Have either of you alerted the RIC revision team of this new type?
I think the
RIC revision team is away on long vacation with the
RRC revision team, and re the discussion a day ago, the
BMC Greek revision team may have joined them at the
bar. The few revisions that occur of such fundamental books are usually down to the heroic efforts of individuals, and often a revision appears under an entirely different title and in a different series,
Woytek on
Trajan being an example.
BMC Greek Italy,
Sicily and
Macedonia would I realise now be marvellous volumes to revise, and it'll probably happen one day but not in
BMC format
nor even in
SNG format, but as an online database, in much the same way that Ghey,
Leins,
Crawford online
catalogue has replaced the
catalogue of
BMCRR, with twice as many coins, yet omits the text sections and footnotes that make
BMCRR so valuable, indeed permanently irreplaceable. From what I've seen of decades of
numismatics, the only way to ensure a beloved volume is updated is to do it oneself. First time publications e.g. the
RPC series, tend to get more funding and support.
Very nice and interesting new coin
type. I love
COS DESIG coins. They are so presumptuous. There's some
Republican COS DESIG types. It would make an interesting niche collecting
area to collect titles claimed but never actually gained.
