num_pages: 291
description: Explore one of the world's mightiest empires tracing a path of more than 700 years of expansion and upheaval political intrigue and treachery cultural enlightenment and decadence - all through that empire's fascinating coins. &amp;break;&amp;break; Ancient Coin Collecting The Roman World - Politics and Propaganda  traces Roman coins from the empire's origins in the third century B.C. to its final days in the fifth century A.D. This volume - the third in an acclaimed series - follows its predecessors by expanding the road map to collecting these intriguing coins. You'll learn to attribute individual specimens while also gaining valuable insight into a civilization that used its extensive coinage for disseminating political propaganda. &amp;break;&amp;break;Author Wayne G. Sayles shares three decades of collecting experience and a passion for ancient coins that inspires both beginners and experts alike. Collectors will 
language: English
title: Ancient Coin Collecting III: The Roman World-Politics and Propaganda
publisher: Krause Pubns Inc