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I just got back from the first coin show I’d ever attended. Went there to pick up a Christmas gift for someone (a modern coin) and ended up chatting with a couple guys about ancient Roman coins. I bought three (inexpensive) Roman coins with the goal of doing more research on them, and found this video and your channel while looking for resources. Then I noticed this was just published - fate must be telling me this is my new hobby, lol. Thank you for the information! And I can’t believe how affordable (some of) these pieces of ancient history are!
My next book purchase has to be “The Seleukid Royal Economy: The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire” by G. G. Aperghis. As a long time collector of Seleucid silver, I’d like to take the next step and focus more on how the coins themselves helped to facilitate that particular empire, and thus how they helped the Seleucids retain control over such a vast expanse of land for as long as they did. Edit - Got the first 2 volumes of David Sears work which I couldn’t recommend enough!
I just got my first ancients today, cheapest ones that looked real on eBay, no expectations, but these things are tiny tiny, still so cool to hold history, someone bought something 1500+ years ago with these things, crazy feeling holding that in your hand
I love your videos! I'm really glad you've made this video. I have 'moneta' but would consider myself still fairly new to the hobby. I have been meaning to buy more books but didn't know where to start. Thank you!💰
Ohh, now that is a fun coincidence! It was actually very hard to find a nice antiochene example, and yours was the best I could find online. Hope you are ok with it
I've been sporadically collecting Roman coins on and off again for 10 years but didn't buy any reference books until today (I relied on internet searches to find out more info about certain pieces). I was gifted a $50 Amazon gift card by my work for the holiday season and I used it to get the 1988, single-volume edition of David Sear's "Roman Coins and their Values." I figured I would start with one book that has a broad overview from the Republic to the end of the Western Empire before specializing any further and I heard even though this isn't as detailed as getting all of the individual volumes it's a good place to start. :)
Thank you Leo for your great videos - I enjoy all of them… I only collect antique gold and electrum coins; I am especially impressed by the Hektes and their diversity and details on a small flan. My book recommendation in this regard is: Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene (Friedrich Bodenstedt) The book is in German, but has a large number of plate coins and is still a great reference in this area
One book I recommend that is Edward T Newell "Royal Greek Portrait Coins". Its a small book going over the importance of a lot of Hellenistic Kings. My copy is from 1965 and it looks brand new and I paid a whole $10 on Amazon!!! Also a lot of Hellenistic coins have a reference number of Newell, so you can purchase his other books if you want to specialize. I also bought but not read yet is "The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man's Wealth Shaped the World" by Frank L Holt, looks interesting but don't know if its good yet.
If you’re into the reign of Trajan Bernard Woytek’s Die Reichspragung des Kaisers Traianus (98-117). It’s in German as you can probably tell from the title but everything is plated so you can easily find things by going off of the plates.
I have the Sear books of Roman, Imperials and Greek. They are all very obsolete but very informative. I found them all in a used book store in a little city in northern California. I think I bought all 4 books for $40
Great video! Have all the books you mentioned which are great references. David Sear has a new three volume set on Ancient Greek & Roman Coins. Volumes l and ll are available. Volume lll hasn't been released yet. My favorite book is ERIC - The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins by Rasiel Suarez. David Vagi has a two volume set, Coinage and History of the Roman Empire ,that is worth while having as a reference.
Not a book recommendation but a coin show for those who want to try ancient coins as well as those more experienced collectors - the New York International COin Show in Manhattan, NYC. It occurs every mid-January and you can find some cool catalogs lying around for free too. That show is where I got some very inexpensive ancient coins.
@@ClassicalNumismatics You should. TO save money, stay at a hotel in New Jersey not far from the sports stadium adn American Dream Mall. Good amount of comfortable buses run to NYC and the lodging costs are much lower. A nice large town to stay is Montclair , NJ. There are also lodging options outside of the expensive areas of NYC - Harlem, Manhattan, parts of Western Queens and Downtown Brooklyn to Crown Heights.
For Greek Coins: Collecting Ancient Greek Coins: A Guided Tour Featuring 25 Significant Types by Paul Rynearson is a excellent book to show you examples of how to develop your eye. He shows what to look for in types,. e.g. Lysimachus or Alexander - which styles and mints are desirable.
Google has uploaded many if not all of the British Museum Catalogs of ancient coins. They are the most comprehensive and authoritative sources for ancient coins. They are also the most difficult to use :)
Nice video. Im going to get the 100 greatest ancient coins book. I have 3 ancients, but need to start doing some research before i make a dumb decision.
Thanks to enlight us with this books Sears catalogues are wonderful since more than a half century I bought my first back in the seventies on the same moment I've went to Mr Richard Brandson Virgin music shop on Hyde Park to buy LP's
An ancient numismatist recommended Archaic and Classical Greek Coins by Colin M. Kraay. Also Guide to Biblical Coins by David Hendin is also a good read.
For Roman coinage I use Ursula Kampmann´s books Die Münzen der Römischen Republik and Die Münzen der römischen Kaiserzeit. I read German better than English.
I would love to meet Ursula one day. Her work defending collector's rights to privately own ancient coins in Germany makes her an underappreciated hero of our hobby
Like the 100 coin book, you could make a video to make new people interest in roman coinage - that beginners video that would make someone interested in joining!
I'd recommend Richard Plant's "Arabic Coins and How to Read Them", its an interesting primer for the overall world of islamic coinage and how to attribute them: amzn.to/3ZUkAao
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I really like your videos! To be honest, you were one of the reasons why I've started adding ancient coins to my collection! Much appreciated!
Thats so nice to read! Glad I was able to inspire you into getting in this amazing hobby.
Same here! I first learned I can actually own an ancient coin through this channel, and started my journey as a collector!
I just got back from the first coin show I’d ever attended. Went there to pick up a Christmas gift for someone (a modern coin) and ended up chatting with a couple guys about ancient Roman coins. I bought three (inexpensive) Roman coins with the goal of doing more research on them, and found this video and your channel while looking for resources. Then I noticed this was just published - fate must be telling me this is my new hobby, lol.
Thank you for the information! And I can’t believe how affordable (some of) these pieces of ancient history are!
One of us! One of us! Welcome to the club!!
Thanks
Thank you for the support!
Your channel inspired me to buy my first 4 ancient coins and I did my research and stayed within my budget thank you!
Amazing! What did you get?
@ A didrachm, a Crannon Thessaly, Pub Crespusius Denarius, and a Justinian I Niko Follis!
I started out by reading Moneta, and found your channel when researching the coins more deeply.
Thats awesome!
My next book purchase has to be “The Seleukid Royal Economy: The Finances and Financial Administration of the Seleukid Empire” by G. G. Aperghis. As a long time collector of Seleucid silver, I’d like to take the next step and focus more on how the coins themselves helped to facilitate that particular empire, and thus how they helped the Seleucids retain control over such a vast expanse of land for as long as they did. Edit - Got the first 2 volumes of David Sears work which I couldn’t recommend enough!
100% my next book. Im developing a taste for Seleucid bronze and small silver, and I need further knowledge on the subject. Thanks!
I enjoy the channel and content, excellent work
Thank you! Im glad my content is enjoyable :)
I like the Hoover handbooks. I have all of them!
Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins by Zander H. Klawans is a brilliant little book.
I just got my first ancients today, cheapest ones that looked real on eBay, no expectations, but these things are tiny tiny, still so cool to hold history, someone bought something 1500+ years ago with these things, crazy feeling holding that in your hand
That feeling when you handle your very first ancient coin is magical!
I love your videos! I'm really glad you've made this video. I have 'moneta' but would consider myself still fairly new to the hobby. I have been meaning to buy more books but didn't know where to start. Thank you!💰
Im glad to have been helpful! Get the catalogues, they are a great starting reference. Cheers!
Simply an excellent video. Thank you❤
Thank you very much for the kind words! Im glad it was a useful video for you :)
At 4:20, the Marcus Aurelius from Antioch (lower left) is my exact coin! I It's been in my collection for 3 1/2 years. Where did you get that image?
Ohh, now that is a fun coincidence!
It was actually very hard to find a nice antiochene example, and yours was the best I could find online. Hope you are ok with it
@@ClassicalNumismatics Yes of course, that's fine.
Been collecting ancients , mainly Roman, for many years. Nice informative channel you've got here.
Thank you very much, Im happy to have you here.
Its great that it has been useful, even for someone experienced!
I've been sporadically collecting Roman coins on and off again for 10 years but didn't buy any reference books until today (I relied on internet searches to find out more info about certain pieces). I was gifted a $50 Amazon gift card by my work for the holiday season and I used it to get the 1988, single-volume edition of David Sear's "Roman Coins and their Values." I figured I would start with one book that has a broad overview from the Republic to the end of the Western Empire before specializing any further and I heard even though this isn't as detailed as getting all of the individual volumes it's a good place to start. :)
Always useful. Have learned a lot.
Thank you, glad it was useful!
Thank you Leo for your great videos - I enjoy all of them…
I only collect antique gold and electrum coins; I am especially impressed by the Hektes and their diversity and details on a small flan.
My book recommendation in this regard is:
Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene (Friedrich Bodenstedt)
The book is in German, but has a large number of plate coins and is still a great reference in this area
Wonderful recommendation! One day I want to get more into electrum coinage. Thank you!
One book I recommend that is Edward T Newell "Royal Greek Portrait Coins". Its a small book going over the importance of a lot of Hellenistic Kings. My copy is from 1965 and it looks brand new and I paid a whole $10 on Amazon!!! Also a lot of Hellenistic coins have a reference number of Newell, so you can purchase his other books if you want to specialize.
I also bought but not read yet is "The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man's Wealth Shaped the World" by Frank L Holt, looks interesting but don't know if its good yet.
If you’re into the reign of Trajan Bernard Woytek’s Die Reichspragung des Kaisers Traianus (98-117). It’s in German as you can probably tell from the title but everything is plated so you can easily find things by going off of the plates.
Trajan is popular enough that this author should consider releasing it in english. Everyone loves Trajan!
I have the Sear books of Roman, Imperials and Greek. They are all very obsolete but very informative. I found them all in a used book store in a little city in northern California. I think I bought all 4 books for $40
What a deal!
The Oxford handbook by Metcalf was my first and remains one of my favourite reference books!
Its a brilliant book indeed!
Very well done and thank you 😊
I recently purchased a copy of ERIC 2 by Suarez. Lots of great information!
I need to get my hands on ERIC, it seems quite good
Great video! Have all the books you mentioned which are great references. David Sear has a new three volume set on Ancient Greek & Roman Coins. Volumes l and ll are available. Volume lll hasn't been released yet. My favorite book is ERIC - The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins by Rasiel Suarez. David Vagi has a two volume set, Coinage and History of the Roman Empire ,that is worth while having as a reference.
David Sear is the numismatic father and grandfather of all of us, present generations of numismatists!
I Really like my SNG von Aulock 14 on Galatia, Cappadocia, Cistophori and some other coins!
When’s the Classical Numismatics book coming out?
Ohh I still need to become a muuuuch better numismatist for that! 👀
Not a book recommendation but a coin show for those who want to try ancient coins as well as those more experienced collectors - the New York International COin Show in Manhattan, NYC. It occurs every mid-January and you can find some cool catalogs lying around for free too. That show is where I got some very inexpensive ancient coins.
I need to cross the pond and attend this show one day!
@@ClassicalNumismatics You should. TO save money, stay at a hotel in New Jersey not far from the sports stadium adn American Dream Mall. Good amount of comfortable buses run to NYC and the lodging costs are much lower. A nice large town to stay is Montclair , NJ. There are also lodging options outside of the expensive areas of NYC - Harlem, Manhattan, parts of Western Queens and Downtown Brooklyn to Crown Heights.
Western Coins of Nero by MacDowall is frequently referenced by RIC.
For Greek Coins: Collecting Ancient Greek Coins: A Guided Tour Featuring 25 Significant Types by Paul Rynearson is a excellent book to show you examples of how to develop your eye. He shows what to look for in types,. e.g. Lysimachus or Alexander - which styles and mints are desirable.
Google has uploaded many if not all of the British Museum Catalogs of ancient coins. They are the most comprehensive and authoritative sources for ancient coins. They are also the most difficult to use :)
Great video, what is the best to start collecting Celtic coins?
Cheers from Mercia
"The Tribes and Coins of Celtic Britain" as well as Spink's "Ancient British Coins"
Nice video. Im going to get the 100 greatest ancient coins book. I have 3 ancients, but need to start doing some research before i make a dumb decision.
Awesome, thats the correct way for a beginner to approach the hobby, doing your research first!
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do here :)
Thanks to enlight us with this books
Sears catalogues are wonderful since more than a half century
I bought my first back in the seventies on the same moment I've went to Mr Richard Brandson Virgin music shop on Hyde Park to buy LP's
What a lovely story! Which was your first ancient coin?
An ancient numismatist recommended Archaic and Classical Greek Coins by Colin M. Kraay. Also Guide to Biblical Coins by David Hendin is also a good read.
Both good books as well. Hendin is a great numismatist.
For Roman coinage I use Ursula Kampmann´s books Die Münzen der Römischen Republik and Die Münzen der römischen Kaiserzeit. I read German better than English.
I would love to meet Ursula one day. Her work defending collector's rights to privately own ancient coins in Germany makes her an underappreciated hero of our hobby
Coins of the Holy Land 1&2, Meshorer and Guide to Biblical Coins , David Hendin
I need to get my hands on Hendin's books. Ive seen a few of his lectures online and I really enjoy his presentation style.
@ the book is very well written and easy to read with great info.
Like the 100 coin book, you could make a video to make new people interest in roman coinage - that beginners video that would make someone interested in joining!
This channel already has HUNDREDS of beginner-friendly videos on the subject
@ClassicalNumismatics i guess i watched them all hahaha
I would love to hear if there are similar books on Islamic coinage. A guide to read and appreciate them.
I'd recommend Richard Plant's "Arabic Coins and How to Read Them", its an interesting primer for the overall world of islamic coinage and how to attribute them: amzn.to/3ZUkAao
@ClassicalNumismatics great, seems like the book I am looking for. Many thanks! :)
if you could only pick 3 from this list, which are the most important
Sear's specific catalogues to your collecting niche, and the Oxford Handbook
I speak Bulgarian and Russian MONETA "МОНЕТА" in those langliges means COIN.
Pretty cool!
So does MOEDA in Portuguese, MONEDA in spanish, and so on :)
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