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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 934382, member: 26302&quot;]PJ, I would read and reread all of Doug Smith&#039;s post since he is an experienced ancient coin collector and will give you great advice.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regarding books, if I were to start someone on Roman coins, I would get them the 1988 edition of Sears Roman Coins and their Values. He is redoing it in 5 volumes, 3 are out and the 4th is supposed to be any day, (zzzzzzzzz). The 1988 is the last edition in one book, and the prices would be useful in a relative way, meaning if ones he lists for $10 are going for $30 now, then one listed for $20 should be about $50-$60. Like Doug mentioned, their are so many ancients that it literally is impossible for an accurate price guide ever. Heck, the BMC Greek set only lists Greek coins in the British Museum, is not complete, (I have many not in there), and is 33 volumes I believe, (I own it but have never counted them I guess).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The good news is that because there are so many coins, YOU can become an expert and cherry pick to your hearts content. Study a period, concentrate on an area, and soon you will discover that you are the most knowledgable person in the room and can quickly tell common from rare issues. Ancients can be collected superficially, and the Sears book will help you greatly get your feet wet, but hopefully you will choose a narrower area and really become an expert.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One other word of advice. In ancient coins periodically hoards come to the market and certain coins are everywhere. Do not stop buying them since the price has gone down, buy more! Trust me, the hoard will all get sold and the prices will go back up to where they were before. The pattern repeats endlessly. Right now it seems there are a lot of Nabatean bronzes out there, I have bought many groups very cheaply. In a years time they will be 5 times the price. The same will be true of Roman coins, I just don&#039;t follow them as closely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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