I just added eight ancient-coin books for sale to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/numislit.html Some are elementary, and some very sophisticated for advanced collectors. All are price well below or even far below what they would cost on Amazon. That page has many more books and catalogs as well. Take a look! -- Warren Ancient Coin Collecting, by Wayne Sayles. 1996. Nearly new with DJ and fitted clear-plastic protecting cover. [$19] Ancient Coin Collecting, volume III, The Roman World--Politics and Propaganda, first edition, by Wayne Sayles. 1997. Nearly new with dust jacket. [$19] Greek and Roman Coins and the Study of History, by J. G. Milne. 1977 Obol reprint of a 1938 book. Covers materials on dies, artworks, types, mints, countermark's, monetary standards and has hoards of information. Book Size: 8 3/4" H x 5 5/8" W – 144 Pages – Illustrated with 15 B&W plates with 7-10 coins each. Nearly new. [$8] The barbaric tremissis in Spain and Southern France: Anastasius to Leovigild, by Wallace Tomasini. Cardcover, 1964. ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs #152. 302 pages plus plates A-l plus XXV plates of coins. Signed by the author, otherwise very good. $257 in "good" on Amazon. [$219] Minting of Antoniniani A. D. 238-249 and the Smyrna Hoard by Samuel K. Eddy. ANS Nuismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 156. Paperback. 1967. Very good except former price in ink on the upper-right of the cover. $15 on Amazon. [$9] The Agrinion hoard, by Margaret Thompson (Numismatic notes and monographs, no. 159) Paperback. 1968. 130 pages plus 717 coins on 46 page plates. A photocopy of the AJA book review of it included, calling it "a masterly study." Very good except for former price in ink on the upper right of the cover. $35 on Amazon. [$24] British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals: A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, From Circ; B. C. 700 to A. D. 1 by Barclay V. Head (Argonaut Reprint of the second, 1881, edition, 1968) Red Hardcover. Excellent unmarked condition, slight foxing. 130 pages plus 70 page plates of high-quality coins. $31 in hardcover and $13 in paperback on Amazon. [$13] Notes on the Ancient Coinage of Hispania Citerior: by George Francis Hill. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 50 Paperback. 1931 original. Small format 6 5/8"by 4 1/2 inches (relatievly thick at 3/4") 196 pages plus XXXVI page plates of 4 to 10 coins each. Good condition except for short, taped-over, rips in the cover of the spine. Contents excellent. This was important enough to be reprinted, but Amazon has neither the original nor the reprint. [$24] Edward Newell, The Seleucid Mint of Antioch, red hardcover Obol reprint, 1978. 151 pages plus 13 page plates. Excellent condtion. [$30]. Edward Newell, The Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints, from Seleucus I to Antiochus II, brown hardover, ANS 1978. 307 pages plus 56 page plates. Excellent condition. [$49] Books! Coinage and Finances in the Reign of Domitian: A.D. 81-96 (BAR International) Paperback, 1983. Beautifully hardbound in heavy red cloth covers. Somebody did a nice job having it covered. The original cardcover book and its cover is all there after a flyleaf. Title in black on the spine. Unmarked and seems nearly new. [ $119, reduced to $95 +$5 shipping.] (For other books and catalogs, see http://augustuscoins.com/numislit.html ] Book. The large two-volume book by Estiot on coins of Aurelian and Florian, "Monnaies de l'Empire Romain, D' Aureline a Florien, 270-276", with 456 pages in French (most lists, tables, and coin IDs, easy to read), plus 100 page plates and 16 pages of color enlargements and many tables. This copy is excellent. None on Amazon. AddAll at $199 or $220 but shipped from Europe. Here, a very good two-volume copy at $145, including shipping in the US only.
