Ancient

Touches upon every aspect of ancient coinage. Contains all the information needed to properly identify and attribute coins to that era. Beginning and advanced collectors alike will benefit from data, charts, and detailed photos.

2005 reprint. Antoninus Pius to Commodus. 111 plates. This important series of books has become one of the most famous in the history of numismatics, the original having been written and printed over a period of forty years from 1923 to 1962. The plates in this edition are as good as the originals. As for the text, this consists of a high-quality digitally scanned reprint taken from the latest editions and reprints, so this edition combines the quality of the original plates and the most...

2005 reprint. Severus Alexander to Balbinus Pupienus. 56 plates. This important series of books has become one of the most famous in the history of numismatics, the original having been written and printed over a period of forty years from 1923 to 1962. The plates in this edition are as good as the originals. As for the text, this consists of a high-quality digitally scanned reprint taken from the latest editions and reprints, so this edition combines the quality of the original plates and the...

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This book contains replica coins from Biblical times. Included in the book is a Widow's Mite, Gold Daric, Lepton, Tribute Penny, Shekel and Half-Shekel.

The 3rd edition of Money of the Bible is updated with new photographs and additional research by one of the most famous numismatic historians of our time, Kenneth Bressett. The book studies how the Bible was written, and its nature; commerce before coins; coins of Old Testament times; coins in the New Testament; first-century money and trade; coins mentioned in Jesus' parables and lessons; coins and the Passion of Christ; the beginning of Christianity; coins with Biblical themes; and how to...

These early dated coins form one of the first links between medieval and modern coinage. Anno Domini's way of dating coins using Latin script did not begin until the mid-13th century, and did not become popular in Europe until three centuries later. It took the author 15 years to separate the few coins with dates from the many. The First Edition of this book was comparable to the out-of-print work by Albert Frey in 1915. Today, when an early dated coin is sold, whether in Europe or America, it...

In the 2nd edition, Bowers and his panel of specialists in the field add newly discovered coins, bring fresh historical research to the text, and update hundreds of listings with new information, rarity figures, pricing, and images. This book remains the definitive reference on colonial and early American coins, tokens, and related issues. Foreword by Kenneth Bressett.