Coinmaster Posted August 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 26, 2023 What a great book this is, just received it this morning. Happy with it! 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted August 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2023 What a great series of books. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted August 26, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 26, 2023 I've read their books on Hellenistic and Athenian coinage and they were very good. I've intentionally avoided the Roman part of the series in order to not be tempted at yet more coins. 🙂 1 3 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted August 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2023 That series has always appealed to me, though I haven't delved into it yet. I possibly have a bigger purchasing problem with books than I have with coins. My reading list seems to have an infinite scroll at the bottom. It never ends and never seems to be complete. My wife tells me that I could have worse problems. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted August 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 26, 2023 Sounds interesting, but needs some elucidation. How is it great? What's the book like? Is it a Sear-like reference book? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted August 26, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 26, 2023 17 minutes ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said: Sounds interesting, but needs some elucidation. How is it great? What's the book like? Is it a Sear-like reference book? They're not reference books. They're closer to history books, but are told through coins. I've only read the Hellenistic and Athenian ones. The Hellenistic was extremely good and used coins to show how the Diadochi became ever-bolder, then their kingdoms waned and cities started minting larger denominations. The Athenian book was interesting, but a bit dry. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 27, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 27, 2023 11 hours ago, Coinmaster said: What a great book this is, just received it this morning. Happy with it! Agreed! I've cited the book here and on Coin Talk numerous times. Professor Yarrow also has a very interesting blog on Roman Republican coins. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinmaster Posted August 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 9 hours ago, DonnaML said: Professor Yarrow also has a very interesting blog on Roman Republican coins Thanks Donna! For everyone, here's the link: https://livyarrow.org/. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJBrinkman Posted August 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/26/2023 at 4:37 PM, Nerosmyfavorite68 said: Sounds interesting, but needs some elucidation. How is it great? What's the book like? Is it a Sear-like reference book? This is a great book. It is well illustrated with coins, maps, and diagrams. It is not a price guide like Sear nor will you find an exhaustive list of types, but it relates coins to history quite well. It addresses the symbology and why it was important at the time and discusses mints, hoards and why the coins changed from one age of the republic to the next. A synopsis of topics would be very long here, so I won't try it, only to say that I enjoyed the read and learned a lot. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 29, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 29, 2023 This Google Books link should take you to the cover, Table of Contents, table of Figures, list (by Crawford numbers) of coins illustrated, list of coins discussed but not illustrated, etc.: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Roman_Republic_to_49_BCE/5PMgEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 That ought to give a good idea of the scope of the book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted September 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 1, 2023 On 8/26/2023 at 12:35 PM, kirispupis said: I've read their books on Hellenistic and Athenian coinage and they were very good. I've intentionally avoided the Roman part of the series in order to not be tempted at yet more coins. 🙂 What was the title of these two books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor rNumis Posted September 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 1, 2023 1 hour ago, AETHER said: What was the title of these two books? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DFKW732?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbk Google 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted September 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 1, 2023 38 minutes ago, rNumis said: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DFKW732?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbk Google I did google, no title and and different author = 0 results. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor rNumis Posted September 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 1, 2023 2 hours ago, AETHER said: I did google, no title and and different author = 0 results. Thanks for the link. It's a series, so I googled "the Roman republic yarrow". First result is amazon which has everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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