

#Collecting roman coins portable#
User /u/sir_squidz recommends these links for those of us who love British Celtic coinage: Van Arsdel Celtic Coinage of Britain and The UK Portable Antiquties Scheme u/jjlava suggests the Ancient Roman and Greek Coins FAQ. u/StickyReggae suggests 's reference page with links to useful coin databases. u/acs14 suggested the online edition of Identifying Late Roman Bronze Coins. u/semicolonlife suggested the resource OCRE, the Online Coins of the Roman Empire at /ocre, as well as.
#Collecting roman coins how to#
Online booklet for beginners: How to Collect Ancient Roman Coins, in PDF format. Schaps' "The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece" is available online as a PDF file HERE, though it may be an unauthorized source.
#Collecting roman coins download#
I is available from the author as a free and legal download in zipped PDF format HERE.ĭavid M. The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins Vol. The site hosts downloadable spreadsheets to help you attribute your coins. Helvetica's Identification Help Page is a very helpful resource for identifying Roman coins. The Ancient Coin Search Engine () compiles auction results and information from a number of reliable sources.Ĭ is billed as a free collaborative, non-commercial numismatic research website - check it out. Wildwinds ancient and medieval coins (This is a great site, and there are a lot of links at the bottom of that page to more great info) Useful links to attribute (ID) ancient and medieval coins:įORVM ANCIENT COINS: Imperial Roman Coin Attribution 101 - The Short Course and The Late Roman Bronze Coin Attribution Toolkit These venues are generally considered trustworthy and professional: (You may want to purchase from sellers in your same country to simplify the transaction, but international sales are quite common.) Thanks, and good luck with your projects and building your knowledge and collection. If you'd like to publicize your coins for sale on eBay please use /r/CoinBay instead. Please just try to not be annoying about it. It's also fine to offer to buy and sell ancient and medieval coins here and discuss sales taking place on /r/CoinSales and on It's fine to publicize your own ancient and medieval coin-related blogs, websites, YouTube channels, etc. Link to original "Post your gallery" thread.

Among other things it contains links to galleries of some of our members' coins.

Please contact us via modmail if you think there's a problem.Ĭan be found here.

This usually shouldn't take more than 2 or 3 hours, and certainly no more than 24. If you are posting from a relatively new account and/or one low in karma your post will need to be manually approved. This is a relatively small and slow-moving subreddit, so it may take a little while to get answers to your questions. Use an album/gallery to show multiple photos of the same coin(s). Please DON'T make more than one post for the same coin or group of coins unless asked specifically by a moderator. You can host the photos using the imgur app or by going to to make an album/gallery of them. If you would like our help in identifying a specimen PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU BY POSTING PHOTOS OF BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN and preferably photos of its edge as well. Posting non-coin antiquities is also OK, but we may not be able to tell you much about them. This is the place to show off and discuss ancient and medieval coins from around the world, as well as to post links to articles and other references about them.
