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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2476344, member: 56859&quot;]<b>One</b> favorite, hmm?&nbsp; The book I <i>use</i> most often is Keith Emmett&#039;s <i>Alexandrian Coins</i> (2001).&nbsp; He&#039;s working on another book which will catalog Alexandrian varieties from Elagabalus through Domitius Domitianus.&nbsp; A few of my coins will be in that book <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>A tetradrachm of Lucius Verus with Serapis Pantheos reverse, posing with the reverse of an Antoninus Pius/Serapis Pantheos drachm from Emmett&#039;s page about the many depictions of Serapis:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]521951[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Group shot of some favorite books:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521947[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Seltman, Charles Theodore. <i>Masterpieces of Greek Coinage. Essay and Commentary</i>. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1949</p><p><br /></p><p>Kraay, Colin M., and Max Hirmer. <i>Greek Coins</i>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1966</p><p><br /></p><p>Head, Barclay V.&nbsp; <i>Historia Numorum:&nbsp; A Manual of Greek Numismatics, New and Enlarged Edition</i>.&nbsp; Chicago:&nbsp; Argonaut, Inc., Publishers; 1967</p><p><br /></p><p>Emmett, Keith&nbsp; <i>Alexandrian Coins</i>.&nbsp; Wisconsin:&nbsp; Clio&#039;s Cabinet, 2001.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sayles, Wayne G.&nbsp; <i>Ancient Coin Collecting, 2nd Edition</i>.&nbsp; Wisconsin:&nbsp; Krause Publications, 2003</p><p><br /></p><p>Sayles, Wayne G.&nbsp; <i>Ancient Coin Collecting II: Numismatic Art of the Greek World, 2nd Edition</i>.&nbsp; Wisconsin:&nbsp; Krause Publications, 2007</p><p><br /></p><p>Sayles, Wayne G.&nbsp; <i>Ancient Coin Collecting IV: Roman Provincial Coins</i>.&nbsp; Wisconsin:&nbsp; Krause Publications, 1998</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I&#039;d love owning some SNG volumes.&nbsp; Because I have a special interest in ancient Egyptian coins, I bought SNG Copenhagen volume 8.&nbsp; It was expensive, is very large and difficult to store, and I don&#039;t use it often.&nbsp; It is strictly a cataloging tool, with no interesting history or amusing anecdotes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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