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Forum Mom
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Congratulations! I just read the original topic. So very interesting! It always amazes me how many different ways there are to enjoy this hobby. Again, congrats to you and Marina.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 and Congratulations |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very impressive Spence. Congratulations on getting published.
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Moderator
United States
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Thx everyone! And special thanks to @susanlynn9 for either forcing or letting @bobby do this CCF stuff. You guys are rock stars.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats - Although I wouldn't consider myself an avid collector yet, Spence along with mostly everyone on this thread has deepened my enthusiasm and excitement in collecting ancients . Honestly, I think I would have settled for a few famous Romans and called it quits.
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United States
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Congratulations!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Well, I received my copy of KOINON today and made a beeline for Dave and Marina's article. Not surprisingly it is fine work, presenting a classification system for letterforms appearing on medieval coinage. I hope Dave doesn't mind my trying to give our community members a sense of the depth of work involved: 7,085 coins examined, narrowed down to 2,164 that contained the letter "A" (the sampling Marina and Dave were seeking), followed by careful examination of 3,758 individual examples of that letter - all resulting in nine basic types and 48 subtypes. Add to that the written essay, as well as the photographic documentation and creation of charts that accompany the essay. Geez. What a labor of love. Great scholarship and empirical investigation. And what excellent results.
Well done, Marina and Dave!
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Moderator
United States
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Thx Bob for the kind words. It did take a little bit of time to sift through all those pictures, but it was nice to be able to compare letterforms on my small collection to the larger body of work represented by those numismatic books.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, this old thread needs updating because, wouldn't you know it? He's doing it again. I see that another article of Spence's has been published.
Dave's latest article is entitled "Numismatic Typeforms of the Numeral Zero through Ten in Medieval Europe: A Classification System". It appears in the newly published KOINON: The International Journal of Classical Numismatic Studies, Volume IV (Archaeopress Publishing). This time around Spence isn't hanging on daughter Marina's coattails. He authored alone.
My copy is en route. Looking forward to reading the article. Congrats yet again, Dave.
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United States
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Hey thx Bob! I'm pretty excited to have this one finally in print as I barely missed the deadline for KOINON III. And yes, Marina seems to have moved on to more pragmatic questions than medieval letterforms. These things can be easier with co-authors to split the load as you know...
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Congratulations! I wish you lots of success!!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Excellent! Congratulations!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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A unique and interesting approach to the hobby. Congratulations. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congratulations! Though currently not an area of focus for me in my numismatic journey, it sounds like an interesting read. I may need to pick up a copy to add to my library.
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