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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2406977, member: 56859&quot;]The cost of the book relative to the coins is certainly a deterrent unless you plan on collecting <b>many</b> more Seleukids!</p><p><br /></p><p>No database is complete, but my usual resources when hunting for attributions are:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s archives</a>&nbsp; Using the search terms &quot;seleukid, AE&quot; returns ~1700 coins although some may not be AE or Seleukid.&nbsp; The advantages of CNG&#039;s archives are user-friendlier search engine, good images, and generally reliable attributions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wildwinds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">acsearch</a>&nbsp; Full access was recently changed to a paid subscription format </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Vcoins</a>&nbsp; For currently available coins for purchase, although if a match is found I then double-check the attribution, when possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, there are many sites housing old (public domain) numismatic books. It is generally more time-consuming to browse .pdf format books so I generally only use these when all else has failed or when for some reason I want to view the attribution source directly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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