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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2812686, member: 82322&quot;]You should buy <i>Overstruck Greek Coins</i> by David MacDonald.&nbsp; Hardcover, about $29 new.&nbsp; I recall the answer being in there but I can&#039;t remember what it said.</p><p><br /></p><p>MacDonald&#039;s book isn&#039;t a breathtaking coffee table book listing the highlights of Greek coin art. The coins are nicer than average grade, and often uglier than average. As MacDonald points out</p><p>&quot;Overstruck coins are usually ugly. They are not popular with most collectors and, consequently, are avoided by many dealers.&quot;</p><p>What makes this book wonderful is that the overstruck coins are used to jump into open questions on dating of ancient coins. MacDonald describes simply the currently accepted dating and why it might or must be wrong. He gives enough hints that I could follow the arguments without having to go look up stuff in other books.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because only 160 coins are discussed in nearly 300 pages there is enough room to give background on the coins. We get a lot more than whose on the front and a date range like &quot;480-460&quot;. Each coin gets a quality discussion which tells us not just the the issue dates, but often tell us which expert proposed the dates and the historical events that begin or close the date range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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