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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 995945, member: 19463&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">I have written a review of a forthcoming book, <b>Encyclopedia of Roman Coins II</b> (ERIC II) by Rasiel Suarez which is currently in pre-order status but hope to be available when the slow boat from China docks in October (?). The book is 1455 pages and catalogs what the author knew to exist from Caesar Augustus to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453. The review is no lightweight either at a bit over 4500 words. The review has been posted on FORVM Ancient Coins Forum which is dedicated to ancient/medieval coins only but I believe it might be of interest to some more general collectors who frequent Coin Talk but not Forvm.</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65466.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65466.0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #284c7e">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65466.0</span></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">I need to add that I have no monetary, authorship or other interest in the book beyond my support for the hobby of collecting ancient coins. As the author put it, I seem to be &quot;the only guy out there that writes ancient coin book reviews&quot;. For that matter, I will not even tell you here whether I recommend the book or not. The answer is not as simple as &#039;Yes&#039; or &#039;No&#039;. If you want my opinions, feel free to read the review. It was written based on the unbound galley proof loaned to me by the author. That means I can not comment on some features like binding quality but I understand that the pages are as will be on the final version. If you have questions or comments on the review, I will be happy to discuss it here (or on Forvm). </span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Persons wanting to keep track on progress of the binding and shipping can look at the ERIC Facebook pages where there are some nice pictures of the printing and binding processes. </span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Encyclopedia-of-Roman-Imperial-Coins/362124848605" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Encyclopedia-of-Roman-Imperial-Coins/362124848605" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Encyclopedia-of-Roman-Imperial-Coins/362124848605</a></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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