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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 1939073, member: 44316&quot;]You might buy the books. Starr &quot;Athenian Coinage&quot; is cheap with many coins illustrated on 26 page plates ($25 in reprint on Amazon).&nbsp; Seltman &quot;Athens: Its history and its coinage&quot; is not cheap. Both primarily cover pre-Persian invasion coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know it is true, but it still surprises me that so many collectors think they might spend hundreds of dollars on each of several coins and expect the knowledge they need to do it well would be free on the web. Yes, lots of beginner&#039;s knowledge is free on the web, but I emphasize the word &quot;beginner&#039;s.&quot; Good books go many times as deeply into most areas of ancient coinage as web sites and forum answers (not all areas, if some expert has been kind enough to make a thorough site).&nbsp; If any collector is past the dabbling &quot;Oh! This is old!&quot; stage, they should pay for some relevant books or admit they don&#039;t know much about what they are buying.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/numis/learnmore.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/numis/learnmore.html" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/numis/learnmore.html</a></p><p>has some book recommendations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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