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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 934630, member: 26302&quot;]Pj,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Excellent reason to wish to get into ancients by the way. I don&#039;t own as many history books as coin books, but I believe I have about 400 that I love to read and learn more about the life and times when the coins were made. Sometimes I also get clues as to what the coin is referring to in my readings that also helps me enjoy them more. Also, a great many coin books on ancient coins contain a great deal on the history surrounding them. Two Roman books come to mind, both Vagi&#039;s Roman Coins two volume set, as well as Sears Coinage of the Imperators. Both are a combination of history and coinage. Vagi is also not a bad intro book for you to Romans, but tends to be above $100 while the Sear can be bought sometimes for about $50.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some of my favorite ancient coins grade no better than VG, but it is the importance of them that make them special, not absolute condition. If you love condition above all else, then ancients may not be for you since many of them left the mint no better than F or VF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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