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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1544969, member: 26302&quot;]And us here are chopped liver? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for dating, the fall of the Roman west is usually the end of &quot;ancients&quot; in the west, but most ancient collections also include Byzantine, the Romans in the East, up until their fall in 1453. In the east, &quot;ancient&quot; usualy goes until the rise of Islam.</p><p><br /></p><p>For series, late roman are cheap and plentiful. Roman coins are popular since many emperors are well known to us, we can read the inscriptions, and books are plentiful. Its a cheap place to start.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for books, the best book I could recommend for roman would be Sear&#039;s 1988 volume of Roman Coins and their values. Sayles put out a whole series of introductory books that are decent background reading. Aorta by Suarez is an inexpensive beginner volume. There are others as well. I would suggest stalking Ebay for book listings and asking opinions here about the book. Last count I have about 700 coin books, about 600 of those on ancient coins, so chances are pretty good I own the book in question, or have a good opinion on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also highly recommend Doug Smith&#039;s site. Lots of good reading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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