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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;qwasty, post: 990176, member: 27130&quot;]Well, since this thread was originally about gold coins, can you recommend any books that exclusively focus on ancient &quot;greek&quot; gold coins? I figured I might as well start at the beginning, and despite the spots and other imperfections, gold is still vastly more durable than either silver or copper. So far, I&#039;ve seen a bit about the earliest Lydian electrum coins, which is one of those types of coins where the attribution is disputed that you mentioned. Some say they&#039;re coins, some say their ritual objects, others say they aren&#039;t even from Lydia, and that there are even earlier examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be curious about the durability of electrum, though so far it seems to be pretty close to what you can normally expect from pure gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as comprehensive online references on ancient coins, I think the online medium would be vastly better than the old fashioned books. According to one respected numismatist, there are about 100,000 known types of ancient coins, which really isn&#039;t a very large quantity of information in the information age. For books, it&#039;s an impossibly large number, but it&#039;s pretty trivial for a modern technology. I bet a few hard drives could hold photos and descriptions of everything known about each coin specimen that&#039;s ever been unearthed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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