Beginner S Guide To Ancient Coins

This guide, designed with collectors in mind, gives a general background to the fascinating world of ancient Greek and Roman coins, how they were designed and manufactured, and at how they can reveal so much to us today of the time in which they were produced.

This is your road map to finding your way around the ancient coin fraternity. With more than 200 photographs, tables and charts and a pronunciation guide, you will acquire the knowledge needed to survive this sometimes bewildering market. Get a jump start on the incredible world of the ancients by acquiring a basic understanding of their politics, history, mythology, and astrology and how it affected the minting and designing of their coins.

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This book covers coins of the Eastern Roman Empire from Anastasius I (491518) to Constantine XI (14481453) with an overview of the period of Diocletian in 284 to the succession of Anastasius I as an introduction to the coinage. It is not intended to be a scholarly book but rather a quick reference for coin identification. It does not cover the holdover aureusfrom the Western Empire, coins from the collateral areas of the ArabByzantine, or the coins of the Turks and other successors who produced coins of similar design. It also does not cover forgeries. Caveat Emptor.

Contains all the information necessary for starting a coin collection, how to develop your collection and over 100 color photographs and diagrams of coins.

This is the 2nd edition of this book which is a beginner's guide to collecting ancient and not so ancient coins. The book contains an introduction to the history of coin; followed by a pictorial timeline and then the basics of how to identify Greek, Roman and early hammered British coins in a non-academic way. There are history nuggets for particular time periods and their associated coins, along with handy lists of the kings and queens of Britain, the emperor's of Rome and of course, lots of pictures. There is also a section on the best ways to photograph your new collection.