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<p>[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 5305340, member: 73165"]It sounds like you might need a book to get you going on cash coins, should you have literally any interest in the Imperial period of China. I have one that will get you started. I believe there's even a pronunciation guide, but, if not, they do Romanize the names of the characters for you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For hammered medieval coinage, my big deal here is that they're often made of quite bad silver, and, until you get rather late into the period, portraits are more iconic (read: borderline cartoonish) than representational. Many lack dates, and inscriptions tend to be quite difficult for me to read. It's just not an enjoyable period for me, beyond having the requisite couple of examples I want for historical purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Hellenistic Greek coinage, I don't profess any specialty in these, really, but I try to collect some of the more famous and iconic pieces, such as the Athenian Owl and its variants, the Aegean turtle stater, Taras dolphin rider stater, Alexander tetradrachm, and the like. I think Greek coins make a pleasing tray display, and there's plenty of historical context you can put behind them, despite not wanting to dip too deeply into them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are all exceptional, especially Julius Nepos!</p><p><br /></p><p>And, it's funny you should mention Honorius specifically, because he's one of the late Roman emperors whose reign I definitely want to have a nice looking piece from. Imagine him looking over the 7 hills of Rome as the Visigoths come to take the city, and you've got the reason I want one of his coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 5305340, member: 73165"]It sounds like you might need a book to get you going on cash coins, should you have literally any interest in the Imperial period of China. I have one that will get you started. I believe there's even a pronunciation guide, but, if not, they do Romanize the names of the characters for you. For hammered medieval coinage, my big deal here is that they're often made of quite bad silver, and, until you get rather late into the period, portraits are more iconic (read: borderline cartoonish) than representational. Many lack dates, and inscriptions tend to be quite difficult for me to read. It's just not an enjoyable period for me, beyond having the requisite couple of examples I want for historical purposes. For Hellenistic Greek coinage, I don't profess any specialty in these, really, but I try to collect some of the more famous and iconic pieces, such as the Athenian Owl and its variants, the Aegean turtle stater, Taras dolphin rider stater, Alexander tetradrachm, and the like. I think Greek coins make a pleasing tray display, and there's plenty of historical context you can put behind them, despite not wanting to dip too deeply into them. These coins are all exceptional, especially Julius Nepos! And, it's funny you should mention Honorius specifically, because he's one of the late Roman emperors whose reign I definitely want to have a nice looking piece from. Imagine him looking over the 7 hills of Rome as the Visigoths come to take the city, and you've got the reason I want one of his coins. :)[/QUOTE]
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