Zander H. KlawansHandbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins: An Official Whitman Guidebook

This book is wonderful. It is a must have for anyone collecting ancient coins, or just want to know their history.

Purchased this primarily as a resource for identifying Roman coins, and this is truly fantastic at that. This helps identify obverse and reverse inscriptions, includes lists of the most common inscriptions, coin images (emperors, deities, personifications, etc.), and mint marks. While not completely exhaustive, it does identify the majority of what you would normally encounter. Even though the Roman section doesn’t start until page 176, it contains just about everything you might need to identify what coin you have. It DOES NOT get into issues of value or determining authenticity, so if that is what you are after, then you will need to look elsewhere. The Greek portion of the book is much more image-based identification, and does not go as in-depth with inscriptions as it does in the Roman portion. It may still be useful if you collect Greek coins, but it would likely need to be supplemented. Overall, I found that this is well worth the money.

Have been collecting and slowly cleaning ancient coins from dig sites. Now it’s time to ID them. This book has already helped me immensely.

When I first started the hobby of collecting ancient coins I asked several dealers if there was one book I could get that was both inexpensive and broad. Klawans "Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins" was the repeated answer.The book is essentially divided into a part "A" and a part "B", 'A' being Greek and 'B' being Roman Imperial. Very little attention is given to Republican Rome and Byzantine Rome but that is forgivible considering all the other helps.I got the book, read it cover to cover and still refer to it now even though I have added many ancient coin collecting books to my library since that are more specialized. Klawans' book has many helpful sections on various topics such as on how to read and break down those Roman titles and inscriptions. There is a chronological guide to the Roman emperors and their families, reverses of gods and 'personifications' and other mythological & religious data. The book is copiously illustrated throughout. There is an illustrated guide of coins by city. There are even an ancient rulers guide included ( but with some notable cultures missing ) in it.If you are just getting started with collecting ancient Greek and/or Roman Imperial coins on a shoestring, this is your guide, but, one word of caution, if you are buying uncleaned bulk Roman coins and need an attribution guide this is not the book, this book deals with pre-Constantinian Roman coins. However if you are buying cheap greek bronzes and budget Roman denarii, antoninianii, sestertii, etc., THIS IS THE BOOK TO GET !

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My son loved it

This book has a treasure trove of information about antiquity coins in Greece and Rome. Many pictures of the coins are interesting. A first-rate book for collectors and those who are interested in ancient history.

Could be more informative with both sides shown