I want to start collecting Ancient Roman and Greek coins. Are there any helpful website or (better yet) books? Any advice or information you can share?
Go to www.piecesoftime.com it is a good site for ancients. Also www.krausebooks.com as well as www.brooklygallery.com. The latter 2 sell books on ancient coins. A great set of books is Ancient Coin collecting by Wayne G. Sayles there are several volumes each dealing with different aspects and types. A good book is the Handbook of Ancient Greek & Roman Coins by Zander H. Klawans edited by K.E. Bressett. It gives the basics on identification and a little history. hope this helps. I collect some Greek and Roman but my main interest is Ancient Asian coins. They are not expensive and fun to try and figure out.
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Go to http://www.piecesoftime.com it is a good site for ancients. Also http://www.krausebooks.com as well as http://www.brooklygallery.com. The latter 2 sell books on ancient coins. A great set of books is Ancient Coin collecting by Wayne G. Sayles there are several volumes each dealing with different aspects and types. A good book is the Handbook of Ancient Greek & Roman Coins by Zander H. Klawans edited by K.E. Bressett. It gives the basics on identification and a little history. hope this helps. I collect some Greek and Roman but my main interest is Ancient Asian coins. They are not expensive and fun to try and figure out.
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A general coin collecting book to use is Coin Collecting 101 by Alan Herbert and there’s also Ancient Coin Collecting: The Roman and Byzantine Culture by Wayne G. Sayles. Hope that helps.
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This link has everything you asked about including book recommendations and a bit more.
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http://www.forumancientcoins.com/