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<p>[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 4196222, member: 76440"]Several of these books are excellent. Franke and Hirmer is an impressive "coffee table book" of Greek coins - the English version tends to be expensive in the $500 range. Kraay's <i>Archaic and Classical Greek Coins</i> is a wonderful overview of the subject. A good companion to Kraay would be Morkholm's <i>Early Hellenistic Coinage</i>. I have an original Icard Dictionary from 1929, and I have found it very useful for attributing partial-inscription Greek coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those wondering from time to time about the usefulness of certain numismatic books, I highly recommend Dennis Kroh's <i>Ancient Coin Reference Reviews</i>, which is a helpful collection of reviews of the most important numismatic book resources circa 1993, arranged by subject matter. It's a paperback and can be found in the $50 range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 4196222, member: 76440"]Several of these books are excellent. Franke and Hirmer is an impressive "coffee table book" of Greek coins - the English version tends to be expensive in the $500 range. Kraay's [I]Archaic and Classical Greek Coins[/I] is a wonderful overview of the subject. A good companion to Kraay would be Morkholm's [I]Early Hellenistic Coinage[/I]. I have an original Icard Dictionary from 1929, and I have found it very useful for attributing partial-inscription Greek coins. For those wondering from time to time about the usefulness of certain numismatic books, I highly recommend Dennis Kroh's [I]Ancient Coin Reference Reviews[/I], which is a helpful collection of reviews of the most important numismatic book resources circa 1993, arranged by subject matter. It's a paperback and can be found in the $50 range.[/QUOTE]
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