Coin Books,

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by BenSi, Apr 22, 2020.

  1. red_spork

    red_spork Triumvir monetalis

    I have a copy of Bauslaugh's work on my bookshelf and I don't even own a coin of Aesillas, I just felt it was too cheap and interesting to pick up especially as an example of a large die study to learn from(and I do plan to pick up a few coins of Aesillas one of these days).
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    My bookshelf is a bit more abbreviated than many peoples' here but that's because I try to get digital copies where possible and where legal and right now I'm running low on bookshelf space as I share the current shelf with my wife. I'm actually currently shopping for a nice new bookshelf better than this thing from Costco but haven't found anything just yet and the current lockdown is making that much harder. I actually just bought a copy of Banti's 9-volume series on RR coins, so I am going to have to rearrange and find room on this already full shelf for that soon. That should be fun.
     
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  3. svessien

    svessien Senior Member

    Do you recommend getting the Numismatic Fine Arts catalogs? Are they useful, or just eye candy?
     
  4. red_spork

    red_spork Triumvir monetalis

    They are certainly eye candy. NFA XXVII in particular contained Roman Republic coins from Roberto Russo, the founder of NAC, and as such I felt it was an important sale to have a printed copy of if for no other reason than to have high res photos to flip through and see the coins "up close". That said, I don't really expect to find many provenances to NFA sales in my collection as I am not yet at that level but I do still enjoy flipping through their sales. I actually found last night that many of the NFA FPLs and auctions are on Gallica like this one so you can always browse them on there if you can find them. Unfortunately, Gallica is kind of a nightmare to use when searching for coins but sometimes it can be useful
     
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  5. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    I have Crawford and use it regularly. I'm more curious about Grueber than anything else. Like you, I don't expect to use it frequently to look coins up, but one never knows if there might be some interesting passages in it. It's my understanding that it has more extensive historical discussions than Crawford, and that Crawford essentially assumed the reader's knowledge of Grueber in omitting such discussions.
     
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  6. red_spork

    red_spork Triumvir monetalis

    This is correct about Grueber. You can find it online for free in the public domain if you want to "try before you buy". I don't refer to it quite as much as Crawford but I do find myself using my electronic copy regularly
     
  7. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    My favorite NFA catalogs were not their high end sales but their lower priced Mail Sales which had interesting coins in my price bracket. The Fall 1990 one is particularly large and my copy is falling apart from use.
     
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  8. svessien

    svessien Senior Member

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    I got this lot in the mail 5-6 weeks ago. 75$ plus shipping. Shipping was expensive, but still cheap books. :)
    I didn’t really know what I was buying with Grueber, because I was first of all interested in other books in the lot: Sutherland, Jenkins and the Forni BMC catalogs. I have had one look through Grueber so far, but I think I need to get volume II in order to get full use of vol. III.
    On another note: I noticed you were refering to Harlan the other day. I find his writing about RR coins very interesting. I didn’t know volume II was availible, so that’s the next book I’m getting. I also noticed there’s a new edition of volume I, which is great. When I bought it 10 years ago, it was already hard to get, so I had to settle for a used library copy.

    Doug: That’s good to know about the NFA catalogs. I decided some time ago to stop collecting auction catalogs, but these seem to be a little «more».
     
  9. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    I'm sorry, but my ancient-coin library is too large to photograph. Think that final scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." :happy:
     
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  10. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

    How did you enjoy this book Donna? I also just found a cheap copy of this online as well.. very excited for its delivery. I had been looking for awhile.
     
  11. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    I liked the photos a lot -- even the black and white ones! I admit that I haven't read most of the text yet.
     
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  12. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    A new coin book arrived today which I bought on Abebooks and am very much looking forward to reading, as someone who loves Roman Republican coins: Elvira Clain-Stefanelli's book Life in Republican Rome on its Coinage, published by the Smithsonian in 1999. It has descriptions and photos of about 150 different Republican denarii -- including 21 of the 31 I own. Just from leafing through it, I can tell I'm going to enjoy it.

    Here are photos of the cover, the table of contents, and a sample page with two coins I own.

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  13. Only a Poor Old Man

    Only a Poor Old Man Well-Known Member

    New books arrived... Although 'new' doesn't quite describe them properly as one is from the 60s and the other from the 70s.

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    The 'Historia Numorum' is actually my second copy. A couple of months back I got a first edition from the 1890s in pretty good condition and I decided I didn't want to wear it down, so when I found a pretty affordable Spink edition from the 60s I was happy to get it. I also decided to get the 'Byzantine Coins' one as I seem to be getting a lot more interested in Byzantine coinage lately. I had a good rummage through the pages earlier and I have the feeling I will really enjoy it. I find that I enjoy early coin books quite a lot. I bought a couple of the usual modern ones recently and I found them quite disappointing. They were just like catalogues. What is the point in that when the internet is just a click away.
     
  14. Voulgaroktonou

    Voulgaroktonou Well-Known Member

     
  15. Voulgaroktonou

    Voulgaroktonou Well-Known Member

    The Whitting book looks mint! I enjoy mine as well. And I know what you mean about Head's HN. I own a 1911 edition, but always consult the library's reprint when I want to look things up. Keeps mine fresh!
     
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  16. otlichnik

    otlichnik Well-Known Member

    A bit late to the thread, but here is mine.

    This side consists mainly of books on history, antiquities and some on Asian coins.

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    This side consists mainly of numismatic books and journals. But things are often mixed about in my "only makes sense to me" arrangement.
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  17. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Looks like my favorite kind of room!
     
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