Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #640878 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-14
• Binding: Paperback
• 84 pages

Customer Reviews

Good Book for the Amateur Collector

For anyone with a keen interest in collecting Roman Coins this is an ideal book to have. Although by no means comprehensive it does cover most of the coins that are more readily available to the collector.
It is a fully updated Price guide of over 630 base metal Roman coins dated 241 BC - 498 AD, with their market values included.

The illustrations are adequate enough to be able to get an identification. Most of the obverse portraits and legends are illustrated as near to life size as possible. I could myself have wished for them a little larger, but the reverse of the coins is not dealt with in as much detail. The book touches on most aspects of coin collecting without going into great detail, but for its price and size it is a nice little book to have for the amateur collector.

On a personal note for the beginner: More coins are ruined or de-valued by `aggressive' cleaning than anything else. If in doubt, do not clean any coin.

Good resource for the beginner
A good beginner's guide to attribution, but does whet your appitite for more detailed information.