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<p>[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 5333401, member: 109731"]It all depends on what you want to do with your resource. Identify your coin or understand your coin. There is a difference. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sear is a good resource to identify your coin and to get some idea of value. But it is not a good book for understanding the coinage, especially in the later period. Tracking coins by Emperor, when you have several Emperors at the same time, and up to 15 mints producing, is simply not an easy way to get a good overall picture. </p><p><br /></p><p>The again, to be fair, there is no easy way to understand something like late Roman coinage. Approaching by Emperor, mint or reverse type will each make certain things clear and easy to understand while making other things more difficult to track and study. </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC is great for understanding late Roman coinage but can be difficult to use, especially if you are unsure of the mint. It also provides no info on value.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it all depends on your wants and needs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I use the following for basic ID:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman: RIC</p><p><br /></p><p>Late Roman: RIC + LRBC (and sometimes Bruck for very worn coins)</p><p><br /></p><p>Greek: where I have no idea where to start - Plant and the three volumes of Lindgren.</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine: Hahn MIBE and MIBEC and then Sear for the period after MIBEC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Islamic: Mitchiner</p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Cash: Hartill Guide to Cash Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But often I find websites like Dane Kurth's Wildwinds and zeno.ru to be better than any book due to the ability to keyword search.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 5333401, member: 109731"]It all depends on what you want to do with your resource. Identify your coin or understand your coin. There is a difference. Sear is a good resource to identify your coin and to get some idea of value. But it is not a good book for understanding the coinage, especially in the later period. Tracking coins by Emperor, when you have several Emperors at the same time, and up to 15 mints producing, is simply not an easy way to get a good overall picture. The again, to be fair, there is no easy way to understand something like late Roman coinage. Approaching by Emperor, mint or reverse type will each make certain things clear and easy to understand while making other things more difficult to track and study. RIC is great for understanding late Roman coinage but can be difficult to use, especially if you are unsure of the mint. It also provides no info on value. So it all depends on your wants and needs. Personally, I use the following for basic ID: Roman: RIC Late Roman: RIC + LRBC (and sometimes Bruck for very worn coins) Greek: where I have no idea where to start - Plant and the three volumes of Lindgren. Byzantine: Hahn MIBE and MIBEC and then Sear for the period after MIBEC. Islamic: Mitchiner Eastern Cash: Hartill Guide to Cash Coins. But often I find websites like Dane Kurth's Wildwinds and zeno.ru to be better than any book due to the ability to keyword search. SC[/QUOTE]
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