British tokens and their values; (Seaby's numismatic publications)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

EDITORS

Seaby, Peter

Bussell, Monica

Antiques & Collectibles

Seaby

Collecting Medals and Decorations

ALEC A. PURVES

A brief biography of Thomas Simon, a major figure in coin collecting. Contains 49 illustrations. Very slight wear on edges. Closed tear on title page. 60 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..

Thomas Simon: His life and work, 1618-1665

Alan J. Nathanson

Greek coins have always posed problems of identification to the average numismatist. Greek bronze coins, for example, are amongst the commonest of available ancient coins but are also the most difficult to identify, especially when worn and indistinct; further, many of the types occur at several cities. The major numismatic catalogues list Greek coins geographically, making it virtually impossible to locate and unfamiliar coin. In this book, which is unique in its approach, Richard Plant has taken nearly 3,000 Greek coins, concentrating on types which may not be immediately identifiable from their inscriptions or subjects represented, and has broadly analysed them according to their characteristic types and grouped them accordingly. It needs very little practice to be able to recognize tripods, animals, birds, fishes and the principle deities such as Zeus, Nike, etc. For example, a coin having a temple with four columns on one side and two fishes on the other will be found under the heading 'Shrines and Temples; Temple or shrine with four columns' and also under the heading 'Two fishes or dolphins'; in each case the identification would be to an issue from Abdera in Hispania Ulterior and an illustration under the coin's main number. The place of issue, date, denomination, metal and size are given. This may be all the information required and sufficient to proceed to other standard works of reference. No other book allows a coin to be so quickly identified via its type and the immense scope of this book is apparent when it is realized that here 'Greek' coins cover everything which is not Roman in the ancient world with the exception of Ancient British, Gaulish and Indo-Greek coins with Karosthi legends.

Greek Coin Types and Their Identification

Plant, Richard

Arabic Coins and How to Read Them (Seaby's numismatic publications)

Arabic coins and how to read them (Seaby's numismatic publications)

Reference

Plant, Richard J

Foreign Language Study & Reference

This chronological guide is divided into two parts, focusing in turn on the empires of Rome and Byzantium. For each empire, an alphabetical list of emperors, empresses and princes is followed by an expanded list of emperors, most illustrated by a portrait coin, and giving details of their full name, dates, means of succession, family relationship, cause and place of death and length of reign. Family trees are shown for all the major dynasties and each section ends with a chronological list of rulers and dates. The book is aimed at collectors of coins and students of ancient history.

The emperors of Rome and Byzantium: Chronological and genealogical tables for history students and coin collectors

British tokens and their values

With detailed illustrations accompanying the text, this handbook provides an introduction to the coinages of the great Islamic dynasties of the Middle East, and the Umayyads of Spain.

Handbook of Islamic Coins

Broome, Michael

Coinage in the Greek World

Carradice, Ian

Price, Martin J.

History

The first two chapters provide a resume of how the coinage of the central Roman state changed, developed and stumbled. In Britain most coins in museums and collections come from hoards (coins deposited in a group) or from coins found singly during excavation or walking over fields. These two classes are very different and are examined separately. The author then looks at how coins were used in Roman Britain, and finally explains the differences between Britain and the rest of the Roman Empire. Despite the need for quantitative as well as well as qualitative analysis, Richard Reece has - for the benefit of those who are understandably put off by reams of statistics - banished all numbers and numerical methods to a single short Appendix. The result is a book sparkling with Dr Reece's characteristically incisive insights that can be appreciated by anyone interested in Britain's past.

Coinage in Roman Britain

Richard Reece

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