what reference book on ancient coins is most used by you ?

I went through the website, and any link to order is broken. Are you sure this is not just a listing of their issue price? If anyone does see who they can order, I would sure be interested in buying a few titles.

 

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http://archaeology.huji.ac.il/people/administrative.asp
There is an email link to the editor and to the chief librarian

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Purchased more books than coins

At the Danbury Connecticut show this Sunday I actually purchased more books than coins.

Two of the books are on ancients:
Greek Coins and their Values (Volume I Europe) - David Sear
Greek Coins and their Values (Volume II Asia & Africa) - David Sear

I know this is standard stuff in your libraries but these books are new to me.

About a month ago I got Sear's single book on Roman coins (photo attached for clarity).

 

Thanks Rudi, but I already know that site - it's the Hebrew University Library. You can't order it. I don't know why they've got prices listed after the abstracts.

 

Thanks Rudi - I appreciate your help, but I've just been contacted by a board member who's set me up.

 

Its one heck of a basis of an ancient library though. In fact, get a copy of the 1987 Byzantine book and you are really covered for most common issues.

I will bet you a lot of ancient collectors do not even have this much of a library unfortunately.

 

No ? Let me try... I got a special key to open doors

 

Yeah, if you can that would be great. I considered emailing Hebrew University and asking them if they had any extras, or if they could send me a xerox copy, but I just didn't get around to it. I figured eventually one would be put up for sale somewhere, but it hasn't happened.

 

I was temped to buy two used Byzantine books offered at the Danbury show. I was told that the particular books were also readily available on the used market so I passed on them for now.

 

Email sent. I'll keep u guys posted, no worries...

 

Sear is the MOST wanted Byzantine book. Its essentially complete. The one from the world of numismatics series is cool though, and nice reading. Even better is Grierson's "Byzantine Coins" book. There are a couple of dogs in Byzantine coin books though, so please feel free to ask if you want an opinion.

Btw, by "most wanted" I meant by most collectors. Specialists of course will want the Dumbarton Oaks set, as well as Hahn. I don't have Hahn yet unfortunately. English versions of these are tough to track down.

 

Dumbarton Oaks ? U mean this : [h=1]Handbook of the Byzantine Collection ?[/h]http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=7204101424&searchurl=kn=Dumbarton+Oaks&sts=t

 

No, the 5 volume Catalog of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection. Its the definitive reference to all Byzantine coins, save for some more esoteric issues that Simon Bendall might cover. Volume I is only one book, all of the rest are two parters. They also published Late Roman Coins, and a four volume set on Byzantine Seals, (that I just received). Also many other publications covering all things Byzantine and Precolumbian.

Dumbarton Oaks was donated to Harvard, and houses one of the most extensive collections of Byzantine and Precolumbian artifacts in the world. Its in Washington DC.

 

Emphatically no. This is DOC:

A. Bellinger & P. Grierson. Catalogue of Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and the Whittemore Collection. 5 Vols. Washington, D.C. 1966-73.

 

I thought so... I'll contact 2 of my bookies (no, not bookmakers ). See what they got...

 

Here is an ABEBooks link to Volume 5:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1317327764&searchurl=bsi=30&kn=dumbarton+coins

Not a horrible price for it. They are OP now, and not cheap.

 

I believe that the two Byzantine books were (1) Sear and (2) Grierson. I read a couple pages & the Grierson looked like it would be a good read and it contained all the coin photos at the back of the book. The Grierson was a significantly larger format (maybe 12" x 8"). The Sear appeared to be the same fundamental format as the Greek books I just purchased. Does this sound like the two Byzantine books you recommend?

The two Byzantine books would have cost me $90 total. As I recall, the Sear was the more expensive of the two. Is that a fair price for the two used copies? If that is a decent price, then I could probably still get them.

 

That is a steal for those two if they are in nice condition. Let me know if you don't buy them and I will out of general principle.

I sold an extra of the Sear a year back for $75 through a friend of mine. The Grierson usually runs about the same. With those two you are set until you ever decide to get the DOC set for around $1000.

 

I acquired this volume today - Numismatic Chronicle Volume 150, which contains Schmitt-Korte's addendum and corrigendum to Meshorer's Qedem 3. It's easy enough to find bibliographies when it comes to Nabataeans, but just try and get the books. So this is rather a coup for me...