Numismatic References

by William Montefusco

Author

Title

Description

Cost

Found

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

Banks, Florence Aiken

Coins of Bible days.

1984, 178p.

$16

Totalcampus.com

Barnes, Timothy

The New Empire of Diocletian & Constantine

Out of Print. 336pp 1982

$38

Amazon

Bennett, Julian

Trajan: Optimus Princeps

Glorious reputation is tested by Julian Bennett in this comprehensive biography

$25

Amazon

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

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

Burnett, A. M.

Roman Provincial Coinage

ISBN: 2717718451, Published in 1998.

$32

HJB

Burnett, Andrew

Coin Hoards from Roman Britain

Paperback, 208pp.  Pub. Date: January 1987

$22

Barnes & Nobles

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

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

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

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

C-3 Carson, R. A. G

Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. 3, the Dominate

Roman Imperial Coinage from 296-498 AD.  110pg

 

(Sold on Ebay for $30 in July 2004)

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

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)

Crawford, Michael H.

Coinage & Money under the Roman Republic - Italy and the
Mediterranean Economy

Methuen & Co.Ltd., London  ISBN )-416-123007, published in 1985. Extremely instructive and comprehensive.

$125

 

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

Davis, Norman.

Greek Coins & Cities.

221 pages, w/ photos of 110 Greek coins from the Norman Davis collection. 1967

$39

Abe Books.

Davis, Norman.

The Hellenistic Kingdoms, Portrait Coins and History

294 Pages, Collection of Helenistic Coins.  History of Greek Kings.

$60

Amazon.com, UK

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

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

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

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

Goddard, John

Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow: Roman Provincial Coins Spain - Kingdoms of Asia Minor

440 Pages.

$153

Biggerbooks.com

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

Grant, Michael

Roman Anniversary Issues;

Exploratory Study of the Numismatic and Medallic Commemoration of 49 B. C - A. D.375

$35

Amazon

Grant, Michael

The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition

Covers the reigns of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus.

$33

Amazon

Grant, Michael

A Guide to the Ancient World

 728-page alphabetical listing of ancient cities and facts about them.

$13

Barnes & Nobles

Greene, Kevin

Archaeology of the Roman Economy

Sets forth resources, manufactures, transport, and trade.

$12

Amazon, (Used)

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

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

Herbert, Kevin

Roman Imperial Coins: Augustus to Hadrian & Antonine: Selections, 31 BC - AD 180

 

$40

Barnes & Nobles

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

Horner, Lance & Onstott Kyle

Child of the Sun

Book on the life and times of Elagabalus.

$8

Forum.com

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

Howgego, Christopher

Ancient History from Coins

Character, patterns and behaviour of coinage and their bearing on major historical themes. . (176 Pages)

$15

Amazon.Com

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)

Jenkins

Coins of Greek Sicily

64 pages with coin photos. Very thorough coverage of this important series from classical times.

$14

Pegasis

Jones, John Melville

A Dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins

1986 - A standard encyclopedic reference. Useful for background knowledge, but not attributions.

$35

Barnes & Nobles

Jones, John Melville

Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins

Explains the terms you will see in conjunction with coins.

$38

CNG

Klawans, Zander H.

Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins

Introductory work to Greek and Roman coinage.

$12

Amazon.Com

Kroh, Dennis

Ancient Coin Reference Review

Excellent source of information on references.

$23

Jerry Walker

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.

 

Can't find a copy but am looking.

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

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

Larson, Chuck

Numismatic Forgery

Covers: Alteration (tooling, adding mint marks); Casting; False Dies, Collars; Planchets; Striking; and Wear/Patina.

$13

Overstock.com

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

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

Mattingly, Harold

Guide to Republican and Imperial Roman Coins

Loaded with historical information.  80pgs. 1980 Reprint.

$20

Jerry Walker, V-coins

Mattingly, Harold

Roman Coins

Hard Bound, 1987 reprint, 350+ pages,

$34

Stanton Books

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

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

Montague, Robert C. II

The Reflections of Diocletian

May not be good.  Get more information.

$21

Amazon

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)

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

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

Reece

Identifying Roman Coins

Hardbound (2000); second edition; 60 pages with numberous line drawings for identification of Roman coins

$16

Amazon

Rees, Roger

Diocletian And The Tetrarchy

Currently out of print.

$26

Walmart

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

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

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

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

RIC-.5: Webb, Percy