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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2566919, member: 44316&quot;]The Sear volume, first edition, on Byzantine coins pictured in stevex6&#039;s post has been superseded by the second edition, which is greatly expanded for the later years. Many post-Latin conquest coin types of the Byzantine empire are included in the second edition that are not in the first. For the early types the Sear numbers in the two editions are usually the same and sometimes differ by 1 (e.g. Sear 1716 in the first edition is 1717 in the second). Numerous varieties were added, sometimes with an &quot;A&quot; suffix. But the major difference is after the fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders in 1204. Alexius III (1195-1203) ends with #2018 in both editions. Edition 1 has all the rest of the empire finish with #2260 (242 types), where as Edition 2 has expanded that to #2645 (627 types). </p><p><br /></p><p>A wonderful book on Byzantine coins is that of Grierson, &quot;Byzantine Coins&quot;&nbsp; (not his pamphlet of the same name) which has extensive commentary (Sear has some, but not a lot) and 1527 coins well-photographed in B&amp;W on 95 page plates, with 385 pages of text. I don&#039;t see sellers using it to supply a reference ID, but they could, and it is far more informative than Sear (which I love and use for reference numbers and basic information). </p><p><br /></p><p>My third recommendation for Byzantine coins is &quot;Byzantine Coins&quot; by P. D. Whitting. It has 457 photos, almost all enlarged and many in color, and 311 pages, and is designed to be read, not just consulted. You can sit down, open that book, and enjoy learning about Byzantine types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some reference works are for sale here:</p><p><a href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/numislit.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/numislit.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/numislit.html</a></p><p>and others here:</p><p><a href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Books.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Books.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Books.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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