Fropa Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 I currently have absolutely no experience with ancient coins. I do have an interest and would like to add some to my collection but need to educate myself first. What books or web sites would you recommend to start learning about ancient Greek, Roman, and other coins? Is there anything like the Red Book for ancient coins so I can start learning values and other information? Any help or suggestion for a complete novice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Most certainly google can help you out by a lot I know there is a website that profusely illustrates such ancient Roman empire coins but I am not an expert on that... just google it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJMSP Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 I'll go you one better - try this WildWinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 I currently have absolutely no experience with ancient coins. I do have an interest and would like to add some to my collection but need to educate myself first. What books or web sites would you recommend to start learning about ancient Greek, Roman, and other coins? Is there anything like the Red Book for ancient coins so I can start learning values and other information? There is no Red Book for ancients. Wildwinds is a pretty close as being a generalized an anonymous database of past auctions. You might also want to check out www.coinarchives.com, which is another database of past sales, but from a restricted set of highly-recognized dealers. Citing Aaron Feldman, we say, "Buy the book before you buy the coin." With ancients, start at your local library. Your library either has books or can get them for you on InterLibrary Loan. These are among the reputable and popular authors: David Sear Kenneth Jenkins David Hendin R.A. G. Carson Michael Grant But there are many and you risk much less reading a second rate book than you do buying a second rate coin. The best series of books for beginners is the Ancient Coin Collecting set by Wayne Sayles. Look for the books by WAYNE SAYLES described here: http://ancientcoins.ac/ Wayne Sayles's books are published by Krause. You can find them on the Krause site and on Collect.com from Krause. Sayles founded The Celator, the leading magazine for ancients. If you have any interest in ancients, you need to know about The Celator. www.celator.com (is the same as ancientcoins.com above) and also this review of mine from Coin Newbies: http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html Your local national chain bookstore (Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc.) might have the Whitman book according the website www.classicalcoins.com: "Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins by Zander H. Klawans and Kenneth E. Bressett $13.95 Format: Paperback, 287pp. ISBN: 030709362X Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Incorporated Pub. Date: March 1995 A consolidation of two very popular books by Klawans, originally published as Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins and An Outline of Ancient Greek Coins. An excellent introduction for beginning collectors, with many nuggets of information for the experienced numismatist. " (Ken Bressett is the editor of the Red Book and former president of the ANA.) If you want to browse some competing dealer sites try www.vcoins.com, which is a validated ring of trusted dealers. Before you buy anything, ask here first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 you'll find losts of very useful stuff here.... http://www.snible.org/coins/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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