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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 6304213, member: 44316&quot;]That is an excellent and entertaining book. Here is my review from this page on Byzantine-coin reference works:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Byzantine.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Byzantine.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Byzantine.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b>Whitting</b>, P. D. <i>Byzantine Coins</i>. 1973. In the &quot;World of Numismatics&quot; series. Hardcover. 311 pages. Beautifully printed. 457 enlarged photographs of sides of coins within (usually both sides in two photos, but sometimes only one side, and many in color). Much scholarly information, but directed toward people with a deep interest but not a lot of previous knowledge. Very entertaining and informative. You will learn what makes Byzantine coins interesting. A fun read. Highly recommended.</p><p><b>&nbsp; This is an excellent book on Byzantine coins</b>, This would be my top or second-favorite book (Grierson is the other) for general knowledge about Byzantine coins. It is more lively and entertaining than Grierson and the enlarged photos are more fun to look at, but the text is less systematic and thorough. I love this book and would recommend it right after Sear as a book for collectors. I think he wrote this book because he loved how interesting Byzantine coins are and it shows. As I write Amazon has one &quot;like new&quot; for $35 plus shipping and at that price it is an excellent deal. Buy it!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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