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Roman Base Metal Coins: Roman Base Metal Pt. 1: A Price Guide
 
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Roman Base Metal Coins: Roman Base Metal Pt. 1: A Price Guide (Paperback)

by Richard Plant (Author), Christopher Henry Perkins (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 84 pages
  • Publisher: Rotographic Publications; 3rd Revised edition edition (14 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0948964472
  • ISBN-13: 978-0948964473
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.4 x 0.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 266,747 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This price guide is a book for the collector rather than the scholar and, as such, has to be pocket-sized and inexpensive. It assumes that the reader will be more interested in assigning a coin to its proper period or Emperor than in working out the meaning of the design on the reverse and, therefore, whilst most of the usual obverse portraits and legends are illustrated, the reverses are dealt with in a much more cursory manner. As an aid to identification, all illustrations are as close to life-sized as possible. Remember, that often Roman coins are not completely circular like modern coins. Further, not all Roman base-metal coins are included. This is a selection of the available material, including the vast majority of the coins the collector is likely to encounter in "real life".

About the Author
Reverend Richard J. Plant has had books in print for over 30 years and has been published by Spink, Seaby and Krause among other high profile publishers. Reverend Plant is a leading world authority on Ancient coins. His 1979 "Greek Coin Types and Their Identification" is still regarded as the definitive work on the identification of Greek coins. Rotographic are very pleased to have Reverend Plant with us and look forward to publishing more Richard Plant titles in the future.

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Uncleaned lots identified., 18 Feb 2005
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I have about 30 low value base metal Roman coins, mostly bought in uncleaned lots from ebay and other websites, and I'm thrilled to say that they are now all atributed with the reference numbers from this book, and I also have some idea of value. I had no idea who many of the Emperors were at first, and as yet I haven't found one that this book doesn't cover.

The line drawings are especially useful, as you can clearly read the letters and compare them to the coin you are trying to attribute.

The lowest price Roman Coin Book that I know of, and worth every penny.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book for the Amateur Collector, 25 Jul 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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For anyone with a keen interest in collecting Roman Coins this is an ideal book to have. Although by no means comprehensive it does cover most of the coins that are more readily available to the collector.
It is a fully updated Price guide of over 630 base metal Roman coins dated 241 BC - 498 AD, with their market values included.

The illustrations are adequate enough to be able to get an identification. Most of the obverse portraits and legends are illustrated as near to life size as possible. I could myself have wished for them a little larger, but the reverse of the coins is not dealt with in as much detail. The book touches on most aspects of coin collecting without going into great detail, but for its price and size it is a nice little book to have for the amateur collector.

On a personal note for the beginner: More coins are ruined or de-valued by `aggressive' cleaning than anything else. If in doubt, do not clean any coin.
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