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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1036385, member: 26302&quot;]I just wanted to say I got my copy of ERIC II Friday, (number 040). Man what a massive book. He listed 1458 pages, but they are large, heavy paper making the book extremely heavy. This is not a bedtime read. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with Doug&#039;s review. I think this is an excellent, well thought out volume. I like the quick find aspect of the colored page listing of emperors. The large quantity of color photos on the same pages of the issuing emperor is not something you will find in any other format. For this reason I would suggest this book as an absolutely brilliant start to Roman coin collecting. For Byzantine, it is helpful and a good background, but I would suggest getting Sears Byzantine Coins and their Values as an added reference. The emperors biographies I thought were a &quot;fun read&quot;, getting you the gist of them without trying to be scholarly. Hopefully anyone interested in them will not stop with just these. I really appreciated the market comments on the coins, to me this was the best part of the book, giving someone inexperienced with a certain emperor&#039;s coins a quick guide to relative scarcity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, there are a few problems. I would have liked this to be a two volume work, just to make it easier to use, (did I mention its weight?). The Byzantine section seems added on, with not as much attention given to these series as the Roman. Doug already mentioned the Anonymous bronzes being given scant attention. This is important since this series are large coins and so common that they likely are the first Byzantine coins anyone ever acquire. With so large a volume I really wished they could have spared at least a few pages on these. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, please everyone consider this book. I think many will use it as their first source for Roman Imperials, I know I probably will even though I own RIC, BMC, and others. I cannot think of a better Christmas gift to either ask for, buy for a budding ancient collector, or just to buy yourself and help support numismatic scholarship. </p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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