As some of you know, I have spent the past week in Rome looking at the ancient city and scouring for coins. I passed by this amazing old book store and I had to pop in. There were thousands of books dating back to even the 1500s! The best part was that there were a few numismatic treasures hidden in the pile. I set apart an early volume of RIC and a few Italian works that included some ancient roman republic coins. The one I ended up buying is a 1910 version of "Medailles Grecques ET Romaines" or "Greek and Roman Medallions" features ancient coins from the start of Greece to Romulus Augustus. And the best part is that I only paid 50 euros! Of course, I have pictures.
Awesome book! One thing I don’t have in my collection is any books related to numismatics! I have relied on internet postings and resources. I really should start searching for some solid books!
I think this one and RIC are the best for ancient coins. Do you have the red book? That is basically the standard in US coins.
No, I do not have a red book, but I am pretty good with key dates and finding resources online/values of things. Never thought I really needed one, also my LCS has one and anytime I go in there we end up talking for hours, next time I’ll ask if he’s got any books!
50 Euros is a good price - I see that the late RBW's copy of the same sale catalogue went for $200 - http://auction.numislit.com/Collection-Hartwig-M-dailles-Grecques-et-Romaines_i23844004
What you bought is an old auction catalogue by P&P Santamaria (an old Italian coin dealer and auction house) which had been rebound in hardcover. I have the same catalogue!
Awesome! When referencing the coins in the catalogue, what would I put? There are numbers listing the coins just like in other books similar. I'm Just curious.
You would only use it to reference provenance if you owned one of the actual coins in the catalogue, or perhaps as proof that a coin is from the same dies as one in the Hartwig catalogue. For a provenance, I would cite "Ex Hartwig Collection [P&P Santamaria (7 March 1910) Lot xx]". For dies, I would cite "See, P&P Santamaria (7 March 1910) Lot xx (dies)". Some auction sales of huge/important collections used to be cited like books, e.g. Haeberlin or Pozzi, but those days are largely past. BCD Collection catalogues are a notable exception today because of their completeness - they are widely cited.
