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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2190119, member: 19463&quot;]I like Republicans and do not have this one but am quickly developing a bad attitude about them.&nbsp; Compared to some other coins, it seems that there is more online sources dedicated to identification and not much else.&nbsp; I&#039;m failing to find sites that would guide a new collector, explain the mint system or any details other than what the Crawford number is.&nbsp; Perhaps the point is that you should not collect these unless you are willing to buy Crawford and he explains everything so well that no one else feels the need.&nbsp; I&#039;m concerned that spending nearly $500 on the book would produce just another way of determining what the Crawford number is.&nbsp; There is no area of ancient coins with more photos of more different specimens online (British Museum, ANS).&nbsp; Does anyone have suggestions for online resources or books that are not just ID catalogs and are not considered out of date (in other words before the revision by Crawford).&nbsp; I have the Harlan book on 81-64 BC and enjoyed it but am at a loss for most of the rest.&nbsp; I seems easier to find out about the historical ancestors shown on the coins than about the period that produced the coins.&nbsp; The Harlan book got rather negative reviews on Forvm but I failed to see suggestions for better answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently we have seen a number of fake Republicans.&nbsp; Some are obvious to me and some not so much.&nbsp;&nbsp; Finding information on these other than statements like they are obvious to anyone who has handled real coins has not been productive.&nbsp; Hints appreciated.&nbsp; Does anyone have a favorite online resource?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rrc/roman_republican_coins/roman_republican_coinage.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rrc/roman_republican_coins/roman_republican_coinage.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rrc/roman_republican_coins/roman_republican_coinage.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/chrr/search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/chrr/search" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/chrr/search</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I found both hard to use. but typing in the URL</p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-307.1a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-307.1a" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-307.1a</a>&nbsp; substituting your desired Crawford number for my 307 worked.&nbsp; Note you change the / in a Crawford number to a period for this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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