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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jon L, post: 4531976, member: 64167&quot;]<i>Does anyone have recommendations on a very complete and thorough reference guide for Ancient Coins? I just started collecting, and have a large array of coins I am trying to identify. Thank you!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jennifer - Ancient coins has no single book or series.&nbsp; The definitive reference for ancient roman coins is the 10 volume set RIC (Roman Imperial Coins).&nbsp; Retails for $1000-1300.&nbsp; Began as a survey of Roman coins held in royal collections during the 1700s and has been continuously updated since then.&nbsp; A bit difficult to use unless you&#039;re a true geek and are somewhat familiar with the style and format.&nbsp; A good beginner book is <font size="4"><i>The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins</i> by David Van Meter.&nbsp; Roman <u>Republican</u> coins do not have a single &#039;one stop shop&#039; book because of the variations and quantities of the coins.&nbsp; <i>The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators</i> by David Sear and <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and Their Coins, 63 BC - 49 BC</i> by Michael Harlan are good starts.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The Greek world also cannot be limited to a single reference.&nbsp; A good reference for the serious collector of both Greek and Roman is <i>The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage</i> by William Metcalf.&nbsp; Greek only overview is <i>Ancient Greek Coins (Coins in History)</i> by G Kenneth Jenkins.&nbsp; Another good intro to Greeks is <i>A Dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins</i> by John Melville Jones.&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Greek Coins and Their Values Vol 1: Europe</i> by David Sear is also a quality work.&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">A great place to start is the website WILDWINDS.COM .&nbsp; A friend of mine of 25 years, Dane Kurth, runs the site.&nbsp; It is a comprehensive photographic collection of ancient Greek and Roman coins, listed by city/state and ruler.&nbsp; Almost 100,000 coin photographs posted.&nbsp; Not only from great collections, but also from serious collectors.&nbsp; I have a dozen unique coins from my collection displayed there.&nbsp; Free of charge, it is the go to site for collectors, auction houses and coin sites.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">My avatar here is of a silver denarius of Julius Caesar I bought probably 30 years ago.&nbsp; If you need assistance, please contact me offline.&nbsp; I&#039;d be happy to help you out with IDs.&nbsp; </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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