Zoom conference: Coinage of the Roman Provinces before Provincial Coinage

https://coinsweekly.com/conference-on-the-coinage-of-the-roman-provinces-before-provincial-coinage/

From 23rd to 25th March, co-sponsored by the ANS and the Department of History of the University of New-York. You do not have to be a member and it's free ! You have to reserve your place before March 22nd. When it's done, you'll receive a personal zoom link with a password. Hoping to see you there.
(By the way, two of our members here on Cointalk will be speakers at that event)

 

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9:45–10:30 am EST Cistophoric Mysteries Solved: The Contribution of the R.B.Witschonke Collection (Lucia F. Carbone)

Hmmm, this looks like it's trying to suck me in!

Hopefully not non-sequitur, but I've always found the Spanish mints somewhat of a mystery. I wonder if this session will shed some light on the initial Imperial period as well:

10:00–10:45 am EST The impact of Roman Republican Coinage on Spanish local issues. The unofficial imitations (Pere Pau Ripollès)

Thank you for sharing the info.

 

Fascinating! I may well sign up for it, although I doubt I'll have time to listen to more than a few of the presentations. I notice that Prof. Liv Yarrow of the Roman Republican Die Project (and a forthcoming book on Republican coinage) is both a speaker, and is involved in the organization of the conference. She's a member here as well; I'm not sure if you counted her.

Coincidentally, given that the conference focuses on the late Richard B. Witschonke's collection of Roman Republican coins -- f/k/a the RBW Collection -- I ordered a copy a couple of weeks ago of the 400+-page large-sized hardcover book published at the end of 2013, encompassing all the sales of the collection, and it arrived a few days ago. I'm already enjoying it greatly. Here are the cover page, the title page, the preface, and the first plate of photographs:









The RBW Collection book wasn't the only important book I ordered recently that deals with Roman Republican coins, at least in part. I also bought, and now have, Harold B. Mattingly's 2004 collection of articles on various subjects of numismatic interest including his studies of the Republican coinage. From what I understand, his writings serve as one of several functional updates to Crawford, based in large part on subsequent hoard evidence such as the Mesagne Hoard. It's not the sort of book I plan to read cover to cover all at once, but it's all quite fascinating. Here are the title page, Table of Contents, and Introduction.

 

Thanks to Ocat for posting this announcement . I will sign-up for this program but don't know how much of it I'll be able to watch or how much of it will be of interest to me since I don't collect RR coins. I too wonder, as IMP Shogun asks, if the initial Imperial Period will be covered ? Will coins like like the 1st Tetradrachms of Antioch, Syria be covered? These coins were basically copies of the Greek coins circulating in the province before Roman control.



Will coins like the gold Koson staters be covered? These coins were copied from RR denarii & were allegedly struck in Romania.

 

I highly recommend this excellent reference on perhaps the most important Roman Republican collection of our generation. I have the original NAC catalog and prices realized, but over time it it was beginning to fall apart because of constant reference. This book is extremely sturdy and high quality. It also includes some limited commentary from the editors not included in the original sale catalog.

 

Bump - very interesting discussion today.

 

Agreed. And coming from a French Canadian guy, I really liked the Belgium accent of Mr. de Callataÿ!

 

Well, the 22nd has come and gone and I just noticed this thread. Hope it has been a good experience for all.

 

It continues tomorrow and Thursday.

Phil Davis

 

Excellent choice of artwork on the invitation.

 

I'm a fan of the northern Italian accent and that's coming from a New Yorker that has heard the term fresh muzz too often... I found the topic on Cistophoric Mysteries fascinating (Numismatically appealing?). I am looking for a coin of this type but haven't found one I'm willing to purchase yet.

 

Bump... The whole conference is online now (youtube). You can watch the participation of two of our regular posters: @Volodya (Phil Davis)
and @Andrew McCabe