foreign publications
Sayles Wayne G. - Ancient Coin Collecting I, Iola 1996, 087341442X
197 pages, hardcover with wrapper. The first volume in a popular six-volume series on ancient coins. The book contains dozens of tables, charts, maps and drawings and several hundred photographs of coins. The methods of identifying and attributing coins are presented in an accessible manner, using examples from Greek minting, Roman minting including the Roman provinces, Byzantine minting but also Celtic minting, the Bactrian Kingdom, Parthian minting, the Sassanid Empire, the Kingdom of Sheba and Himyar, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Kushan state, Islamic minting, the Turkoman nation and Judea and Biblical coins. Among other things, the book presents the so-called timeline of numismatics and its origins in the ancient world. Methods of collecting ancient coins, determining authenticity and identifying forgeries are presented, as well as possibilities for determining the value of coins. The book closes with a guide to pronunciation, abbreviations, inscriptions, as well as a glossary and bibliography.
