lg27 - Greek Coin Types and their identification PLANT Richard

Greek coins have always posed problems of identification to the average numismatist. The major numismatic 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. The book's ease of use will make it an invaluable aid to the identification of Greek coins from everyone from the beginner to the professinal..