Soft back, 104 pages Illustrated Colour, 21cm x 29.5cm

From how to recognise mint marks and contemporary imitations, cleaning and cataloguing, lots of colour, very nice book.From how to recognise to mint marks and contemporary imitations, cleaning and cataloguing, lots of colour. This is a very nice book, clearly laid out with hundreds of colour photographs. This book is a gentle introduction for the beginner. The bibliography lists a number of specialist works used for specific attributions of a given coin, to emperor, date, mint and issue.

Chapters:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction to Roman coins and their identification
• Chapter 2 - Coin legends and understanding the inscriptions on Roman coins
• Chapter 3 - Portraits and propaganda
• Chapter 4 - Mints: Differences between mints, mintmarks in the later empire
• Chapter 5 - Roman coins in the earlier empire, up to 238
• Chapter 6 - The radiate coinages, 238-296
• Chapter 7 - The fourth century
• Chapter 8 - The end of Roman coinage in Britain
• Chapter 9 - Contemporary forgeries in Roman Britain
• Chapter 10 - Treatment of coins, preservation, cataloguing etc.

On the back cover:

Adrian Marsden is a specialist in Roman coins, which he has collected for a number of years. He has recently completed on Roman imperial Portraiture and Propoganda in the 3rd century at Oxford university. His particular interests include the contemporary imitations of Roman coins, particularly those of the 3rd century, and the coinage of the later 3rd century.