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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5481135, member: 19463"]Cut from my reply the last time this was asked. Is a set worth over $1000? </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>I Grandi bronzi imperiali</b> by Alberto <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=banti" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=banti" rel="nofollow">Banti</a> is 9 thin books numbered as 4 volumes showing <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sestertii" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sestertii" rel="nofollow">sestertii</a> and medallions but not smaller AE or other metals. The format places two coins <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=per" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=per" rel="nofollow">per</a> page with much white space and liberal use of 'like the above' in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" rel="nofollow">Italian</a> and actual size images cut from <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1385" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1385" rel="nofollow">auction catalogs</a> which vary widely in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1666" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1666" rel="nofollow">quality</a>. A few <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rare" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rare" rel="nofollow">rare</a> items are shown as line drawings when the author failed to find a sale for the coin. I only bought one book (IV-1) which includes Septimius through <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=573" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=573" rel="nofollow">Diadumenian</a>. I bought mine for $131.39 from <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=nfa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=nfa" rel="nofollow">NFA</a> in 1992 and consider it one of the lesser bargains in my coin career. While the book is primarily in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" rel="nofollow">Italian</a>, it has English subtitles and is fully useable by those with no <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" rel="nofollow">Italian</a> language skills. I am perhaps a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bit" rel="nofollow">bit</a> hard on books illustrated with clip art. The listing is by <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cohen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cohen" rel="nofollow">Cohen</a> and adds little information except for an occasional note, for example, pointing out which ones are known also as Cavinos. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">In 1992, books like this seemed important to me but the online resources available today from dealers like <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cng" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cng" rel="nofollow">CNG</a> and compilations like <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">acsearch</a> make the book now seem more of a collectible itself rather than a item for daily reference.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5481135, member: 19463"]Cut from my reply the last time this was asked. Is a set worth over $1000? [COLOR=#0000ff][B]I Grandi bronzi imperiali[/B] by Alberto [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=banti']Banti[/URL] is 9 thin books numbered as 4 volumes showing [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sestertii']sestertii[/URL] and medallions but not smaller AE or other metals. The format places two coins [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=per']per[/URL] page with much white space and liberal use of 'like the above' in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian']Italian[/URL] and actual size images cut from [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1385']auction catalogs[/URL] which vary widely in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1666']quality[/URL]. A few [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=rare']rare[/URL] items are shown as line drawings when the author failed to find a sale for the coin. I only bought one book (IV-1) which includes Septimius through [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=573']Diadumenian[/URL]. I bought mine for $131.39 from [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=nfa']NFA[/URL] in 1992 and consider it one of the lesser bargains in my coin career. While the book is primarily in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian']Italian[/URL], it has English subtitles and is fully useable by those with no [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian']Italian[/URL] language skills. I am perhaps a [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bit']bit[/URL] hard on books illustrated with clip art. The listing is by [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cohen']Cohen[/URL] and adds little information except for an occasional note, for example, pointing out which ones are known also as Cavinos. In 1992, books like this seemed important to me but the online resources available today from dealers like [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=cng']CNG[/URL] and compilations like [URL='http://www.acsearch.info/']acsearch[/URL] make the book now seem more of a collectible itself rather than a item for daily reference.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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