Looking for a book on Greek coins

[Overlord]

While I won't be collecting many Greek coins (my present collection is limited to 5 coins), I would nevertheless like to acquire a good reference/catalogue. Is "Greek Coins and Their Values" by David R Sear a good choice or is there a better (preferably single-volume) reference/catalogue for this series?

[Afrasi]

As far as I know there is no alternative. Other books have many volumes and are very expensive.

[Overlord]

As far as I know there is no alternative. Other books have many volumes and are very expensive.

Thanks. I have ordered Volume 1 of Sear's book for now.

[Figleaf]

The Wildwinds site is not a book, but it can be searched and contains much good information.

Peter

[Overlord]

The Wildwinds site is not a book, but it can be searched and contains much good information.

Peter

Thanks Peter. I have used Wildwinds for attributing Roman coins earlier.

[bruce61813]

Richard Plant's  "Greek Coin Types and Their Identification", published by Spink. ISBN0-900652-47-0 . It not in the same class as Sear's book, but it helps in narrowing down what you are looking at, then going to Sear's book.

Bruce

[Overlord]

Richard Plant's  "Greek Coin Types and Their Identification", published by Spink. ISBN0-900652-47-0 . It not in the same class as Sear's book, but it helps in narrowing down what you are looking at, then going to Sear's book.

Bruce

Thank you. I have ordered this one too.

[bruce61813]

I should have mentioned that the illustrations in Plant's book are simple line drawings. But it does help you get a start before you go to Sears book.

Bruce

[Overlord]

I should have mentioned that the illustrations in Plant's book are simple line drawings. But it does help you get a start before you go to Sears book.

Bruce

I did check out sample pages on Google. I have his book on reading Arabic coins, which also uses line drawings.