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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3203049, member: 19463"]<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/087341442X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/087341442X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/087341442X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>At under $6 postpaid the used copies of Sayles vol. 1 are great bargains. There are no single books that cover everything you want to know about every ancient coin. There are decent books on just Greek, for example. After you read Sayles #1, you may want to consider the other volumes in his series or other more specialized books.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also suggest looking over some educational web sites on the subject. Mine is aimed at beginners:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would start with:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3203049, member: 19463"][url]https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/087341442X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=[/url] At under $6 postpaid the used copies of Sayles vol. 1 are great bargains. There are no single books that cover everything you want to know about every ancient coin. There are decent books on just Greek, for example. After you read Sayles #1, you may want to consider the other volumes in his series or other more specialized books. I also suggest looking over some educational web sites on the subject. Mine is aimed at beginners: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/[/url] I would start with: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html[/url][/QUOTE]
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