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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1819797, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m happy to see someone else recommend non-catalogs.&nbsp; I like the text in Sayles but he really offended me by using so many photos&nbsp; of just one side of a coin.&nbsp; I really like to see both sides.&nbsp; Mattingly was one of my first books but I never replaced the copy I sold back in 1974.&nbsp; I enjoyed Vagi to a point, especially the History volume, but the catalog was the worst possible type.&nbsp; He lists a few rare types for each ruler and the lumps the rest under one head giving prices for coins in various grades.&nbsp; He does not tell you what those common types are just how much you might pay for one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got some value out of the <b>Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins</b> by Jones but new copies sell for more than I&#039;d pay.&nbsp; He also has a Greek volume but it seems to sell for more.&nbsp; Avoid the <b>Dictionary of Roman Coins </b>by Stevenson reprints since that is available online as an out of copyright title.&nbsp; Most books that are out of copyright (pre-1923) are a bit dated.&nbsp; Duh!&nbsp; On the other hand, for ancient coins, the 1980&#039;s are like yesterday since it takes decades, not months, to do a good book.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial Coins, Their Art &amp; Technique </b>by Breglia is also decent reading for fans of coffee table books and worth the $15 used copies bring.&nbsp;&nbsp; These and the Sutherland book I recommended higher up here often are found </font>accessioned from libraries that discovered no one checked them out in the last ten years so the were dumped on the used book trade.&nbsp; Those allergic to ex-library books will be offended.&nbsp; [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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