Young Collector's Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins, The

Dr Barclay Vincent Head (1844 - 1914) produced, during his lifetime, over 50 books and papers of numismatic importance. His 'HISTORIA NUMORUM - A Manual of Greek Numismatics', first published in 1887, remains an important and respected book on the subject. The devoted and patient Dr Head played the most important part in cataloguing the British Museum's collection of ancient Greek coinage at a time before people really appreciated coins as real historical monuments. This eBook is a reproduction of a book Dr Head wrote, aimed at younger or inexperienced collectors. It serves as an excellent introduction to ancient Greek coinage. It should however be borne in mind that since Dr Head compiled this book over 100 years ago, it is likely that new discoveries in the field of ancient Greek coinage have been made, that certain terminology may have changed and that the facts as were known them may have been updated since.