Spink Books
Spink Books has been supplying and publishing numismatic reference works to collectors for over 100 years. The acquisition of the Seaby imprint in 1996 further strengthened their reputation as the worldwide leader in this field. Many Spink titles have become the definitive reference works used by collectors, dealers and auctioneers worldwide, including its annual Coins of England catalogue, Roman Coins and Their Values and other classics by David R. Sear.
Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 5 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 576
ISBN: 9781907427459
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2014
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: Black and white illustrations throughout
Description:
The current revision of this popular work marks a radical departure from the envisioned aims of the original edition. This fifth and final volume of the 'Millennium edition' contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 337-491 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristics of its coinage. The catalogue is organized primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.
The English Civil Wars Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 808
ISBN: 9781907427152
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2014
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: colour illustrations throughout
Description:
Some three and a half centuries ago, Britain was convulsed by a series of civil wars. The names of its participants and major battles Oliver Cromwell and Charles I, Cavaliers and Roundheads, Edgehill and Dunbar are still well known today. These wars saw the introduction of medals as rewards for gallantry and campaign service.
A Dictionary of English Numismatic Terms Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 301
ISBN: 9781907427367
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2014
Imprint: Spink Books
Description:
This book will find its place alongside Manville's other works on the bookshelves of all serious numismatic institutions, collectors and scholars, and it will become an extremely useful tool to be consulted whenever any piece of numismatic information eludes the mind if anyone is venturing into an area which is not his or her own. However, this will not be the limit of its appeal, for this book will undoubtedly be used by those who are not serious numismatists and may not therefore have had occasion to make use of his earlier volumes. For any member of the general public who wishes to understand more about the history of coins and medals or who simply has a question on the subject, this book should provide the answer.
Renovatio Monetae: Bracteates and Coinage Policies in Medieval Europe Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 284
ISBN: 9781907427299
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2013
Imprint: Spink Books
Description:
Bracteates are thin, uni-faced coins that were struck with only one die. A piece of soft-material was placed under the flan, thereby creating a design of the obverse that can be seen as a mirror image on the reverse. Although these coins were very fragile, they dominated the coinage for 150-200 years in large parts of medieval Europe.
Coins and the Bible Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 121
ISBN: 9781907427305
Pub Date: 31 May 2013
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: colour illustrations throughout
Description:
Some of the most famous stories in the Bible revolve around coins. From the widow’s mite to Judas’s thirty pieces of silver, the original narratives and their later translations have used local coins to make the Gospels relate to audiences over the ages. In turn, early Biblical writings have directly inspired the earliest artistic expression of Christian faith on coin designs.
The Uniform Coinage of India Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 360
ISBN: 9781907427237
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2012
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: colour illustrations throughout
Description:
This catalogue provides an authoritative guide to the different major coinages of William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V and George VI, with detailed colour illustrations of each coin. This work is based upon that of Major Pridmore (The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Part 4 India) and has been authored by Dr Paul Stevens and Randy Weir.
Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 4 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 552
ISBN: 9781907427077
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2011
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: b/w illus
Description:
This fourth volume contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 284-337 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristic of its coinage. The catalogue is organised primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.
The Herodian Dynasty Cover The Herodian Dynasty Cover
Format: 
Pages: 530
ISBN: 9781907427015
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2010
Imprint: Spink Books
Pages: 530
ISBN: 9781907427039
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2010
Imprint: Spink Books
Description:
The remarkable Herodian dynasty flourished from the second century BCE to the second century CE. This book examines its origins, measures its impact on Jewish society, and discusses the influence it had beyond Judaea. It argues that the Herodian dynasty played a central part in the workings of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 3 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 536
ISBN: 9781902040691
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2005
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: Black and white illustrations throughout
Description:
This third volume continues the comprehensive revision of this era, and covers in detail the next fifty years; a very different period during which the Empire came perilously close to total disintegration under the pressure of foreign invasions and seemingly interminable civil war. The economy also collapsed and with it the Imperial coinage, a desperate situation which was only partially alleviated by the currency reform of Aurelian undertaken late in his reign. The complexities of the mint attributes in this chaotic period - lacking as the do in almost instance the name or initial of the responsible mint - have been dealt with in light of recent scholarship.
A Manual for the Wearing of Orders, Decorations and Medals Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 126
ISBN: 9781902040608
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2005
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: Black & white
Description:
A comprehensive guide to the protocol and regulations of wearing orders, decorations and medals currently in force in the United Kingdom and its associated territories.
Coinage and Currency in Eighteenth Century Britain Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 383
ISBN: 9781907427169
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2005
Imprint: Spink Books
Description:
This book, written by an expert in the field and drawing on recent research, aims to put Britain's eighteenth-century provincial token coinage into the context of the currency problems of the time. On the basis of a wide-range of both documentary and secondary sources it examines its major manufacturers and their intentions, and through profiles of many of the issuers involved it sets out to give a living dimension to a bygone monetary phenomenon.
Roman Coins and Their Values Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 388
ISBN: 9780713478235
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2004
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: black and white illustrations throughout
Description:
The original edition of this volume was published by Seaby thirty-six years ago and has been through three revisions (1970, 1974, and 1981). The only one-volume price guide to the coinage of Republican and Imperial Rome. It is an indispensable listing of all major types of gold, silver and bronze, issued over some seven hundred and fifty years by the greatest militaristic state the world has ever known.
Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 2 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 696
ISBN: 9781902040455
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2002
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: Black and white illustrations throughout
Description:
Volume II now extends coverage of the Imperial series from Nerva, the 'thirteenth Caesar' and first of the 'Adoptive' emperors, down to the overthrow of the Severan dynasty in 235. It encompasses what may justifiably be termed the 'golden age' of the Roman imperial coinage. The full development of the Augustan system of coin denomination and perfection of the method by which government propaganda was communicated to the citizenry through the medium of coinage both reached their peak during these fourteen decades.
Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9780907605959
Pub Date: 01 Dec 1998
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: 79 b/w pls
Description:
This large volume comprises forty-two essays given in honour of the late Martin Jessop Price, a leading authority on Greek coinage, and an active member of the Royal Numismatics Society and the British Academy's Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum project. The essays cover a broad range of subjects and issues including coins from Phyrgia, Pergamon, Samos, Athens, Syracuse, Lydia, Cyprus, the Black Sea and Poseidonia-Paestum, addressing questions of history, iconography, subject matter, links to political and social change and economic values. Contributors include: John Barron, Andrew Burnett, Nicholas Hardwick, Ann Johnston, Georges Le Rider, John Morcom, N K Rutter, Jeffrey Spier and Ute Wartenberg .

Sylloge: (SNG 8) Hart Collection,Blackburn Museum

Format: Hardback
Pages: 134
ISBN: 9780197260715
Pub Date: 31 May 1989
Imprint: Spink Books
Description:
This volume presents the Greek coins in the collection of Robert Edward Hart (1878-1946), notable for its broad coverage of all the Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, and for the fine quality of its coins.
Greek Coins and Their Values Volume 1 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 316
ISBN: 9780713478495
Pub Date: 31 Dec 1978
Imprint: Spink Books
Illustrations: Black and white illustrations throughout
Description:
The first volume of this catalogue deals with the issues of the Greek cities in Spain, Gaul, Italy, Sicily, Macedon and Thrace, Illyria and Central Greece, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands and Crete; also the Punic and Romano-Celtiberian coinage of Spain, and the Celtic coinages of Gaul, Britain (uninscribed issues), and Central Europe. The primary arrangement is geographical (west to east) and the listings are divided between Archaic issues (before circa 480 BC) and Classical and Hellenistic (later 5th century down to 1st century BC).