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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Inspired to post by antwerpen2306's recent post on Hispania...very nice! Two new ones in my collection.  URSONE Second half of the 2nd. century BC AE. As. 32mm.,18.3g. Obv: Male head right, wearing laurel crown with infulae. Outer legend VERSONE on line before. Rev: Sphynx right on line, L.AP.DEC.Q ACIP 2325, R3.  Cnaeus Domitius,C.Pompeius (5-3 BC) AE As 28mm, 10.7g. (seems a little light?) Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS COS XII Laureate head of Augustus right Rev: C V I CEL CN DOMITI C.POMPEI Bull standing right II VIR before ACIP 3169 |
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Pillar of the Community
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Super coins especially like the Osuna..Great detail and lovely colouring..
One question..What books or downloadable references would you recommend for someone wanting to start collecting Iberian coins?
Paul
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Paul
ACIP by L.Villaronga and J. Benages is by far the best book. Very comprehensive.
La Moneda Hispanica by Burgos is a good book too.
Pere P. Ripolles has many papers published online. Many can be found at Academia.edu
He's just great.
I hope you get started collecting some. Post them here if you do.
The Spanish auction sites always have some. Deals can be found.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you...ACIP I can buy here for 100 euros..Looks like I know what I´m getting for xmas  |
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@Doucet, those are a couple great pieces to add to your collection--well done!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by Kushanshah
09/03/2018 5:38 pm
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Not an area that I have gotten into yet, but I find these coins very interesting. Very nice.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree, seems like such an interesting area to collect. Great coins there, Scott. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks you guys
And thanks for that link Kushanshah.
I have wanted to get that book, but it's hard to find and very expensive.
There is an atlas of the books plates printed in English, published in 1976 by Ares Publishers Inc. intro by Barclay V. Head.
These drawings of the coins are exquisite.
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@Doucet You're quite welcome. Virtually anything originally published before 1927, such as the BMC catalogues, can be found online and downloaded for free. My favorite sites are books.google.com, archive.org and hathitrust.org.
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