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Message:: [QUOTE="Reid Goldsborough, post: 17882, member: 34"]I don't see any problem with discussing "most beautiful." If you want to discuss "most interesing" or "most historical" or "most mysterious" or "most misattributed" or "most common" or "most rare" or "most underrated" or "most overrated" or "ugliest,", discuss them. The more the merrier. Regarding the nicest "coffee table" books, I think you confused Kraay's 1966 Greek Coins, which is a book largely of photos, with his 1976  Archaic and Classical Greek Coins, which is a book largely of text. The former, not the latter, is *the* premier work illustrating ancient Greek numismatic art. I'm also a little unclear with your recommendation of Jenkins as a coffee table book. Both his 1972 and 1990 editions of Ancient Greek coins are largely intro or overview type books, not big picture books. After Kraay 1966, the next best big picture book on ancient Greek coins is Charles Seltman's 1949 Masterpieces of Greek Coins. Hmmm. Seems like the numismatic world is due for another of these ... or check out the latest CNG catalog. <g>[/QUOTE]