Greek Coin Types and their Identification by Plant, R.
Reprint 2004. Paperback, 343 pages, black & white illustrations
Greek coins have always posed problems of identification to the average numismatist. Greek bronze coins, for example, are amongst the commonest of available ancient coins but are also the most difficult to identify, especially when worn and indistinct; further, many of the types occur at several cities.
The major numismatist catalogues list Greek coins geographically, making it virtually impossible to locate an unfamiliar coin.
In this book, which is unique in its approach amongst the available literature on ancient coins, Richard Plant has taken nearly 3,000 Greek coins, concentrating on types which may not be immediately identifiable from their inscriptions or subjects represented, and has broadly analysed them according to their characteristic types and grouped them accordingly.
No other book allows a coin to be so quickly identified via its types and the immense scope of this book is apparent when it is realised that here 'Greek' coins covers everything which is not Roman in the ancient world with the exception of Ancient British, Gaulish and Indo-Greek coins with Karosthi legends.
Reprint 2004. Paperback, 343 pages, black & white illustrations
Greek coins have always posed problems of identification to the average numismatist. Greek bronze coins, for example, are amongst the commonest of available ancient coins but are also the most difficult to identify, especially when worn and indistinct; further, many of the types occur at several cities.
The major numismatist catalogues list Greek coins geographically, making it virtually impossible to locate an unfamiliar coin.
In this book, which is unique in its approach amongst the available literature on ancient coins, Richard Plant has taken nearly 3,000 Greek coins, concentrating on types which may not be immediately identifiable from their inscriptions or subjects represented, and has broadly analysed them according to their characteristic types and grouped them accordingly.
No other book allows a coin to be so quickly identified via its types and the immense scope of this book is apparent when it is realised that here 'Greek' coins covers everything which is not Roman in the ancient world with the exception of Ancient British, Gaulish and Indo-Greek coins with Karosthi legends.
