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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2595983, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/vf.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/vf.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/vf.html</a></p><p>While I am fond of that particular book for a reason that might or might not be obvious, I do suggest shopping around.&nbsp; I have seen them cheaper.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ephesus_numismatics/56/product/victor_failmezger_roman_bronze_coins__from_paganism_to_christianity_virtually_new/130331/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ephesus_numismatics/56/product/victor_failmezger_roman_bronze_coins__from_paganism_to_christianity_virtually_new/130331/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ephesus_numismatics/56/product/victor_failmezger_roman_bronze_coins__from_paganism_to_christianity_virtually_new/130331/Default.aspx</a></p><p>They originally sold for $50 and did not go quickly.&nbsp; About 5 years ago Victor still had some for sale when we did a little talk at a show in Fredericksburg.&nbsp; That was where the one and only copy in existence signed by both the author and the photographer was created.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For ID, it is hard to beat the free, online resources.&nbsp; Whether book or web, a problem is that it helps a lot if you already have an idea what the coin is and are confirming that idea rather than starting from complete &#039;no clue&#039; status.&nbsp; The 1000th coin you ID will be a lot easier than the first.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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