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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3003887, member: 44316&quot;][USER=75563]@ancientcoinguru[/USER] showed a book by Harl. I say this about it on my web page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; Many collectors want to know about the role of coins in the economy. What were they worth? What about taxes? How much did the government spend? <i>Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 BC to AD 700</i>, by Kenneth Harl, has 500 pages of answers to questions like these, and excellent photographs of 267 important coin types. He has gathered together in one volume the results of a large number of research articles and incorporated them into a single, flowing, account. This book is very informative. I have some criticisms of details, but no work of this scope could avoid controversy. (In particular, I think his discussion of the denominations of the coins AD270 - 310 is too assertive. There are many dissenting opinions that he fails to represent.) However, this book will give you a good idea of the complexity of the subject and what the evidence looks like. It is very scholarly and not for beginners, but it <b>is highly recommended</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>At $25 the book is a very good deal. If the questions above interest you, buy it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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