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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3139966, member: 74282&quot;]I&#039;ll go against the grain a bit and recommend some online resources in lieu of physical books. In my opinion the internet has largely made beginner coin collecting books unnecessary, though more specialist works(i.e. RIC, Sear&#039;s Imperators or Crawford) are still worthwhile if you&#039;re actively collecting that area. As far as good beginner&#039;s resources on the coins themselves I highly recommend starting with the following two sites:</p><ul> <li><a href="http://forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">Doug Smith&#039;s Ancient Coins</a></li> <li><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" rel="nofollow">Warren Esty&#039;s &quot;Roman and Greek Coins: Educational Pages&quot;</a></li> </ul><p>If you&#039;re interested in Roman history in particular I can&#039;t recommend <a href="http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">The History of Rome</a> podcast enough. By the time you get to the end of it you&#039;ll have a pretty good picture of the basic structure of Roman history, the dynasties, the wars and the expansion and contraction of Rome&#039;s sphere of influence over that period. You won&#039;t necessarily recognize every no-name usurper whose three surviving coins fetch six figures(i.e. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Saturninus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Saturninus" rel="nofollow">Saturninus</a>), but you will have a good picture of the historically important ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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