Roman dodecahedron coin display
OwnerCharles Randolph Ollinginventor
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Abstract
The Roman dodecahedron coin display is described from a 3-part assembly likely similarly done by the ancient Romans. The 3 parts are 1) a duplicate, replica or model of the Roman dodecahedron of bronze with a hollow interior and a hole of possibly different sizes on each of the 12 pentagonal faces of the Roman dodecahedron and a small knob on the vertices of the Roman dodecahedron, 2) beeswax or possibly candle wax completely filling the hollow interior of the Roman dodecahedron and 3) 12 ancient or modern coins which are real, or replicas made of gold, silver, or bronze with possibly different sizes smaller than the holes in the Roman dodecahedron. A coin face is embedded or attached to the wax surface in the middle of each hole on the 12 faces.
Claims8
A method of using a Roman dodecahedron to manufacture a coin display, herein termed the Roman dodecahedron coin display, comprising:
- providing a dodecahedron comprising:
- a dodecahedron body having a hollow interior and twelve pentagonal faces;
- a circular or elliptical hole in each of the said pentagonal faces, each hole having a different diameter;
- said dodecahedron body having twenty vertices with a knob or spherical ball at each of said twenty vertices;
- pouring liquefied wax into one of said circular or elliptical holes with the other eleven holes covered, and completely filling said hollow interior with said liquefied wax;
- providing twelve coins each having a smaller diameter than a respective one of said circular or elliptical holes;
- locating a face of each coin at a center of the respective one of said circular or elliptical holes after the covering of the holes is removed;
- and
- embedding or attaching said face of each coin in a surface of said liquefied wax and then the said liquefied wax is allowed to cool and harden to hold the coins firmly in place.
A method of using a Roman dodecahedron to manufacture a coin display, herein termed the Roman dodecahedron coin display, comprising:
- providing a dodecahedron comprising:
- a dodecahedron body having a hollow interior and twelve pentagonal faces;
- a circular or elliptical hole in each of the said pentagonal faces, each hole having a different diameter;
- said dodecahedron body having twenty vertices with a knob or spherical ball at each of said twenty vertices;
- said dodecahedron body comprises bronze;
- pouring liquefied wax into one of said circular or elliptical holes with the other eleven holes covered, and completely filling said hollow interior with said liquefied wax;
- providing twelve coins each having a smaller diameter than a respective one of said circular or elliptical holes;
- locating a face of each coin at a center of the respective one of said circular or elliptical holes after the covering of the holes is removed;
- embedding or attaching said face of each coin in a surface of said liquefied wax and then the said liquefied wax is allowed to cool and harden to hold the coins firmly in place;
- wherein said wax is beeswax or candle wax;
- wherein each of said coins includes an image or images on a face, said image or images selected from a group consisting of:
- Roman emperors, Roman mythological subjects, people, rulers, gods, goddesses, animals, zodiac signs, and month signs;
- and
- wherein said coins comprise gold, silver, bronze, copper, or electrum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.