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Message:: [QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3262025, member: 97383"]This book is by no means my favorite book on ancient coins but I bought a copy of it last year & found it a great read: The Secret Roots of Christianity, Decoding Religious History with Symbols on Ancient Coins. by David Wray. The book is a hefty 723 pages & illustrated with hundreds of coins from Wray's collection. All the illustrations are black & white but very high quality. David Wray presently teaches at River University in Nashua, NH, & won the highest literary award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wray has an encyclopedic knowledge of ancient history, world mythologies & ancient coins. Wray has adroitly woven a story of mysterious ancient religions that influenced & impacted Christianity. His conclusion is highly controversial & offensive to many Christians, so this book may not be for everyone. I must admit I'm not a Christian & embrace no organized religion, so I had no problem digesting the contents of this book. If you are saturated with standard catalogs & books on ancient coins including all the coffee table books & have an open mind you will probably enjoy this book.                        <img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51coIqqWKBL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]