Greetings: I'm an absolute beginner to coin collecting. I just purchased my first Roman coin. Could anyone recommend any books on collecting coins in general...
Hi Jeff, Welcome to a hobby deep enough to keep you engaged for the rest of your life. It sounds as though you've already gotten the good advice - "Buy the ...
Further to my comments about the Malter Book Sale I participated in yesterday, Dave Welsh has written his impressions. I was only an internet bidder, Dave was...
I'd read through the catalogue and decided even the estimates were way over the market price for any titles I was interested in. John Isles Hanover, Michigan ...
In addtion to the hammer prices, there was a 20% buyer's fee (commission) on everything - which really added up. On the Haeberlin "Aes Grave" set (original...
For the money, Van Meter's "Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins" is probably the bet buy for the money. More informative than Sears' 4th. Revised Coins (now...
Jeff, Another on-line source that is VERY good is http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html It has fantastic information. Andrew Thall [Non-text portions of...
Jeff, You can pick up VanMeter for $25 a http://www.commonbronze.com/catalog a very good book to start ... but I would also check out The Encyclopedia of Roman...
Attention: Robert Brenchley. Lawrence Boadt, C.S.P., highly regarded scripture scholar and current Publisher of Paulist Press: 997 MacArthur Blvd., Mahwah, NJ...
I'm not sure I follow the argument against a Roman tax on the Jews. It seems the argument is one from silence - in other words: we don't know there was one,...
I have done further research on this subject and I believe that Tom Schroer assessed the situation and circumstances and drew a sound conclusion on the ...
... That's not a bad principle to go by, but we must also keep in mind whether or not the authors of the Gospels indeed lived in the times. Or the place. As...
... to ... Not too far from whatI think, thanks. As far as I can make out, the governor of a small province was a sort of Lord High Tax Collector (the title...
"We must also keep in mind whether or not the authors of the Gospels indeed lived in the times. Or the place. As it happens, whoever wrote the Gospels lived...
I forgot to add this final remark: Who better to know what was the coin of tribute than a tax collector ... and the apostle Matthew who wrote the first gospel...
... Gospels ... Roman ... knew ... Matthew ... be -- ... so ... understandable. ... how ... census ... sanctuary ... This is my third attempt at a reply; the...
Robert Brenchley wrote: (1) "there's no internal evidence to suggest that he was aither a levite or a tax collector." Follow my line of thought for internal,...
It seems the crux of this argument seems to be what was used to pay the roman tax. Here is an idea I have not yet seen in this particular discussion but seems ...
the Truth may never be known. We have to wait for judgment day for that." ~Mark Ellsworth "Or such evidence were to be dug up by a future archaeologist!" John...
hi group, the two first vol. from ivan varbanov's "greek imperial coins" in english are allready out of print. if some help needed, i can send to the intersted...
Hi, Were my copies on the way? Warmest, Jim Shaffer In a message dated 6/16/2006 12:06:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, plamm2002@... writes: hi group, the...
In a message dated 6/16/2006 12:54:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, JShaffer99@... writes: Hi, Were my copies on the way? Warmest, Jim Shaffer Sorry, I...
Pre- Principate Portraits of Caligula in the Round?: The Walters, La Spezia and Dresden Heads By Joe B. Geranio- For Photos go to portraitsofcaligula.com...
<<It seems the crux of this argument seems to be what was used to pay the roman tax. Here is an idea I have not yet seen in this particular discussion but...
<<"The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and...
Moderator's gentle note: This thread is beginning to wander quite a bit off-topic - so let's either continue it in private or bring it back a bit more to...
*This article appeared on the BBC website on the 25th. Pictures of the coin can be seen at: * http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3518621.stm COIN...
I just finished re-reading Cosmo Rodewald's book "Money in the Age of Tiberius" and wanted to share a hearty recommendation. The book starts with discussion of...
For those who may not know what brockages are, a good tutorial is this page by Doug Smith: http://dougsmith.ancients.info/brock.html Are there any really solid...
Tiberius portrait on Caligula AR? Joe Geranio ... for photos go to: http://portraitsofcaligula.com/3/miscellaneous11.htm Tiberius on Caligulan DIVIS AUGVSTVS...
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