I am literally buying the book(s) before the coins, and at Philly I picked up a copy of In Celebration of Greek Coinage, by Robin J. Eaglen, published by Spink. Gorgeous book! Well made! Any thoughts on it content-wise for an experienced numismatist with NO experience with Ancient Greek coins?
2017 Spink. England. I was casually passing the Spink booth when the quality of the construction of the book ensnared me.
See if you can get hold of a copy of this book, ideal for newbies. Richard Plant Greek Coin Types and Their Identification
Thank you muchly. I plan on picking up at least 3-5 books before wading in. My son is one half Greek heritage, his mom's side. I'm Germanic. Makes him a, err, umm, Geek?
For intro to Greek coins, I always recommend the Jenkins, Greek Coins book. It's a well written overview by an expert of the field. It can be found for under $75. For intro to Roman coins, I like Sutherland, Roman Coins. Similarly priced.
You should probably get this one too, though I hear the author is a little strange: http://www.archaeopress.com/public/...asp?id={630D98AF-05CE-4C17-B530-6CD7DF4DA048}
Eaglen is a superb book, one of the best about ancient coins I've bought in ancient years. Well evidenced text, marvelous illustrations, coherent narrative. in contrast the Plant book mentioned by another posted is in my view total rubbish. I've a very large numismatic library but am not an expert in Greek coins.
Thank you. The girl at the Spink booth cut me a discount on it, and its quality of the binding told me it'll still be around when my 23-year-old son is enjoying HIS grandchildren.
I agree. The Sayles book is a nice introduction, it's reasonably priced AND it may even be available at your local library (it was at a small library where I once lived). Hopefully some old school that you can enjoy, Kurt
Where I'm concerned, "old school" and my name are redundant. I value almost NOTHING about "new thinking". Why should I? There's so much "old thinking" yet to cover.
Lots of notes where the coins illustrated came from, too. Right down to the lot number of a CNG sale.