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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2227225, member: 19463&quot;]While my site is linked from the above 101 site, I&#039;ll promote one section of a half dozen pages I call the Vocabulary of Ancient coins:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html</a></p><p>Of course I&#039;d be happy if you read all of my hundred-some pages.&nbsp; I&#039;d even be happy if anyone read the latest addition or wrote to me suggesting what the next addition should be.&nbsp; There was a time that there was not much online about ancient coins but that has changed and there is now enough that I suggest not spending too much on books until you have digested the free material online.&nbsp; I do love the Anthony book on Greek especially because it is NOT a catalog pretending to enable you to ID your coins.&nbsp; There are so many ancients that catalogs either are very abridged general lists like Sear/Seaby or volumes that cover only a short span of time and cost quite a bit.&nbsp; There are still many ancients that have not yet made it into a catalog and the chance that you might run across one of them is not all that remote.&nbsp; When you are stumped, we are here to help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please avoid the urge to buy coins in such bad condition that the ID process is hindered by not knowing which side is &#039;up&#039;.&nbsp; There is a place in the hobby for low grade and mystery coins but they are easier if first you have some practice with coins that have detail.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since others mentioned Warren&#039;s and my sites,&nbsp; let me point out that we are not at all competing.&nbsp; Warren&#039;s site has the absolute best coverage of the late Roman coins as listed in RIC volume IX and really great sections on old auction catalogs (great books in themselves) which I do not touch upon.&nbsp; My site is a rambling mess of what interested me since it began in 1997 and is &#039;best&#039; at absolutely nothing but covers more things than most sites.&nbsp; Whether ours or the hundreds of other pages, I challenge you to find a hobby topic better served by free internet pages than ancient coins.&nbsp; Buy the books; love them.&nbsp; Accept the gifts to the hobby available online.&nbsp; If there is something you do not understand online, ask.&nbsp; Someone here will have asked that question before and be glad to share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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