I love the amazing things you find, and thank you for spending the time to search for them. Imagine how much you have contributed to preserving history, and, for me, living half a world away, how much I have learned from your explorations. Thank you, Kenneth
In which country did you find that? The Antoninus Pius as is known only from the UK. The OCRE website has a map of the known find spots...
Hi Romismatist, This is my 7th or 8th A.Pius as Britannia type..My two friends together had over 10 pieces of the same type...I guess the Roman Legion moved from Britain to Pannonia, due to the barbarian invasion and thus brought this type of coins ...
It's not a simple thing. The whole point of such a paper would be that Britannia asses of Antoninus Pius have been found in Serbia. It means that Galba68's discovery must become official and the precise find-spot published. It seems that other similar asses had been found in the same country by metal detectorists but unfortunately they passed away and their discoveries are now just hearsay. If it was in UK the Portable Antiquity Scheme would be a reliable reference, but it's in Serbia... I don't know if Galba68 is willing to make his hobby public, and if I was in his place, I'd hesitate... And just writing "Mr. X, a metal detectorist, found somewhere in Serbia a Britannia as of Antoninus Pius" would not be scientific.
An article published anonymously? Never seen that in any review... If I tried this, I'd use a pseudonym: " CUSSET-DUPOULAY Aymon, Britannia asses of Antoninus Pius from Serbia, Koinon 7 (2024) 598-603 ", sounds good in a bibliography... Seriously, I'm sorry but such a matter is not publishable in an academic journal. For the moment it's just hearsay. Only material from controlled surveys or excavations guaranteed by identifiable researchers can be published.
I come across such "hearsay" all the time in professional academic publications (e.g., an object is "said to be from," was "allegedly found in", etc.), and scholars make great use of it. Often times it serves as a space-filler from which one can extrapolate and then find other, more "rigorously determined" information which falls into place, but wouldn't have without the initial space-filler. It is indeed rare to see anyonymous publications in a professional journal but they also exist. The most recent example that comes to mind in a somewhat related field was the initial publication of the Derveni Papyrus. I wouldn't be suprised if the practice of publishing anonymously becomes more commonplace with the new political environment. I know for certain there is a lot of important, reliable knowledge and information coming from outside "controlled surveys or excavations guaranteed by identifiable researchers." In any case, as the General Editor, if I deem a scholar trustworthy and they have legitimate reasons for remaining anonymous, I will move forward with publication.
I see what you mean. I remember a famous anonymous publication, Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran: Ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der Koransprache (2000) by "Christoph Luxenberg". It's not the author's real name, he took a pseudonym to avoid assassination by muslim fanatics, because his point is that most of the Quran could well be a mere adaptation in Arabic of a Syriac Christian lectionary... In the case of Antoninus' Britannia-asses, I don't fear anything from British Take-Back-Control die-hard brexiteers who would consider blasphemy to question the british-only provenance of these asses, which is the present doxa. I am just convinced that such a point needs verifiable sources.
