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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 6314630, member: 19463&quot;]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/coin-books-lot-of-6-july-2020-jpg.1250090/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this image includes a book that is special to me.&nbsp; John Ryan&#039;s Papal book was a poor seller because it covered such a narrow span of time and came out about the same time as the Berman book that included earlier and later Papal coins.&nbsp; The intended two additional volumes never happened.&nbsp; John was a friend and I did the photos for the book as a favor to him despite the fact that I had no interest in medieval coins at that time.&nbsp; I made him stand by me as I shot to be certain that I was getting the right side &#039;up&#039;.&nbsp; That was not always obvious to me at that time.&nbsp; This was the first time I had coin photos published in a hard back book. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Carson <b>Principle Coins of the Romans</b> is from the three volume set finished by &#039;The Principate&#039; and &#039;The Dominate&#039; (separated at Diocletian).&nbsp; I enjoyed those books for years but am less than certain they are worth the current asking prices for the set.&nbsp; As usual, mine is a minority opinion since sets seem to sell easily when they come up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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