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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 942636, member: 26302&quot;]Rome has been touched on, so I will go over some resources for other regimes. For Byzantine and Venice, I like the books from John Julius Norwich. He has a volume on Venice, and a three volume work on Byzantium, (a one volume work on Byzantium is the abridged version). For eastern cultures, I would look at the bibliography at:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tom Mallon is a great guy and resource, and his website got me interested in these coins. Collon has a book on history on Central Asia which is the standard.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For Chinese, go to:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #008000"><a href="http://www.coincoin.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincoin.com" rel="nofollow">www.<b>coincoin.com</b></a></span> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Scott Semans has great books on Chinese and Ethnographic money. He has others as well. Another great guy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Overall, if you like coins and history, do not forget how great coin books are for history too! Many coin books specializing in a certain period or civilization will contain a great deal of history related to the coins. It may sound stupid, but I have had many collectors ask me where to find history related to their coins, and it turns out they already own great books! READ coin books, don&#039;t just study the pictures and try to find matches. Many, especially older, coin books are really about the history more than the coins themselves.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you have specific questions on specific civilizations or periods, feel free to ask them here. I can dig up better answers from my library if I know what area you are interested in.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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