ANCIENT BRITISH COINS by CHRIS RUDD & E.COTTAM
published in 2010
This is a large hardcover book which is coffee table size and has 243 legal size pages with black and white illustrations and photographs
This book is well put together and worth every penny of its 100.00 plus
price. It primarily deals with the British
Celtic coins and their
identification and
rarity. It is not a
price catalogue but contains descriptions and
history of over 3000 British
Celtic coin varieties along with their level of
rarity. Ive found it easy to use and very
complete with details and excellent photographs The
ABC book, as it is known, is written in the easy to understand folksy
style of Chris Rudd who is a long time collector and reputable dealer of
Celtic Coins in the Uk since the 1950s It is filled with useful tidbits of info on locations of the major coin finding areas in the Uk along with detailed
history of all the major tribal groups and their illustrious but relatively unknown leaders who put their names on their coinage.. ....It is laid out using several
types of indexes along with Rudds unique numbering system which gives a number for each
type of coin from 1 to 3000.....It covers the main period of Tribal coinage in
Britain from 150 BC to AD 45 after which the
Roman invasion curtailed the production of local coins and replaced it completely with
Roman coins.If you are a
new collector or an established collector this is a one stop book for UK
Celtic coins.
