Ancient

With the expanded third edition of his award-winning 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, author, researcher, and long-time coin dealer Harlan J. Berk has created a volume that appeals to both novice collectors and avid numismatists. With his engaging narrative and hundreds of fullcolor photographs, Berk takes readers on a journey back in time to the earliest days of coin minting. Each coin in this book ranks as one of the greatest relics of antiquity. Individually, they stand out as unique pieces of...

These early dated coins form one of the first links between medieval and modern coinage. Anno Domini's way of dating coins using Latin script did not begin until the mid-13th century, and did not become popular in Europe until three centuries later. It took the author 15 years to separate the few coins with dates from the many. The First Edition of this book was comparable to the out-of-print work by Albert Frey in 1915. Today, when an early dated coin is sold, whether in Europe or America, it...

This 852 page illustrated standard catalog comes w/ over 8,500 full color pictures. A list of 22,000+ coin types included, w/ hundreds of new listings and enlarged sections from over 2,500 years of gold coins from Ancient Greece to Zanzibar, dating back to the 6th centruy BC. The globally accepted Friedberg numbering System is the accepted approach for classifying, identifying , purchasing, and disposing of gold coins. This book is an essential item for any trader, collector, or library. ...

Touches upon every aspect of ancient coinage.The Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins combines the two main references that collectors have depended on for nearly forty years in the study of ancient Greek and Roman coins. The book touches upon every aspect of ancient coinage, from how the pieces were made to what their symbolism meant to the people who used them. It contains all the information needed to properly identify the attribute coins to that era. Beginning and advanced collectors...

2005 reprint. Severus Alexander to Balbinus Pupienus. 56 plates. This important series of books has become one of the most famous in the history of numismatics, the original having been written and printed over a period of forty years from 1923 to 1962. The plates in this edition are as good as the originals. As for the text, this consists of a high-quality digitally scanned reprint taken from the latest editions and reprints, so this edition combines the quality of the original plates and the...

2005 reprint. Nerva to Hadrian. 102 plates. This important series of books has become one of the most famous in the history of numismatics, the original having been written and printed over a period of forty years from 1923 to 1962. The plates in this edition are as good as the originals. As for the text, this consists of a high-quality digitally scanned reprint taken from the latest editions and reprints, so this edition combines the quality of the original plates and the most up-to-date...

This book contains replica coins from Biblical times. Included in the book is a Widow's Mite, Gold Daric, Lepton, Tribute Penny, Shekel and Half-Shekel.

Money or Biblical TimesThe 3rd edition of Money of the Bible is updated with new photographs and additional research by one of the most famous numismatic historians of our time, Kenneth Bressett. The book studies how the Bible was written, and its nature; commerce before coins; coins of Old Testament times; coins in the New Testament; first-century money and trade; coins mentioned in Jesus' parables and lessons; coins and the Passion of Christ; the beginning of Christianity; coins with...