I'm having little success finding the following article: The First Roman Silver Coins, Andrew Burnett, Quaderni Ticinesis (QT) Lugano, 1978 I have some questions about the content and I'm not even sure this article has the material I'm looking for (information on ancient plated didrachms). If you have this in your library, I would appreciate a PM.
It appears to be orderable as a back issue (1978, vol. VII) for 90 Swiss Francs: http://www.quaderniticinesi.ch/order/ I don't know if it's online anywhere. ATB, Aidan.
Aidan, Thanks for your reply. I had not seen this in my search and I appreciate this. I'm still hoping to engage in a Q & A with someone who has this to determine if it is something I want to spend this much on. I believe it is only about 21 pages of a larger volume containing other articles which may or may not be of interest to me.
This is the list of articles - mostly in Italian: Author Year Pages Title Alfieri, N. 1978 VII Un nuovo vaso attico con Teseo e il toro maratonio Balog, P. 1978 VII Plated forgeries of islamic coins Banti, Ottavio 1978 VII A proposito della questione della moneta "Lucchese" nel secolo XII e di un accordo monetario tra Pisa e Lucca del 1319 Bastien, Pierre 1978 VII Vitellius et le temple de Jupiter Capitolin: un as inédit Bessone, L. 1978 VII La sollevazione gallica del 21 d.C Burell, L. 1978 VII L'accordo monetale tra Focea e Mitilene (I.G.XII,2,1) Burnett, A. 1978 VII The first roman silver coins Carson, R.A.G. 1978 VII Antoniniani of Zenobia Chiesa, Franco 1978 VII Scudo d'oro del Sole di Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, conte di Mesocco Cuomo-Di Caprio, N. 1978 VII Osservazioni tecniche su tre matrici fittili di monete di epoca tetrarchica e prove sperimentali sul sistema di lavorazione e fusione Donati, Pierangelo 1978 VII Marchi di fabbrica su vetri romani nel Ticino Gallazzi, Claudio 1978 VII Frammento di dichiarazione giurata Gara, A. 1978 VII Matrici di fusioni e falsificazioni monetaria nell'Egitto del IV secolo Isler, Hans-Peter 1978 VII The meaning of the animal frieze in archaic greek art Jucker, Hans 1978 VII Eine Oinochoe aus Bucchero sottile mit etruskischer Inschrift Martin, C. 1978 VII De quelques monnaies italiennes circulant en Suisse centrale au dédut du XVI siècle Mateu y Llopis, F. 1978 VII Alfonso V de Aragon y el ducado de Milan Orlandoni, M - Giannoccaro, F. 1978 VII Una moneta inedita ed unica di Ildibado, re dei Goti Polacco, Luigi 1978 VII La fronte di retroscena del teatro di Epidauro Savio, Adriano 1978 VII Sulla monetazione milanese di Filippo IV negli anni della carestia e della peste Simonett, Ch. 1978 VII Die fuer Chur gepraegte Goldmuenze Karls des Grossen Simonetta, Bono - Sellwood, D. 1978 VII Again on the partian coinage from Mithridates II to Orodes Staffieri, Giovanni Maria 1978 VII La monetazione di Olba nella Cilicia Trachea Sutherland, C.H.V. 1978 VII Some observations on the coinage of Augustus Trendall, Arthur Dale 1978 VII Some vases connected with the workshop of the Creusa and Dolon painters Villaronga, Leandre 1978 VII Addenda et corrigenda a "la monedacion de Tarrago y su aspecto metrologico" Von Hessen, O. 1978 VII Considerazioni sull'anello a sigillo di Rodchis proveniente dalla tomba 2 del cimitero longobardo di Trezzo sull'Adda Sorry about the mangled formatting! ATB, Aidan.
Have no experience with this volume.. but a silly story on my quest to actually read another offering by Andrew Burnett.. his "Coinage in the Roman World" from 2004... a book of only 164 pages. When I first started collecting, someone recommended the book as an introduction (perhaps someone here?). I purchased a used copy for around $15 and was thoroughly enjoying it (he is a very engaging writer)... maybe three chapters in.. An elderly uncle came to visit me from Vancouver for a few days and showed great enthusiasm for the LRBs I owned at the time. As he was leaving I wrote him a note inside the book's cover and gave him the copy along with a few coins. Took me a few months to find another reasonably priced copy... which I promptly left in a hotel room while on a business trip in Pittsburgh. 3rd time lucky? Sort of a challenge now - I just have to finish this thing and keep a copy in my little library. Bit of a pity the author won't get paid three times...
