Learn the language of collecting lucky coins, tokens, and paper money, and the answers to these questions and more: ‧ What is the difference between a coin, a token, and a medal?‧ What are the most im
Scholars in or associated with the Britain museum community were invited to contribute substantial studies aimed at forging an integrated approach to numismatic and monetary studies, archaeology, and
Excavations in the town of Elephantine between 1972 and 1991 uncovered more than 1600 clay seals, cylinder seals and various other sealing materials, forming one of the largest and most important seal
The original publication of the 114 seals and seal impressions excavated from Gordion in Turkey, this book is the first diachronic monograph on the ongoing excavations at Gordion and provides the fir
This volume contains a description of the coins of the impressive Hoxne Treasure, discovered in a field in England in 1992. The coins are late Roman gold and silver and include a few imitations. In ad
From 1923 until May 1948, Palestine was under a British Mandate. Beginning in 1927, on the Eve of the tenth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Palestine began producing its own money. The coins
Sara, a worker at the United States Mint, gives a guided tour of city hall, where she explains such things as how the Mint puts pictures and words on coins, why coins have raised edges, and what happe
"Frank Holt probably knows more than anyone alive about the mysterious Greek kingdoms in Bactria and on the frontiers of India that were one of the odder legacies of Alexander's Eastern conquests. The
These are not just ordinary coins, suitable for tossing into the change jar at the end of the day. And yet, at one time they perhaps were. In these seven essays, contributors show how coins can mirror
A Simple Souvenir: Coins and Medals of the Olympic Games serves as the catalogue for the American Numismatic Society's exhibition "Full Circle: The Olympic Heritage in Coins and Medals," shown at the
Various articles on ancient and modern numismatics, including studies of imitation Athenian tetradrachms, two Seleucid coin types, Sasanian royal titulature on coins of Yazdgerd I, early American coin
At a time of imperial expansion, British forces were almost constantly in action against major powers, in wars of conquest, or in expeditions on the fringes of Empire, such as the North West Frontier,
Harold B. Mattingly has always helped direct numismatic and epigraphical studies, and his work has often sought and defended unorthodox positions in the fields of numismatics and epigraphy. Here is a
An up-to-date handbook for beginners in coin collecting offers a comprehensive discussion of grading techniques and coin prices and values, showing how this popular hobby provides hours of fun that ca
From the author of Buzzy the Bumblebee, a colorfully illustrated book provides an A-to-Z story about coins and currency, and the many wonderful things it can buy, from bubblegum to marbles and more. 2
This, the ninth volume of Coin Hoards, is again dedicated solely to hoards of Greek coins. It includes hoards from all areas around the Mediterranean from the sixth century BC to the second century AD
This is the first volume (text and plates) of the analytically legible seals (ca. 1,162) retrieved through many thousands of full or partial impressions preserved on the 2,087 Elamite administrative t
Professor Anne Robertson's long-awaited corpus brings together for the first time records of over 1,900 coin hoards from Roman Britain. The entries for each hoard include transcriptions from their ori
