Great video as always! Being the avid stumpf enjoyer that I am, I do feel a pressing need to make a small correction on the Pulcher from Tralles. The legend C•PVLCHER actually refers to the governor's praenomen, not his family name. Thus the correct legend for the coin is: CAIVS•PVLCHER•PROCOS. This is an important distinction to make since Pulcher's older brother Appius also struck cistophori in the neighbouring province of Cilicia.
Superb, splendid examples... I visited Pergamon (Bergama) back in 1995, a wonderful site... two years earlier, I had seen the Altar at the Berlin Pergamonmuseum
Awesome video!! Thank you once again for the great information. One of my favorite coins in my collection is a cistophoric Tetradrachm minted in Ephesus.
Just a question on ancient coins: What does "REDUCED FOLLIS" mean? I have just heard of this phrase, but I am not sure what the "REDUCED" part refers to. I have searched for the answer everywhere and am not able to get a clear-cut definition.
During the late roman empire, debasement was very common. The original "Follis" a coin introduced by Diocletian, got smaller and smaller on the reign of successive emperors, getting to a point it started being called "Reduced follis"
@@ClassicalNumismatics Its a the classic cista design, minted from 150-140, possibly a civic issue. Im very happy with it specially the price, just $110.
Excellent work....I love history.....I would love to go to anatolia, the whole region....so much to explore.....sad the turks erased so much....unfortuneate.....I wouldn't think the steppe nomads would care too much about civilized culture to destroy it.....very unfortuneate
Wonderful videos. Had to chuckle about the civic issue around 166 BC, you're very kind in describing inflation or devaluation of the money 17 to 14 grams is a 17% decrease. Their descendants now work at the Fed or the US Treasury Department. Some things don't change do they. Again thanks for the videos. they are of excellent quality!
No, no, this was not a case of inflation necessarily. The Pergamene had a series of cities inside its territory which did not adhere to the Attic Standard, which used a 17grams Tetradrachamae, prefering to use the Phocaean, Rhodian among other standards which used lighter pieces. The choice is said to have been made mostly as an adaptation for the sizes and measurements typically used in the region. The Greek world had very few instances of debasement or reduction of weight of its coinage. Their fiercely independent character mixed with distrust between city-states and kingdoms meant that they constantly had to issue good silver, otherwise no one would trade with them and the economic damage from that would be disastrous.
@@ClassicalNumismatics Haven't got out my Cambridge Ancient History but it would seem the Pergamene would be the preferred coinage to get until they were forced or persuaded to drop to the lower standard. After all if you are a merchant would you rather have payment in Pergamon coinage or lesser weight coinages. Perhaps a future video on the books for coin collecting. (oops l see a link in the drop down now) Dr. Harl also has an excellent book about Roman coinage.
Great video as always! Being the avid stumpf enjoyer that I am, I do feel a pressing need to make a small correction on the Pulcher from Tralles. The legend C•PVLCHER actually refers to the governor's praenomen, not his family name. Thus the correct legend for the coin is: CAIVS•PVLCHER•PROCOS.
This is an important distinction to make since Pulcher's older brother Appius also struck cistophori in the neighbouring province of Cilicia.
Comment pinned so people know about it. Always glad to have the stumpf wisdom!
What a beautiful collection! Thank you for sharing all of the history that they carry!
Just received my Augustus and Alexander T-shirts. They are amazing but you know how us collectors get , now I want the whole set !
Superb, splendid examples... I visited Pergamon (Bergama) back in 1995, a wonderful site... two years earlier, I had seen the Altar at the Berlin Pergamonmuseum
Sadly Covid frustrated a visit to Pergamon and the Ionian coast I was planning on 2020. I need to go to this place!
Awesome video!! Thank you once again for the great information.
One of my favorite coins in my collection is a cistophoric Tetradrachm minted in Ephesus.
The Eumenes coins portrait work is some of the best on Hellenistic coins.
Thanks for the video - love cistophoric coins
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Just a question on ancient coins: What does "REDUCED FOLLIS" mean? I have just heard of this phrase, but I am not sure what the "REDUCED" part refers to. I have searched for the answer everywhere and am not able to get a clear-cut definition.
During the late roman empire, debasement was very common. The original "Follis" a coin introduced by Diocletian, got smaller and smaller on the reign of successive emperors, getting to a point it started being called "Reduced follis"
@@ClassicalNumismatics .... thank you!!
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FINALLY I got myself a good Cistophoric from CNG
Thats awesome! Which kind?
@@ClassicalNumismatics Its a the classic cista design, minted from 150-140, possibly a civic issue. Im very happy with it specially the price, just $110.
Excellent work....I love history.....I would love to go to anatolia, the whole region....so much to explore.....sad the turks erased so much....unfortuneate.....I wouldn't think the steppe nomads would care too much about civilized culture to destroy it.....very unfortuneate
Wonderful videos. Had to chuckle about the civic issue around 166 BC, you're very kind in describing inflation or devaluation of the money 17 to 14 grams is a 17% decrease. Their descendants now work at the Fed or the US Treasury Department. Some things don't change do they. Again thanks for the videos. they are of excellent quality!
No, no, this was not a case of inflation necessarily.
The Pergamene had a series of cities inside its territory which did not adhere to the Attic Standard, which used a 17grams Tetradrachamae, prefering to use the Phocaean, Rhodian among other standards which used lighter pieces.
The choice is said to have been made mostly as an adaptation for the sizes and measurements typically used in the region.
The Greek world had very few instances of debasement or reduction of weight of its coinage. Their fiercely independent character mixed with distrust between city-states and kingdoms meant that they constantly had to issue good silver, otherwise no one would trade with them and the economic damage from that would be disastrous.
@@ClassicalNumismatics Haven't got out my Cambridge Ancient History but it would seem the Pergamene would be the preferred coinage to get until they were forced or persuaded to drop to the lower standard. After all if you are a merchant would you rather have payment in Pergamon coinage or lesser weight coinages. Perhaps a future video on the books for coin collecting. (oops l see a link in the drop down now) Dr. Harl also has an excellent book about Roman coinage.