James had gifted me these a few years ago. Constantine I A.D. 307- 310 IMP CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right/ GENIO-POP ROM, Genius standing left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopiae. In ex. PLN in ex RIC VI London 104 ex Jamesicus Carausius for Maximian. AE Antoninainus. 5.24 gm. Radiate and cuirassed bust of Maximian facing right; IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG/ Pax standing left holding sceptre and branch S left P right; PAX AVGGG. MLXXI in exergue. V2 London 34 The three G's in AVGGG represented Carausius, Diocletian and Maximianus as part of an attempt by Carausius to become equal in power with Diocletian and Maximianus, which failed.
Really sorry to hear about his passing. He was an inspiration to me by maintaining his passion for coins, calligraphy and many other things throughout his whole life. I pay a lot more attention to the small details of Roman lettering after reading his many posts on the subject.
I never knew James, and I just skim anything about ancient coins, but I feel your loss. To lose someone as educated and refined as I feel James was is a great loss for the numismatic community. I bet he's up there talking coins to those who made them!
I often found his writings very interesting,and realized his points on certain of the coins, but my interest is mainly US coins, so I didn't interact with him too often. This forum is made up of a large number of proven collectors, and not all interact with collectors out of their major interests. I wish his family and close friends who miss him deeply the ability to remember his contributions, not only here, but in all of his interaction amongst the coin universe and the knowledge he dispersed to us. Jim
Thank you for sharing, very sorry to hear that. I always enjoyed his posts, his calligraphy, and especially how enthusiastic he was about sharing his wealth of knowledge with new collectors. He just seemed like such a lovely man. He will be missed. Rest in peace James.
Another Greatest Generation member passes on to his reward! Goodbye James, from an Air Force Vet, and my condolences to his family, friends, and fellow collectors.
Thank you for the information, Donna. He will be missed. Happy to have acquired this one of his in AMCC 2.
He talks about this bronze copy of a ten aureii coin here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/victory-coins-and-medallions.362810/
@GDJMSP, when this thread has run its due course, would you be able to move it to the "Memoriam" section of the site? Is that the process?
Not exactly, but yeah I can do that. But as there is no way of knowing when the thread will have run its course I'm just gonna do it now.
I’m glad I saw the trail for this post otherwise I may have missed it! So sorry to have heard of James’ passing. He was a great presence here and shall be missed.
The reason I deliberately put this thread in the Ancients forum to begin with was that I believed that if I were to put it in the "Memoriam" section, many people would never see it. I would certainly never see a thread in the Memoriam section unless someone told me about it. Will the link to this thread still appear on the Ancients home page? If not, I think transferring it already was not a good idea after only a few days. In fact, I think it should be transferred back for at least another week or so to give everyone time to see it.
By the way, I asked Ken Dorney how James could have been in the military in World War II, since he was born in 1929. Ken said that James told him that he lied about his age in order to sign up with the British military, and that's how he was able to be in the war.
I am glad that I have a couple of his Envelopes / Letters. His penmanship and calligraphy are amazing.
I seem to recall James posted a photo of himself as a child in the Blitz, but I cannot find it now. As for his military service, he posted a bio sketch a while back - nothing about World War II service here, but two wars in US service: "I was born (28 August 1929) and raised in northern Britain (Lancashire/Yorkshire). A month after I was born the Stock Market crashed and the Great Depression began - it wasn’t my fault! I went through WWII in Britain - after the war I came to the USA (in 1950) and joined the United States Air Force in December of that year after the Korean War broke out. I served for twenty three years - Korean War and Vietnam War Veteran - and retired as a Chief Master Sergeant (E9)." https://www.cointalk.com/threads/re-listen-up.362825/page-8
