Numismatic Referencesby William Montefusco
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Author |
Title |
Description |
Cost |
Found |
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Abdy, Richard
A. |
Romano-British
Coin Hoards |
Introduction
to Romano-British coin hoards and places major discoveries, new and
old, in the story of the Roman monetary system in Britannia. |
$11 |
Walmart.com |
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Banks,
Florence Aiken |
Coins of
Bible days. |
1984, 178p. |
$16 |
Totalcampus.com |
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Barnes,
Timothy |
The New
Empire of Diocletian & Constantine |
Out of Print.
336pp 1982 |
$38 |
Amazon |
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Bennett,
Julian |
Trajan:
Optimus Princeps |
Glorious
reputation is tested by Julian Bennett in this comprehensive biography |
$25 |
Amazon |
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Berk, Harlan J |
Eastern Roman
Successors of the Sestertius |
100 pages
describing 979 Byzantine bronze coins with line drawings & 31
photos illustrating over half of the coins. |
$20 |
HJB |
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Birley,
Anthony |
Septimius
Severus (Roman Imperial Biographies) |
Provides good
material on this Emperor's life, his background and background of where
he originated from. |
$20 |
Amazon |
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Burnett, A. M. |
Roman
Provincial Coinage |
ISBN:
2717718451, Published in 1998. |
$32 |
HJB |
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Burnett,
Andrew |
Coin Hoards
from Roman Britain |
Paperback,
208pp. Pub. Date: January 1987 |
$22 |
Barnes &
Nobles |
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Burnett,
Andrew |
Coinage in
the Roman World |
On mint
authority, monetary history, designs and propaganda, circulation and
function, inflation, coming of Christianity, and transition to medieval
coinage. 1987 |
$40 |
HJB |
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Butcher,
Kevin |
Roman
Provincial Coins: An Introduction to the Greek Imperials |
Published in
1988, 130 pages. Introductory books on the subject. |
$36 |
Esty's Website |
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C-1 Carson,
R. A. G |
Principal
Coins of the Romans, Vol. 1, the Republic |
Covers the
coins of the Roman Republic, circa 290-31 bc. 88pp |
$32 |
Country Book
Shop.com |
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C-2 Carson,
R. A. G |
Principal
Coins of the Romans, Vol. 2, the Principate |
Roman
Imperial Coinage from 31 BC- 296 AD. 167pg |
$31 |
Amazon.com UK |
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C-3 Carson,
R. A. G |
Principal
Coins of the Romans, Vol. 3, the Dominate |
Roman
Imperial Coinage from 296-498 AD. 110pg |
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(Sold on Ebay
for $30 in July 2004) |
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Carradice
& Price |
Coinage in
the Greek World |
154pgs, 24
plates. Survey with various connections
between the historical and methological data available.
1988. |
$43 |
Country Book
Shop.com |
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Carson, Hill
& Kent |
Late Roman
Bronze Coinages |
(2003 reprint
of 1978); Covers A.D. 324-498; 114 pages; 4 plates of coin photos. |
$23 |
Jerry Walker-
V-Coins ($16- Ebay) |
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Crawford,
Michael H. |
Coinage &
Money under the Roman Republic - Italy and the |
Methuen &
Co.Ltd., London ISBN )-416-123007,
published in 1985. Extremely instructive and comprehensive. |
$125 |
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Crawford,
Michael H. |
Roman
Republican Coinage |
Huge 2-volume
work. Complete list with numbers, and an
extensive discussion of everything relating to Republican coins. |
$350 |
CNG |
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Davis,
Norman. |
Greek Coins
& Cities. |
221 pages, w/
photos of 110 Greek coins from the Norman Davis collection. 1967 |
$39 |
Abe Books. |
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Davis,
Norman. |
The
Hellenistic Kingdoms, Portrait Coins and History |
294 Pages,
Collection of Helenistic Coins. History of
Greek Kings. |
$60 |
Amazon.com, UK |
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Failmezger,
Victor Tory |
Roman Bronze
Coins: From Paganism to Christianity |
From
Diocletian¹s empire-wide coin reform to Constantine the
Great¹s thirty year rule that ushered the Christian
transformation. |
$40 |
ClassBook.com |
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Finley, M. I. |
The Ancient
Economy |
Compels
reader to recognize depth of transformation from ancient economy based
on slave and serf labor to the modern capitalist economy |
$19 |
Amazon |
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Foss, Clive |
Roman
Historical Coins |
Long list of
almost every Roman coin that can be directly connected to some event.
300 pages of very concise entries! |
$52 |
ClassBook.com |
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Giagosa,
Giorgio |
Women of the
Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins |
(1977) 127
pages illustrated with photos plus 71 glossy plates of enlargements,
many in color. |
$55 |
Amazon |
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Goddard, John |
Hunterian
Museum, University of Glasgow: Roman Provincial Coins Spain - Kingdoms
of Asia Minor |
440 Pages. |
$153 |
Biggerbooks.com |
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Grant, Michael |
The Severans:
The Changed Roman Empire |
Describes
foreign wars; personalities of the imperial family; the role of women
and lawyers; and the developments in art, architecture and religion. |
$35 |
Barnes &
Nobles |
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Grant, Michael |
Roman
Anniversary Issues; |
Exploratory
Study of the Numismatic and Medallic Commemoration of 49 B. C - A. D.375 |
$35 |
Amazon |
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Grant, Michael |
The
Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition |
Covers the
reigns of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus. |
$33 |
Amazon |
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Grant, Michael |
A Guide to
the Ancient World |
728-page
alphabetical listing of ancient cities and facts about them. |
$13 |
Barnes &
Nobles |
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Greene, Kevin |
Archaeology
of the Roman Economy |
Sets forth
resources, manufactures, transport, and trade. |
$12 |
Amazon, (Used) |
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Harl, Kenneth
W. |
Coinage in
the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 |
This book
takes an economic perspective on coins, ignoring the usual numismatic
focus on rarities, types, designs, magistrates and so on. |
$40 |
Amazon |
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Hendin, David |
Guide to
Biblical Coins |
512 pp., 38
pl. Includes coinage of Alexander the Great, the Seleukid and Ptolemaic
Kingdoms in ancient Israel, the First Jewish War, Roman Legionary
countermarks and more. |
$49 |
ClassBook.com |
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Herbert,
Kevin |
Roman
Imperial Coins: Augustus to Hadrian & Antonine: Selections, 31 BC -
AD 180 |
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$40 |
Barnes &
Nobles |
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Hill, Philip
V. |
Coinage of
Septimius Severus and his family of the Mint of Rome, AD 193-217 |
42 pages plus
2 plates of coin photos. Describes 1,603 coins |
$8 |
Jerry Walker
V-coins |
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Horner, Lance
& Onstott Kyle |
Child of the
Sun |
Book on the
life and times of Elagabalus. |
$8 |
Forum.com |
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Howgego,
Christopher |
Greek
Imperial Countermarks: Studies in the Provincial Coinage of the Roman
Empire |
317 pgs,
Includes over 10,000 countermarked coins. 36
maps, 33 plates. |
$100 |
Barnes &
Nobles |
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Howgego,
Christopher |
Ancient
History from Coins |
Character,
patterns and behaviour of coinage and their bearing on major historical
themes. . (176 Pages) |
$15 |
Amazon.Com |
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Icard,
Severin. |
Dictionary of
Greek Coin Inscriptions. |
563 pp. Very
useful for the attribution of Greek and Provincial coins from
fragmentary legends |
$30 |
Classbook.com
(CNG- $35) |
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Jenkins |
Coins of
Greek Sicily |
64 pages with
coin photos. Very thorough coverage of this important series from
classical times. |
$14 |
Pegasis |
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Jones, John
Melville |
A Dictionary
of Ancient Greek Coins |
1986 - A
standard encyclopedic reference. Useful for background knowledge, but
not attributions. |
$35 |
Barnes &
Nobles |
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Jones, John
Melville |
Dictionary of
Ancient Roman Coins |
Explains the
terms you will see in conjunction with coins. |
$38 |
CNG |
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Klawans,
Zander H. |
Handbook of
Ancient Greek and Roman Coins |
Introductory
work to Greek and Roman coinage. |
$12 |
Amazon.Com |
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Kroh, Dennis |
Ancient Coin
Reference Review |
Excellent
source of information on references. |
$23 |
Jerry Walker |
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L-1. Lindgren, Henry & Kovacs, Frank |
Ancient
Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant from the Lindgren Collection |
Include high
percentage of the affordably priced bronze Greek coins that most
collectors will encounter. Best value for
the numismatic library. |
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Can't find a
copy but am looking. |
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L-2. Lindgren, Henry |
Ancient
Bronze Coins of European Mints from the Lindgren Collection |
Include high
percentage of the affordably priced bronze Greek coins. |
$40 |
Antioch
Associates & CNG |
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L-3. Lindgren, Henry |
Ancient Greek
Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection |
Include high
percentage of the affordably priced bronze Greek coins. |
$45 |
Antioch
Associates & CNG |
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Larson, Chuck |
Numismatic
Forgery |
Covers:
Alteration (tooling, adding mint marks); Casting; False Dies, Collars;
Planchets; Striking; and Wear/Patina. |
$13 |
Overstock.com |
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Lhotka, John
F. |
Introduction
to East Roman (Byzantine) Coinage |
Published
1989, well written and researched work. Includes
text for the beginner and for the advanced collector. 117 pages, |
$16 |
Total
Campus.com |
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Mattingly,
Harold |
From Coins to
History: Selected Numismatic Studies |
280 pg. Collection of essays ranges over the field of
Greek and Roman coinage |
$58 |
Walmart |
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Mattingly,
Harold |
Guide to
Republican and Imperial Roman Coins |
Loaded with
historical information. 80pgs. 1980
Reprint. |
$20 |
Jerry Walker,
V-coins |
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Mattingly,
Harold |
Roman Coins |
Hard Bound,
1987 reprint, 350+ pages, |
$34 |
Stanton Books |
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Matyszak,
Philip |
Chronicle of
the Roman Republic |
Examines the
succession of kings, consuls, and tribunes who took Rome from a small
fortified hilltop to the greatest empire of antiquity. |
$23 |
Amazon.Com |
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Meter, David
Van |
"Collecting
Greek Coins: A Complete Guide to Beginning
and Enjoying a Collection of Classical Greek Coins" |
143 pages
plus 18 plates of coin photos. An
excellent introduction on the subject. |
$23 |
Amazon |
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Montague,
Robert C. II |
The
Reflections of Diocletian |
May not be
good. Get more information. |
$21 |
Amazon |
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Newell,
Edward T. |
Standard
Ptolemaic Silver |
Booklet with
10 pgs text and 7 plates of silver Egyptian coins from Ptolemy I
(323-283 BC) to Cleopatra VII (50-30 BC). |
$9 |
Walkers-stuff
Ebay (Listed at $6.99, should sell for
under $10) |
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Plant,
Richard |
Greek Coin
Types and Their Identification |
(1979) -144
pages listing 2748 coin types. This book consists mostly of line
drawings to help the collector in identifying Greek and Greek Imperial
coins. |
$45 |
Country Book
Shop.com |
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Price |
Coins of the
Macedonians |
47 pages;
photos. Includes an introduction to the Macedonians, the Tribes; the
Cities; the Kings; and Macedonia Under the Romans. |
$15 |
Jerry Walker,
V-Coins |
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Reece |
Identifying
Roman Coins |
Hardbound
(2000); second edition; 60 pages with numberous line drawings for
identification of Roman coins |
$16 |
Amazon |
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Rees, Roger |
Diocletian
And The Tetrarchy |
Currently out
of print. |
$26 |
Walmart |
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RIC-.1:
Sutherland, Carol |
Roman
Imperial Coinage, Volume 1: Augustus to Vitellius |
Most
extensive work that has been done on Roman Coins to Date.
Published over a sixty year period. |
$115 |
CNG |
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RIC-.2:
Mattingly, Harold and Edward Sydenham |
Roman
Imperial Coinage, Volume 2: Vespasian to Hadrian |
Most
extensive work that has been done on Roman Coins to Date.
Published over a sixty year period. |
$75 |
CNG |
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RIC-.3:
Mattingly, Harold and Edward Sydenham |
Roman
Imperial Coinage, Volume 3: Antonius Pius to Commodus |
Most
extensive work that has been done on Roman Coins to Date.
Published over a sixty year period. |
$75 |
CNG |
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RIC-.4:
Mattingly, Harold and Edward Sydenham |
Roman
Imperial Coinage, Vol 4: Pertinax to Uranius Antoninus |
Most
extensive work that has been done on Roman Coins to Date.
Published over a sixty year period. |
$120 |
Jerry Walker-
V-Coins |
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RIC-.5: Webb,
Percy |
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