Download or read book Roman Coins and Their Values written by David R. Sear and published by Spink and Son. This book was released on 2005 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume of the fully revised and expanded general catalogue of Roman coins extends coverage of the Imperial series from the accession of Maximinus I in AD 235 down to the assassination of Carinus and the accession of Diocletian half a century later. This turbulent period, during which the Empire came close to total collapse and disintegration, witnessed great changes in the Imperial coinage including unprecedented debasement and the beginning of the decentralization of the mint system.

Download or read book Greek Coins and Their Values Volume 1 written by David Sear and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 1978-12-31 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of this catalogue deals with the issues of the Greek cities in Spain, Gaul, Italy, Sicily, Macedon and Thrace, Illyria and Central Greece, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands and Crete; also the Punic and RomanoCeltiberian coinage of Spain, and the Celtic coinages of Gaul, Britain (uninscribed issues), and Central Europe. The primary arrangement is geographical (west to east) and the listings are divided between Archaic issues (before circa 480 BC) and Classical and Hellenistic (later 5th century down to 1st century BC).

Download or read book Byzantine Coins and Their Values written by David Sear and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 1987-12-31 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Byzantine Empire lasted for almost a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West. The period covered by this catalogue is from the reign of Anastasius I (491518) until the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. When this catalogue was first published in 1974 it was hailed as containing more information in a concise form than any other single volume on the Byzantine series.

Download or read book Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values written by David R. Sear and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue is unique in providing the collector with the only comprehensive and authoritative guide devoted specifically to the local coinages of the Roman Empire, undoubtedly the most neglected series in the whole of ancient classical numismatics. Greek Imperial coins span more than three centuries from Augustus to Diocletian, and were issued at over six hundred mints from Spain to Mesopotamia.

Download or read book Greek Coins and Their Values Vol 1 written by David Ronald Sear and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 1 written by David Sear and published by Spink & Son, Ltd. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original edition of Sear's Roman Coins and Their Values was published by Seaby thirty-six years ago and has been through four revisions (1970, 1974, 1981 and 1988). However, the publication of the 'Millennium Edition' of this popular work makes a radical departure from previous editions.

Download or read book Greek Coins and Their Values written by David R. Sear and published by Spink & Son. This book was released on 1994-11-01 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue of Greek coins commences with the coins of Ionia and Lydia and Asia Minor, together with those coins struck under the Persian rule in the pre-Alexandrine age; the second and third parts cover the coinages of the Greek east and North Africa; the final part covers the Hellenistic Age.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage written by William E. Metcalf and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broadly-illustrated overview of the contemporary state of Greco-Roman numismatic scholarship.

Download or read book Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins written by Zander H. Klawans and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Greek Coins and Their Values written by David R. Sear and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of this catalog deals with the issues of mints in Asia Minor (including the islands and Cyprus), Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine (including Jewish coins of the Hasmonaean dynasty), Arabia, Mesopotamia, and other regions of the East, Egypt, Cyrenaica, and other regions of North Africa (including Carthage); also covered are the coinages of the Hellenistic Monarchies (Macedon, Thrace, Seleucids of Syria, Ptolemies of Egypt, Pergamum, Pontus, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Armenia, Parthia, Bactria and Indo-Greeks). The primary arrangement is geographical (clockwise around the Mediterranean basin) and the listings for Asia Minor are divided between Archaic issues (before circa 480 BC) and Classical and Hellenistic (later 5th century down to 1st century BC). Includes 11 maps, a table of ancient alphabets, 4560 coin types catalogued with valuations, and almost 2000 photographic illustrations.

Download or read book Beginner s Guide to Ancient Coins written by David Sear and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide, designed with collectors in mind, gives a general background to the fascinating world of ancient Greek and Roman coins, how they were designed and manufactured, and at how they can reveal so much to us today of the time in which they were produced.

Download or read book The Types of Greek Coins written by Percy Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 5 written by David Sear and published by Spink & Son, Ltd. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current revision of this popular work marks a radical departure from the envisioned aims of the original edition. This fifth and final volume of the 'Millennium edition' contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 337-491 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristics of its coinage. The catalogue is organized primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.

Download or read book Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 2 written by David Sear and published by Spink & Son, Ltd. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II now extends coverage of the Imperial series from Nerva, the 'thirteenth Caesar' and first of the 'Adoptive' emperors, down to the overthrow of the Severan dynasty in 235. It encompasses what may justifiably be termed the 'golden age' of the Roman imperial coinage. The full development of the Augustan system of coin denomination and perfection of the method by which government propaganda was communicated to the citizenry through the medium of coinage both reached their peak during these fourteen decades.

Download or read book Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 4 written by David Sear and published by Spink & Son, Ltd. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth volume contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 284337 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristic of its coinage. The catalogue is organized primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.

Download or read book The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece written by David Schaps and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coinage appeared at a moment when it fulfilled an essential need in Greek society and brought with it rationalization and social leveling in some respects, while simultaneously producing new illusions, paradoxes, and new elites. In a book that will encourage scholarly discussion for some time, David M. Schaps addresses a range of important coinage topics, among them money, exchange, and economic organization in the Near East and in Greece before the introduction of coinage; the invention of coinage and the reasons for its adoption; and the developing use of money to make more money.

Download or read book Greek Coins and Their Values written by Herbert Allen Seaby and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This catalogue is not to be considered as a sale list, but rather a help to the student and a guide to the valuation of Greek coins, within the limits of the material dealt with. As to valuation, it should be remembered that in no department of ancient coinage is condition so great a factor; a worn tetradrachm of Syracuse may be worth only the same number of shillings as its "extremely fine" counterpart may be worth pounds. The chief points to be kept in mind by the collector in choosing Greek coins are, in order, authenticity, conservation, and style"--