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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2618192, member: 44316&quot;]Here is, by request, comments on books on how scholars use coins to study history.</p><p><br /></p><p>The primary work (including Greek coins) is by Christopher Howgego, <i>Ancient History from Coins</i>. It is very well-written with 183 coins beautifully illustrated in black and white, but it helps if you already know some ancient history. Howgego is at Oxford and a great expert.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is my top recommendation. </p><p><br /></p><p>An advanced book on Greek coins and history is by Colin Kraay, <i>Greek Coins and History: Some Current Problems, </i>although it is from 1969 and those particular problems are out-of-date. Still, it give you a feeling for the sorts of dating problems, etc. that Greek numismatists confront. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want a list of Roman coins that reference events, <i>Roman Historical Coins</i> by Clive Foss fills the bill. It has short descriptions of historical events that are referenced on Roman coins and then lists the coin types that refer to the events. It has some photos, probably about 300 coins, but that is only a small fraction of the types. Back when my focus was historical types, it was very good for letting me know what was out there to be collected, but I needed BMC and RIC to see what they looked like. Now you could see them on the web.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>C.H.V. Sutherland wrote <i>Roman History and Coinage 22 BC - AD 69</i>, a thin hardcover of 131 pages discussing 49 events, some which provoked more than one type. Unfortunately, he died before it was published and some of the types did not get illustrated even though the picture has captions. When I bought it I thought they made an error. The first picture in the book is 1b, even though there is a caption for 1a. He quotes the Latin author describing the event, translates it, and comments on the corresponding coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>This far from an exhaustive list, but will get you started.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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