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Can anyone point me in the right direction to a good site or book to help me to learn about and identify ancient coins. Just recently purchased some ancient coins. Some Roman and some Greek maybe 😂 like Subject says newbie.(But willing to learn) not just ask what's this what's this. I think that's part of the fun discovery through knowledge. Thks any info appreciated

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Hi Mudring...There are so many resources, but lets start with help identifying Roman coins here:
http://numismatics.org/ocre/identify
I would also recommend you read any of the books from here, but check your local library first prior to buying anything:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html

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Mudring wrote: Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:41 am Can anyone point me in the right direction to a good site or book to help me to learn about and identify ancient coins. Just recently purchased some ancient coins. Some Roman and some Greek maybe 😂 like Subject says newbie.(But willing to learn) not just ask what's this what's this. I think that's part of the fun discovery through knowledge. Thks any info appreciated
I highly recommend this book:
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“Coinage in the Roman Economy” by Kenneth Harl.

Lots of information about all kinds of ancient Roman coins from the Roman Republic through the Roman Empire.
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Thank you

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