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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1787076, member: 26302"]Its a huge subject Beef. "Ancient coin books" is unanswerable. Want recommendation for an inexpensive, single volume reference for roman coins? Sear 1988 is a good start imo. RSC I always thought fairly limiting, especially since so many collectors collect copper as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I would ask for specificity. I love talking about books and would love to help, but its akin to asking what is the best coin to buy? Kind of depends on what you are interested in. I have too disparate of interests, and too much in depth research of some esoteric fields, so I have around 700 books on coins, mainly ancients. However, someone just collecting Romans can get a very nice workable library with around six or seven books. "Greek" is the brutal category, since we use it to mean all western non-roman coins effectively.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1787076, member: 26302"]Its a huge subject Beef. "Ancient coin books" is unanswerable. Want recommendation for an inexpensive, single volume reference for roman coins? Sear 1988 is a good start imo. RSC I always thought fairly limiting, especially since so many collectors collect copper as well. So, I would ask for specificity. I love talking about books and would love to help, but its akin to asking what is the best coin to buy? Kind of depends on what you are interested in. I have too disparate of interests, and too much in depth research of some esoteric fields, so I have around 700 books on coins, mainly ancients. However, someone just collecting Romans can get a very nice workable library with around six or seven books. "Greek" is the brutal category, since we use it to mean all western non-roman coins effectively.[/QUOTE]
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