A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins

Hill’s handbook explains how ancient coins were made, described, classified, and interpreted. It covers metals, fabric, weight, denominations, dies, types, inscriptions, countermarks, forgeries, chronology, and collecting practice, with fifteen plates. Researchers can use it to decode older catalogue terminology, understand the evidence available for attribution, and see how late nineteenth-century scholars balanced art history, epigraphy, metrology, and historical interpretation.

Because the work predates much of the modern archaeological, die-study, epigraphic, and provenance evidence, verify dates, mint or ruler assignments, legend readings, authenticity, and current specimen locations against current corpora and databases.