Ancient Greek & Roman Coins
An Educational Site on Roman Coins, Greek Coins and other Ancient Coins
| Coins shown in the headline photo for this site were not selected for condition or value but for interest. Why were these photos selected? This photo contains one modern fake, two ancient fakes and several coins that are in some way exceptional. Regular visitors of this site might be able to explain why I placed each coin on this composite. Play the game; guess what I was thinking for each coin. Clicking on a coin will take you to a related page. |
2004-2005 UpdatesFollowing the release of the CD version of this site as a bonus to the images to accompany Victor Failmezger's book Roman Bronze Coins I decided no longer to update the basic pages of this site. The few pages that I have written since January 2003 are linked in this box. They have been relocated to this site and deleted from their temporary home on my personal ISP provided space.
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Ancient Coins for Education and the CD Roman Bronze Coins. |
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| My site appeared first on Geocities in February 1997 and was ammended for the next 5 years. Some material previously moved from the Geocities site to my additional space at ACM has been restored to this version which is largely identical to the CD version provided in the Ancient Coins for Education packet and on the CD accompanying Tory Failmezger's book on Fourth Century Roman Bronze Coins. At present, there is no update to this site planned. |
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A message from the owner of this page:
This page is very much a 'fast food' or 'pop culture' approach to the subject of ancient numismatics. I am an amateur collector and offer no guarantee of completeness or accuracy on any material on this site. I recommend that you research your questions rather than accepting blindly anything posted here. I also recommend you apply this same degree of care in using any other source material online or in hard copy. This site was intended to expose new collectors to an enjoyable hobby. No claim is made to serious scholarship. Serious numismatists are also welcomed here while they await publication of more proper and scholarly coverage of this material. Images posted on this site are taken from a variety of sources including my personal collection and several other private collections.
Links to other sites on the Web have been moved to a separate page:
© 1997-2003 Doug Smith - All materials may be copied and used by any teachers or students participating in the Ancient Coins for Education programs.
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This site began 27 Feb 97.
This site is dedicated to the memory of two men who were most influential in my studies. Dr. John F. Charles of Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Indiana) taught me: "It's more fun to know than not to know." Roger A. Bickford-Smith was my friend and the source of most of what I know about the Eastern mints of Septimius Severus. Both are missed.