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Forgery Network – A nice site for all kinds of forgeries.

Obverse Dies from the Black Sea Hoard – Pictures of strikes from the known obverse dies from the black sea hoard forgeries.

Calgary’s Fakes, Forgeries, and Counterfeits

Forged Alexandrian Tetradrachms

De Imperatoribus Romanis On the Roman Emperors. This is a web site which is an on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453).

American Numismatic Society and Harry Bass Research Foundation Searchable Resources – A searchable index of Roman coins. Extensive.

The Coinage of Britain- Roman Coins – a very good site covering the Roman coinage and history of Britain

Bearers of Meaning – The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at Lawrence University. Carol L. Lawton, Curator and Editor. An excellent site with good images and full information about coins and their historical context. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins are included.

The Production of Ancient Coins, by Jere M. Wickens

Roman Coins and Roman History, by Daniel J. Taylor

Two important pages for students working with coins from the empire and especially the time of Constantine are:

Roman Imperial Coin Denominations

The Celtic Coin Index – The Celtic Coin Index is a collection of more than 30800 images of Celtic coins found in Britain.

Medieval European Coinage– A nice site discussing medieval coinage

History of Money from Ancient Times
to the Present Day – Online version of a book by Glyn Davies.

Wildwinds Database – An excellent resouce to help attribute coins. It has pictures and internet auction listing information on many Roman coins, listed by emperor or by Sear number.

SNG – the online SNG catalogs