Ancient collectors.

Kurt4

Need the equivalent of "Ancient coins for dummies". I would guess I'm somewhere between beginner and intermediate. Any book suggestions? Books with a small history lesson on some of the coins would be great. Thanks in advance.

STLNATS

You can't really beat the Seaby series by David Sear on Greeek, Roman & Byzantine. I always thought of them like "the red book" on ancients. New copies are not cheap, but older issues have much of the same info at a fraction of the cost (mostly just out of date prices). The Sear books are just "gotta haves" for the ancient collector.

Also, Wayne Sayles has a series of good books on various areas of collecting written at the level you're looking for.

Aethelred

I would suggest "A Handbook of Ancient Coins" by Zander Klawans as a first book.

ajaan

Yo aethelred, you are pretty old, and dead, so wouldn't that make you an Ancient collector?

Danegeld

Listen to STLNATS this fellow knows his ancients!

Take care
Ben

Aethelred

<< <i>Yo aethelred, you are pretty old, and dead, so wouldn't that make you an Ancient collector? >>



Never thought of it that way.

ajaan

I guess the brain doesn't work so well when you are dead.

Aethelred

After a few years it doesn't work at all, it is pretty much gone, so taking notes becomes very important!

BigAlan

For Roman coins I would suggest Van Meter The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins. It's a bit cheaper than the Sear books on Romans, around $35 or so.

Aethelred

But you'll want Sear sooner or later.

BigAlan

Sooner or later you'll want the RIC.

Aethelred

<< <i>Sooner or later you'll want the RIC. >>



Not me, I'm not that serious about them.