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Roman Base Metal Coins – A Price Guide is published regularly and contains market values for all Roman base metal coins. The new 4th edition contains dual valuations in GBP and USD.
“Roman Base Metal Coins – A Price Guide” contains current British market values for all Roman base metal coins (including very base silver) used in the Republic, Imperial Empire and breakaway Gallic, British and other usurper Empires, as well as the later divided East and West Empires.
For the first time, the most commonly encountered base metal Roman coins can be inexpensively identified and some idea of value can be gained. Whether you are buying uncleaned late Roman coins in bulk, are setting out to form a collection of every emperor or are already an experienced Roman Coin collector, you will not be able to put this book down! The line drawings of most obverse types mean that the legend is clear and readable in the book, and it makes a great aid to identification, as does the alphabetical list of emperors/empresses in the back of the book.
This fourth edition includes prices in GBP and USD (at a fixed exchange rate). Also included are instructions on cleaning freshly dug Roman coins, a list of Roman mint town mintmarks, an alphabetical list of Emperors/Caesars/Empresses and information on Roman coin grading. The book is ordered chronologically, and with the introduction of different coin types clearly mentioned, together with some historical notes, it also gives an easy to follow explanation of the Roman base metal coinage and how it changed over 750+ years.
The 1st edition (2001) was called “Collectors’ Roman Coins – Part One: Base Metal Coins and their Value” and was ISBN 0-948964-73-1.
The 2nd edition (2005) had the same title as this new edition: “Roman Base Metal Coins – A Price Guide” and was ISBN 0-948964-46-4.
The 3rd edition (2006) had the same title as this new edition: “Roman Base Metal Coins – A Price Guide” and was ISBN 0-948964-47-2.
“Roman Silver Coins – A Price Guide” contains market values in GBP and USD for Roman Silver coins (including very base silver and silver plated/washed) used in the Republic, Imperial Empire and breakaway Gallic, British and other usurper Empires, as well as the later divided East and West Empires.
For the first time, the most commonly encountered Silver Roman coins can be inexpensively identified and some idea of value can be gained. The line drawings of most obverse types mean that the legend is clear and readable in the book, and it makes a great aid to identification, as does the alphabetical list of emperors/empresses.
Just like its popular partner title (Roman Base Metal Coins – A Price Guide) this book includes instructions on cleaning silver Roman coins and a list of Roman mint town mintmarks. It also includes an alphabetical list of Emperors/Caesars/Empresses and information on Roman coin grading. The book is ordered by design type initially, then chronologically from Augustus onwards. With the introduction of different coin types clearly mentioned, together with some historical notes, it also gives an easy to follow explanation of the Roman base metal coinage and how it changed over 740 years.
Those who are only interested in modern coins can just take chapters 1 to 8 and 23 to 26. Plant is not just knowledgeable about Arabic, but also about coins”.
Out of print for 14 years, with original older copies selling for quite a lot, this is an essential book for collectors of Eastern coins and for people who want to learn to decipher the Arabic featured on coins.
A new handsome hardback by Rev. Richard Plant. Contemporary Biblical coins are covered, as are examples of coins from Biblical Lands and newer coins showing Biblical themed images.
Features:
Traditionally stitched and very well produced hardback.
Price data for the coins featured.
Over 200 pages.
Nearly 600 different biblical related coins are illustrated.
Indexed by person and place name.
Huge appeal, not just to Christians or people interested in bible study – this is a neutral book for all and contains no bias or strong religious views.
The book illustrates coins contemporary to the new testament as well as coins depicting images of old testament events and those linked to biblical lands or cities in some way. It practically re-tells the story of the bible using illustrations of coins to provide the pictures of the alleged events.
Well written in the usual Richard Plant style. It will even appeal to people that aren’t Christian and just have an interest in history. For those of you that are Christian, the book will help the stories and people of the bible seem more real.
A good idea is to quote the last paragraph of the author’s Preface:
“My aim has been partly to make the Ancient World of Biblical times more real to those who read this book: often showing a number of coins from a particular city to give the “feel” of a particular place. My hope is that as the Ancient World becomes more alive for you, then the stories of the Bible will become more meaningful too, and Jesus and Peter and St. Paul and the others will, to a certain extent, come alive. Perhaps this book does happen to be a catalogue as well – I hope it is, but in a way, that is incidental!”
Each coin is well drawn by the Reverend and each coin also has an approximate price associated with it. So not only is this a good read, but it’s also a Biblical coin price-guide.
About the Author:
Richard Plant did his national service in the Royal Artillery, serving in the Middle East (Egypt and Tripolitania). He is a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He read “Mods and Greats” (which is Latin, Greek, Ancient History and Philosophy) at Jesus College, Oxford; and then went on to study the Theology Tripos (including Hebrew) at Wesley House Cambridge – after which he became, and still is, a Methodist minister.
Chapter Listing:
Chapter 1 – The language barrier (Latin names on Greek coins, Greek dating).
Chapter 2 – The Old Testament (Hebrew letters as Numerals).
Chapter 3 – Between the Old Testament and the Gospels (Small Silver coins of the late Persian period, Alexander the Great and the Greek Period, List of Seleucid Kings of Syria, The Prutahs and reading old Hebrew, The Jewish rulers and the early Roman Procurators)
Chapter 4 – The Gospel Story
Chapter 5 – The Land (Galilee, Samaria, Judea, The Decapolis)
Chapter 6 – Acts and St Paul.
Chapter 7 What the Jews did next.
Chapter 8 – The book of Revelation and after.
Index, note on valuations, grading ancient coins and acknowledgements.
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