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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2746300, member: 76440&quot;]I have Emmett.and use it.&nbsp; It is very easy to use, and it is inexpensive. Emmett numbers are easy to find.&nbsp; I suspect that&#039;s why you see it growing in popularity. Emmett is particulalry useful for some things - like assigning a quick number, quick rarity checks and seeing annual output of certain types at a glance.&nbsp; Emmett is not particularly useful for descriptions,&nbsp; as most descriptions are only a few words, nor for photos (there are practically none).&nbsp; Milne, on the other hand, is quite difficult to use but his descriptions are detailed beyond belief. Dattari Savio is not easy to use and lacks text descriptions - it&#039;s all visual - but it&#039;s great for provenancing Dattari coins and useful as a &quot;plate volume&quot; for the Dattari text catalogue. One of my favorite resources for Alexandrian coins is Geissen&#039;s 4 volume (5 including the index) catalogue of the Köln University collection. It&#039;s expensive (about $400 if you can find a set), but it is in syllogue format with photos opposite the text pages, and each ruler&#039;s coins are arranged by regnal year. I find this arrangement very helpful.&nbsp; Descriptions are in German - not so helpful -&nbsp; but my &quot;numismatic German&quot; has improved over the years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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