John Hart
06-05-2006, 7:50 PM
Well...my moving adventure turned into an archaeological dig tonight. Evidently, we received a box from Glenn Hodges over a week ago and my wife stuck it in a pile of stuff "where I would be sure to see it" :rolleyes:
After Glenn asked if I had received the package and I got worried, I found the box in the ruins of our home.:)
If you might recall from a while back, I sent Glenn a pile of ancient Roman Coins to see if he could make some Bottle Stoppers with his Epoxy embedding technique. I feel so honored that he would send me one! Thanks Glenn! This is my first Bottle Stopper. It is Wild Plum and the coin is probably the Emperor Domitian. That's just a guess, but I feel pretty comfortable with it. So that makes the coin a little less than 2000 years old. It's probably not worth very much because I did such a lousy job removing the corrosion and scale and other deposits.
Here's a little write up:
Domitian was born in Rome on 24 October A.D. 51, the youngest son of Vespasian, Roman emperor (A.D. 69-79) and Domitilla I, a treasury clerk's daughter. Despite a literary tradition that associated Domitian with Flavian poverty, the family's status remained high throughout his early years: Vespasian was appointed to the prestigious proconsulship of North Africa in A.D. 59, and seven years later was granted a special command in the East by the emperor Nero (A.D. 54-69) to settle a revolt in Judaea; Titus, Domitian's older brother by at least ten years and Vespasian's eventual successor as emperor, had married well in the 60's and was chosen as a legionary legate under Vespasian in the East.
Thanks again Glenn. We will treasure this gift!:) :)
After Glenn asked if I had received the package and I got worried, I found the box in the ruins of our home.:)
If you might recall from a while back, I sent Glenn a pile of ancient Roman Coins to see if he could make some Bottle Stoppers with his Epoxy embedding technique. I feel so honored that he would send me one! Thanks Glenn! This is my first Bottle Stopper. It is Wild Plum and the coin is probably the Emperor Domitian. That's just a guess, but I feel pretty comfortable with it. So that makes the coin a little less than 2000 years old. It's probably not worth very much because I did such a lousy job removing the corrosion and scale and other deposits.
Here's a little write up:
Domitian was born in Rome on 24 October A.D. 51, the youngest son of Vespasian, Roman emperor (A.D. 69-79) and Domitilla I, a treasury clerk's daughter. Despite a literary tradition that associated Domitian with Flavian poverty, the family's status remained high throughout his early years: Vespasian was appointed to the prestigious proconsulship of North Africa in A.D. 59, and seven years later was granted a special command in the East by the emperor Nero (A.D. 54-69) to settle a revolt in Judaea; Titus, Domitian's older brother by at least ten years and Vespasian's eventual successor as emperor, had married well in the 60's and was chosen as a legionary legate under Vespasian in the East.
Thanks again Glenn. We will treasure this gift!:) :)