The "Dirty Old Coins" database online (an excellent resource for the novice collector of R

lordmarcovan

Dirty Old Coins database

I bought this on CD on eBay when I started collecting Roman coins back in the spring. Little did I realize it was right here for free online.

Ah, well. It was worth what I paid for the CD, anyway.

I particularly found the "Ruler Rarity" scale useful in getting a rough idea of who's scarce and who's common.

Posted the link above, in case anybody wants to bookmark it.

woodardcoin

Now tell the truth is this post in response to all my lame Roman questions? lol

johnsim03

Hi Robertson:

Quite right about this resource - it is excellent, and much easier to navigate through than WildWinds, for example.

It is fantastic for narrowing down RIC search possibilities before having to wade through RIC.

Here are another couple of tips on sites:

HELVETICA'S IDENTIFICATION HELP PAGE

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dane/

(Once you get used to this, with the search functions, you will learn how easy most Roman attributions really are to nail down...)

CONSTANTINE BUST TYPES:

http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/busts/

(I used to go nuts trying to figure these out, until I found this site)


John

Hussulo

Thanks for the great links guys. Very informative.