Coin Books
Recommended coins Books – to get you started:
General Ancient Coins
Wayne Sales – Ancient Coin Collecting I
Zander H. Klawans – Handbook of Ancient Greek & Roman Coins
Greek
Sayles, Wayne- Ancient Coin Collecting II - Numismatic Art of the Greek World
Jenkins, G.K – Coins in History: Ancient Greek Coins
Sear, David – Greek Coins and Their Values: Europe
Sear, David – Greek Coins and Their Values: Asia and Africa
Plant, Richard – Greek Coins Types and their Identification
Price, MJ – The Coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus
Roman
Sayles, wayne- Ancient Coin Collecting III – The Roman World-Politics and Propaganda
Sear, David- Roman Coins and their Values I – The Republic and the Twelve Caesars, 280 BC – AD 96
Sear, David – Roman Coins and their Values II – Adoptive Emperors to Severans
Sear, David – Roman Coins and their Values III – The Third Century Crisis and Recovery
Melville-Jones, JR – A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins
Plant, Richard – Roman Silver Coins – A Price Guide
Plant, Richard – Roman Base Metal Coins – A Price Guide
Suarez, Rasiel – Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins (ERIC)
Vagi, David – Coinage and History of the Roman Empire 2001
Van Meter, David – The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins
Roman Provincial
Sayles, Wayne – Ancient Coin Collecting IV – Roman Provincial Coins
Emmett, Keith – Alexandrian Coins
Curtis, JW – The tetradrachms of Roman Egypt
Milne, J. G – Catalogue of Alexandrian coins
Sear, David – Greek Imperial Coins and their Values
Hendin, David – Guide to Biblical Coins – 4th Ed
Meshorer, Yaakov - A Treasury of Jewish Coins
Byzantine
Sales, wayne – Ancient Coin Collecting V – The Romanion/Byzantine Culture
Sear, David – Byzantine Coins and their Values
Goodwin, Tony – Arab Byzantine Coinage
Non Classical Cultures
Sayles, Wayne – Ancient Coin Collecting VI – Non-Classical Cultures
Sellwood, David – An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia
Shore, Fred B - Parthian Coins and History: Ten Dragons Against Rome
Fakes & Forgeries
Sayles, Wayne – Classical Deception
Hendin, David – Not Kosher: Forgeries of Ancient Jewish and Biblical Coins