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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2975699, member: 25357&quot;]What I didn&#039;t realize until I had been on Cointalk for a while, is that there are very many internationally respected ancient coin authorities on this very forum.&nbsp; And most of them are very generous with their knowledge and patient with beginners.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug Smith, who just posted above has been collecting ancients for half a century and his website is chock full of knowledge, and may portions are written specifically with the beginner in mind.&nbsp; I&#039;d highly recommend it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I started, three of the books that I found most helpful were the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Coins and Their Values 4th revised edition, by David Sear (the single volume mentioned by Doug above)</p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/roman-coins-and-their-values-david-sear/1126480345/2678352875560?st=PLA&amp;sid=BNB_DRS_New+Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&amp;2sid=Google_&amp;sourceId=PLGoP164951&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA-qDTBRD-ARIsAJ_10yJVQinvBM0m-_oQbBNVmDPM4k48of6-tgdLhGpGxXl3wHedvgQsskMaAmdlEALw_wcB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/roman-coins-and-their-values-david-sear/1126480345/2678352875560?st=PLA&amp;sid=BNB_DRS_New+Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&amp;2sid=Google_&amp;sourceId=PLGoP164951&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA-qDTBRD-ARIsAJ_10yJVQinvBM0m-_oQbBNVmDPM4k48of6-tgdLhGpGxXl3wHedvgQsskMaAmdlEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/roman-coins-and-their-values-david-sear/1126480345/2678352875560?st=PLA&amp;sid=BNB_DRS_New Marketplace Shopping Books_00000000&amp;2sid=Google_&amp;sourceId=PLGoP164951&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA-qDTBRD-ARIsAJ_10yJVQinvBM0m-_oQbBNVmDPM4k48of6-tgdLhGpGxXl3wHedvgQsskMaAmdlEALw_wcB</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient coin collecting II. Numismatic Art of the Ancient Greek World, by Wayne G Sayles,</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-II-Numismatic/dp/0873415000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-II-Numismatic/dp/0873415000" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Coin-Collecting-II-Numismatic/dp/0873415000</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient Greek and Roman Coins, by Zander Klawans</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Ancient-Greek-Roman-Coins/dp/030709362X/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_1?" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Ancient-Greek-Roman-Coins/dp/030709362X/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_1?" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Ancient-Greek-Roman-Coins/dp/030709362X/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_1?</a></p><p>_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=1DC5BCVSCYR27P5426C6</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of luck to you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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