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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8132271, member: 19463&quot;]My first book on Byzantine was the 1986 <b>Eastern Roman Successors of the Sestertius</b> by Harlan J. Berk.&nbsp; Shortly after that I got Whitting which outweighed it in every way except it did not give values.&nbsp; In those days, you could get the common AE coins in decent shape for low prices. </p><p><br /></p><p>One book I have not seen is a coin focused history that points out the interfacings of the various civilizations.&nbsp; We tend to collect coins by category like Roman, Greek, Byzantine, Sasanian etc.&nbsp; Those guys knew each other.&nbsp; Sometimes that went better than others but we should know these connections.&nbsp; Who can ID Abul Abaz?&nbsp; Who has read the children&#039;s book about him?</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Baghdad-Mary-Tavener-Holmes/dp/0761461116" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Baghdad-Mary-Tavener-Holmes/dp/0761461116" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Baghdad-Mary-Tavener-Holmes/dp/0761461116</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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