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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2565851, member: 31620&quot;]I an probably going to be bit controvertial and ask what it is you want the books for and also if you know if there is a period you want to focus on?</p><p><br /></p><p>If all you want is to attribute a coins to have a reference then you don&#039;t need the books because there are other ways to get that such as asking on boards like this or Helveticas RIC lists, Wildwinds and the like. If you collect silver then the RSC volumes will give you an RSC attribution, which in general maps to the Cohen number. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to understand more about the mint, the history and perhaps the chronology of things then there are some volumes of RIC that could be for you but then there are others that will be of no use whatsoever e.g. RIC V. </p><p><br /></p><p>For some periods it may be that the BMCRE volume that covers that period contains the more up to date thoughts over the equivalent RIC volumes(s).</p><p><br /></p><p>ERIC and ERIC II provide an attribuiton and other references as part of this but avoid chronology within the issues of an Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to specialise further on somemints then there are other, more specialised series you might want to consider e.g. Bastien for the issues of Lugdunum.</p><p><br /></p><p>So given all of the above. What do I own / use?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a full set of RIC, RSC and BMCRE and I regularly use all three. </p><p><br /></p><p>For Lugdunum coin I use my part set of Bastien of which I have 7 volumes. </p><p><br /></p><p>For Alexandrian Tets. I use Milne, Dattari, Curtis, Emmet and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I own a full set of Sear but rarely open them. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have VanMeter but have not opened it in many years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have ERIC and ERIC II (copy 82, signed by Ras) though I rarely use these either even though I contributed quite extensively to a few sections of ERIC II.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many many many other books e.g. SNG, Hunter, Coin Hoards etc. that I pick and choose from depending on the subject matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the answer to the question is..... It depends....</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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