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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 2600010, member: 13719&quot;]Here&#039;s an small piece I did on Mattingly&#039;s Fel Temp article a while ago. Not the best. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a>, Harold. &quot;FEL. TEMP. REPARATIO,&quot; <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Chronicle</a>. 1933, pp. 182-201, and plates xvii and xviii.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>An article from 1933, reprinted as a short booklet in the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Chronicle</a> Reprint Series; <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=New%20York" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=New%20York" rel="nofollow">New York</a> Attic Books, Ltd. 1977; ISBN 0-915018-22-5.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>This is a handy little booklet setting out Mattingly&#039;s ideas about the types found on the various coins on the FEL TEMP REPARATIO series of the late 340s and early 350s. He also covers the naming of the coins of the period. Worth having, but <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> himself suggests some caution in accepting his theorising.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]567361[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>This review is more of an abridged and <u>incomplete</u> version rather than a critique or analysis of the article. I should add that this about the article its self, and not the articles accuracy. Also, the article goes into much more detail than is presented here, in particular about the denominations and reformations of the coins and I recommend reading it for further study as I have found it enjoyable.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In a short article (published in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Chronicle</a>,1933 reprinted in 1977) titled &quot;Fel. Temp. Reparatio,&quot; Harold <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> attempts to address the nature of the coinage know by the above title of the article. A common fourth century coin series, and a coin lacking a detailed examination or a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Complete" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Complete" rel="nofollow">complete</a> record.<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> explains that “for the detailed study the time is not yet ride , but it should not be premature to attempt the initial investigation.”</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> then begins to give his interpretation the words &quot;Fel. Temp. Reparatio,&quot; either being <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Felix" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Felix" rel="nofollow">Felix</a>, or Felicium, Temporum Reperatio, favoring <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Felix" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Felix" rel="nofollow">Felix</a> which “seems to fit in with the Roman cry of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Good" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Good" rel="nofollow">good</a> luck.” The words refer to a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anniversary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anniversary" rel="nofollow">anniversary</a>, or “golden age” of 348 A.D as a &quot;happy renewal of times&quot;. He then go into some detail about the Etruscan (Secular Games), and Roman (the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anniversary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anniversary" rel="nofollow">anniversary</a> of Rome) Saeculum celebrated every 110, and 100 respectively, citing examples on record, and on coinage. The two saecula coincided in 348, and <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> the explains 100x11=1100 and 110x10=1100, which becomes more relevant later on in the article where he discussed the introduction of the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=centenionalis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=centenionalis" rel="nofollow">centenionalis</a> (1 piece of 100 units) and <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Miliarense" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Miliarense" rel="nofollow">miliarense</a> (1 of 1,000 units).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>He briefly discusses the types and sizes, and which are mostly attributed a certain emperor or mints, and notes the intermediates <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a> from <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Aquileia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Aquileia" rel="nofollow">Aquileia</a> bearing the mark <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=LXXII" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=LXXII" rel="nofollow">LXXII</a> perhaps meaning “72 to the pound.” He then discusses his the ideas on themes of the coins, there is no obvious relation between the images on the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Reverse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Reverse" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> with the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Legend" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Legend" rel="nofollow">legend</a>, but “must in some way bear on the one central idea that binds them together.” The first interpretations as: A renewal of times (the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Phoenix" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Phoenix" rel="nofollow">Phoenix</a>) , military prestige of Rome (Emperor and captive), successful government of the state (the Galley), the legionary overthrowing the Persian cavalry (Fallen Horseman), and the legionary leading the barbarian to leave his forest home for settlement in the empire (the Hut <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a>).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> seems to suggest a religious and political neutrality between Pagan and Christian, as well as between Christian and Christian (Arianism and Athanasius), with a “general political or military character, with slight reference to religion” on the coins, unlike some coins of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Magnentius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Magnentius" rel="nofollow">Magnentius</a>. <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a> then suggests the possibility of a theme inspired by Virgil. The Galley <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a> taking on the meaning of “new adventure in the unknown seas of the new age,”for example, or further suggestions, and question about the “Hut” types. Is it a barbarian, or a boy, being “led” out? Or perhaps <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mars" rel="nofollow">Mars</a> leading his son <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Romulus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Romulus" rel="nofollow">Romulus</a> to his military career? He advises caution in accepting these suggestions however. He then, as mentioned before, discusses the denominations and reformation of the coinage and so on, and ending with the “barbarous” imitations of the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Type" rel="nofollow">type</a> and a plate (with a few mistakes) of 50 coins. </i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: &quot;<i>Fel. Temp. Reparatio</i>&quot; Harold <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mattingly" rel="nofollow">Mattingly</a>, <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Chronicle" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Chronicle</a>,1933 reprinted in 1977</p><p><br /></p><p>Images: Anatomy of a &quot;Fel Temp&quot; by Scotvs Capitis (Thanks again)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=FEL%20TEMP%20REPARATIO" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=FEL%20TEMP%20REPARATIO" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=FEL TEMP REPARATIO</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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