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Edited by jamesicus
12/06/2016 1:55 pm
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@jamesicus
Thanks for the references. I'm jumping into game and this was very helpful.
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Very nice work @jamesicus. Any idea why the Romans started emphasizing the serifs on their coin inscriptions later in the Empire?
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these serifs existed from in the beginning , and I think there was an influence from the majuscule book-hand on the inscriptions on metal of stone . albert from:An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography   |
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Thank you echizento, Balashazar and Spence.
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@antwerpen2306:
Of course serifs preceded written usage being originally employed by the Roman Capitalis monumentalis stone cutters.
@Spence:
I think there was a general decline in craftsmanship skills during the later Empire.
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Edited by jamesicus
12/07/2016 12:42 pm
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Good reading!
From my experience, the lowest point in terms of craftsmanship was during the lowest point of the Crisis (ca. 260-280). I seem to have deleted my picture, but I have a (non-barbarous) Gallienus Annona reverse where the reverse legend reads "I-I III III O III I-I" because the engraver couldn't make slanted lines.
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Thank you Finn235 -- good observation!
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Isn't the fishtailing on serifs just an artifact of striking without a collar?
(In particular, does it ever occur on letters whose bottom side doesn't point toward the center?)
Pretty sure something similar came up in a discussion of Maria Theresa thalers a few years back, but I can't recall the details precisely.
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Yes, I have seen that debate previously, january1may -- and I think it has merit.
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