QUESTION: Is it true that J.P. Morgan was additionally an historic coin collector?
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ANSWER: Completely. He collected each Greek and Roman cash. This was a Syracuse Dekadrachm of Dionysios I (405-367BC). The distinction between the Greeks and the Romans is kind of plain. The Greeks have been into artwork. As you’ll be able to see, their coinage was typically of spectacular inventive worth. The coin agency Stacks of New York had auctioned off a part of the gathering in September 1983 which you’ll obtain that catalogue.
The Romans have been extra sensible. They used their coinage to announce occasions, nice accomplishments, or some navy victory. Here’s a coin asserting the opening of the Colosseum.
Here’s a silver antoninianus issued by Philip I (The Arab) in 248AD asserting nice video games for the 1,000th yr anniversary of the founding of Rome.
As a result of the Roman Emperors pretended to be elected, every year noting their titles. As a result of one coin was found in Pompeii, it rewrote history. It was then potential to truly date the occasion from a coin.
Likewise, the invention of this coin in Egypt with the inscription of an emperor Saturninus, clearly proved that the teachers have been all incorrect and that the guide Historia Augusta was actually appropriate – not some story written for youngsters.
We all know that Julius Caesar was actually assassinated on the Ides of March (fifteenth) in 44BC as a result of Brutus bragged about killing Caesar on his coinage. The assertion “EID MAR” meant that he killed him on the Ides of March.
