The next Vancouver Ancient Coin Club meeting is Sunday 21st February 2021 at 2 pm on Zoom. Paul Anderson will send a reminder nearer to the time. Please contact vacc@shaw.ca to be on this mailing list. Bekircan Tahberer will be presenting Art on Ancient Coins & Coins as Art Works. Bekrican’s presentation in January 2021 Architecture on Ancient Coins
We bring to your attention a treasure trove of ancient numismatic literature, hitherto unpublished, from Howard R. Engel of Richard Stockley Books in Winnipeg: “Here is Richard Stockley Books’ comprehensive list on numismatic literature relating to ancient and medieval coins the world over. Prices are in Canadian dollars for Canadian residents and in U.S. dollars for everyone else, plus shipping and handling. Feel free to contact me at richardstockleybooks@mymts.net if you require any further information, scans, etc. I hope you enjoy perusing the list! Numismatic literature: Ancient and Medieval Addison, Joseph. THREE SETS OF MEDALS ILLUSTRATED BY THE ANCIENT POETS,…
Vancouver Ancient Coin Club Later Roman Empire Coinage Bekircan Tahberer will be presenting the coins of the ‘Later Roman Empire’ (also called the ‘Byzantine’ Empire) Sunday 15th November at 2pm on Zoom Coins Along the Silk Road Julian Ticehurst will be presenting ‘Coins Along the Silk Road’ looking at the role of coins in trade across Central Asia, especially the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang) Wednesday 2nd December at 7pm on Zoom Hope you can come to both! Send an email to julian@coins.earth and I’ll add you to the email list with login details. cheers, Julian
A silver trade coin issued in Tyre and used in Ancient Judea during the lifetime of Jesus. On the obverse is a bust of Melkart (called ‘Baal’ in the Bible). On the reverse the Eagle standing on the prow of a Tyrian galley. “(Matthew 17:24-27), Jesus plucks a shekel from the mouth of a fish to pay his Temple tax. To think that this shekel might have been touched by the actual hand of Jesus! It was auctioned by Heritage a few years back as part of a collection of 38 shekels that were issued and used as a primary…
We accepted the kind invitation of a club table in the Vancouver Nature & Bird Expo this week. It was in the West Wing of Vancouver Convention Centre. https://www.iocongress2018.com/nature-bird-expo Julian > “It’s a big conference with the International Ornithological Congress in Vancouver this year. 3,000 or so scientists. All bird enthusiasts. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are public days. There’s a lot to enjoy here. Everything about birds! There are Bird mimes, bird sounds, bird theatre, live birds ( a falcon, a big,tame barn owl), bird projects, bird conservation, bird camera lens, bird tracking systems, lots of bird art, beautiful bird music .. much…
