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Message:: [QUOTE="Gao, post: 876443, member: 19409"]Well I'm about 2/3 of the way through Kenneth W. Harl's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coinage-Economy-Ancient-Society-History/dp/0801852919/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272636997&sr=8-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Coinage-Economy-Ancient-Society-History/dp/0801852919/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272636997&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700</a>, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.  It looks at coinage from an economic perspective rather than as little pieces of art, and it assumes that you already have a good grasp of Roman history, so it's definitely not for everyone, but I find it quite nice to know about how what I collect was actually used, which usually isn't covered that much in online sources.  I'm not sure I agree with everything he says (for instance, he takes the XXI mark found on late 3rd century antoniniani as a statement of value, while others say that it's a representation of the metal ratio, and I lean a bit more towards the latter idea, though I really should look into it more), but for the most part, it's a very good source of information.[/QUOTE]