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Roman Coins and Their Values: Volume 2
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Reviews
A Book for the Serious Collector
Review date: 2007-08-04 Rating: 8 out of 10
This is undoubtedly the Bible for the collector of Roman coins. It is the first of four volumes and covers the period: The Republic and the Twelve Caesars, 280 BC - AD 96. This first volume covers approximately 375 years, from the origins of Roman coinage in the Republican period through to the end of the second Imperial dynasty in AD96. The volumes that follow will cover similar periods in time.
Volume I has a list of about 3,000 coin types, with a large number of them being illustrated. The volumes are not cheap and are undoubtedly aimed at the serious collector. As I have said before I personally am always wary of prices in books. Firstly because they cannot stay current for very long and secondly the prices in them usually bear little resemblance to what you can sell the coin for on the open market. The prices are undoubtedly a guide, but the reader should not think they are written in stone.
Roman Coins and Their Value II
Review date: 2002-11-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
As a new come collector to Roman coins, I found this second volume of David Sear's collection very usefull indeed.
The desciptions of the coins is concise and the many pictures aid identifying the coins.
The cost, at present, may seem alot, bt for the price of a fine coin you get a book that will allow you to place exactly the coins you have in your collection.
A mediocre successor to earlier editions
Review date: 2002-04-02 Rating: 4 out of 10
Having an interest in Roman Republic coins, I found this book a rather mediocre successor to it's predecessors "Roman Coins and their Values", 1988 edition, and the superb "Roman Silver Coins Vol.1" first published 1952, last updated 1978. Although listing many more coins than before, the listing is very unbalanced. For example hundreds of distinct varieties of early Republican silver are summarised in just a couple of pages with their prices rather uselessly indicated as "from ...". In contrast there are some 100 pages listing countless very rare varieties of the Republican struck copper series that most collectors will never see in a lifetime, together with spuriously accurate pricing for this notoriously illiquid series. It would have been better to have had a representative selection, including most common and a few rare coins, and to have reserved significantly more space in the book as a whole for illustrations, of which there are not enough. For the Imperatorial series this book has a quite complete listing but again not enough illustrations. I have given up referring to this book and instead look to my trusted old copy of Roman Silver Coins Vol.1, which illustrates and prices every variety in a far more compact form (the prices have to be adjusted up by some 50%, but that is easily calculated). I would recommend to collectors that they search for a copy of RSC1 on the second hand market rather than buy this book.
A must for coin collectors!
Review date: 2000-12-18 Rating: 10 out of 10
Without doubt this book is a must for both the amateur and seasoned coin collector. This latest edition shall quickly become dog-eared from over use. Yes, there are other books available which would look good on the collectors shelf, but it is unlikely this volume will have time to gather dust with them due to its constant usage!
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
David R. Sear
Recording label: Spink & Son Ltd
Manufacturer: Spink & Son Ltd
EAN: 9781902040455
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1902040457
Number of pages: 700
Publication date: 2002-06-06
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