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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2832475, member: 42773&quot;]So my wife and I were driving through a small town in PA a couple of days ago and came across a used bookstore. We dropped in on a whim. They had a couple numismatic books, so I decided to buy them. The woman at the desk said she had more books in the back room if I wanted to see them. I said sure, and here&#039;s what I came away with...</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the more thorough histories of the Nabataeans in book form, Nelson Glueck&#039;s <i>Deities and Dolphins</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667934[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anthology of lectures given at the University of Chicago on the philosophical and theological traditions of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Hebrews.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667936[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crosby&#039;s 1875 treatise on Colonial Coinage. This work can be found in many modern reprints for cheap, but this is the 2nd edition 1948 reprint of which only 500 were made.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667937[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Reinach&#039;s analysis of Jewish coins written in 1903. Most of the information in this book has been superseded by modern scholarship, but it&#039;s an interesting bit of numismatic historiography, and this is the 1966 reprint which is also collectable.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667941[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A very well-written introduction to numismatics, tracing its history to ancient times. The sort of thing you would read as a beginner before the days of the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667944[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Kraay&#039;s <i>AES Coinage of Galba</i>. Extensive analysis and die study...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667946[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice overview of Classical mythology. Looks like a freshman textbook in a Classics program.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667947[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An extensive analysis and catalog of coins found in archeological explorations of Sardis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667951[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Vermeule&#039;s Numismatic Art in America. I have not read this book, although it&#039;s standard fare among collectors of US coins. It interests me because it traces numerous Greek and Roman sources as the inspiration for American engravers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667952[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A pamphlet-sized overview of Islamic coinage. Looks like it might have been an accompaniment to a Sotheby&#039;s catalog. It has the fabric of a catalog...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667953[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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