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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Evening all,
I'm becoming increasingly interested in ancient coins, particularly those from the area in which I live, St Albans, England.
I believe the celtic tribe that resided here were the Catuvellauni, so does anyone have any recommendations for literature of coins of this period?
Thanks.
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Moderator
 United States
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@kip, while I don't have a good answer for you, I'm interested to see what others think. I've only got a few Celtic coins and would love to learn more too.
"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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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
312 Posts |
There are some very, very knowledgeable people on here when it comes to ancients (and in general), so I'm very hopeful for some pointers.
St Albans, where I was born and bred, was the site of Roman Verulamium, so the city has a rich history. Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, torched the place during her rebellion, and delving into the history, now that I'm of an age to properly appreciate it, is fascinating.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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While ancient coins are not my area of interest... Any of the David Sear books on Roman Coins, Greek Coins are great and standard references. The Byzantine era is another whole area as well, but there are so many great references to start with. Try these dealers, both are wonderful:  Kolbe & Fanning - https://www.numislit.com/Charles Davis - https://www.numisbook.com/They both have extensive lists of books and are always a pleasure to deal with and always happy to help with recommendations when asked. I know Whitman has this one which has really positive reviews on it, and looks to be a good inexpensive starter book on Greek and Roman issues... "Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins" by Ken Bressett and Zander Klawans, I see used copies in the $10-15 range. Most of the top books on ancient coinages are published by Spinks of London, they have numerous titles on their publishing site, a good place to gather a list of current titles. https://spinkbooks.com/Then use the internet and Amazon to search out reviews. EDIT: One last area not to overlook is the Newman Numismatic Portal for free references. While mostly heavy in the United States coinage issues, they are constantly adding items (books, periodicals, auction catalogs, and research papers) all the time and the ancient coinage references are is growing rapidly as time goes on. https://nnp.wustl.edu/"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
04/15/2023 5:37 pm
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United States
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"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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Chris Rudd's main website is pretty darn good I must say, lots of good information there. https://celticcoins.com/I imagine the book is also well done. Elizabeth Cottam is the person it seems that can help on inquiries and sales. They state: Chris Rudd is the only dealer who deals only in Celtic coins. Chris Rudd is also the only auctioneer, valuer, book publisher and bookseller who is dedicated exclusively to Celtic coins. So yep a pretty good source then, they list three pages on Celtic coin books alone, under Liz's Shop menu. I might also add the Withers, Paul and Bente of Galata Coins I'm sure have a few Celtic coinage books. I'd give them a ring or a message to see if there is anything in particular to cover the St. Albans area. Galata - https://www.galata.co.uk/ Also wanted to add Douglas Saville, he deals in primarily English numismatic titles. A great guy that used to work for Spinks for about 4 decades and now deals in books exclusively. https://www.douglassaville.com/"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
04/16/2023 3:29 pm
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United States
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OK yep thx. That is precisely where I found his book! I agree that it is a helpful website.
"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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United States
94665 Posts |
This is all great information.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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For a specialist book on Celtic coins
The coinage of Ancient Britain, by R.P. Mack is very useful.
For an introduction to Roman coins, I would suggest the single volume 1988 edition of
Roman Coins and their values, by David Sear.
and
Roman Coins, By Harold Mattingly
For Greek coins, I would suggest
Greek Coins, by Charles Seltman.
All four books are out of print, but could be obtained on a borrow from a major public library, on an inter library loan.
My experience is that I have read Mattingly's book on the inter library loan system, and I have a copy of the other three books mentioned.
My first Roman coin was a denarius of Antoninus Pius, which inspired the motivation to read Mattingly's book.
I also did considerable reading on Greek coins before obtaining the first for my collection, which is my avatar coin. It come from Spinks in London, in 1983.
None of my ancient coins are slabbed and NGC will not grade an ancient coin if, in their opinion is not genuine, but they do not provide any written opinion on authenticity. For very deceiving fake coins, it is still up to the owner to satisfy him or herself in that regard.
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United States
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thanks Sel...  |
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United States
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"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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