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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ab initio, post: 3164849, member: 80317&quot;]Head&#039;s &quot;Historia Numorum, 2nd edition&quot; was my Bible when I started collecting Greek back in the early 60&#039;s. But it is important to be able to read the Greek legend on the coin (or at least as much of it as you can) and then look up the mint in Head.</p><p>From there you can move on to illustrated reference books which will help you find a match for your coin. Try to avoid reprints, the photos are poor. BMC originals, SNG Copenhagen originals, and other more recent (and more reasonable priced) SNGs are books that will always give you pleasure and knowledge to browse through. Famous collections, like Jameson, Weber, McClean and important old auction catalogues of single owner collections like Pozzi and Rhousopoulos are also a must. I know I am talking thousands of dollars here but these books, in their original, not reprint, versions should be in the library of every serious collector of Greek coins. Perhaps some will disagree with this policy and will say it would be best to spend all this money on coins but if you want this to be a hobby of a lifetime you might as well start thinking about these books now so that you can learn from them visually and otherwise at this early stage of your collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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