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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24602943, member: 26430&quot;]It seems like it&#039;s been a long time since there were any posts on collections or accumulations or piles of ancient coin literature (books, auction catalogs, article offprints, periodicals, etc.). It would be great to see what kind of ancient coin books other people have recently bought, collected, and/or use as their essential references.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I view my collections of ancients coins and ancient coin literature as inseparable. I&#039;m not even sure any more if the coins are part of my library or the books are part of my coin collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of my favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Roman Egypt, Alexandria</b>. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Glamour shot&quot; with some of my favorite books on the coins of Roman Egypt, Alexandria (Hadrian Drachm &amp; Tetradrachm at bottom for scale):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563106[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6">Autographed.</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of mine are for reference (especially books that aren&#039;t available digitally), but others are more in the category of &quot;collectables.&quot; I&#039;ve added a few more since taking the photos (most notably a <i>Select Numismatic Bibliography</i> inscribed by E.E. Clain-Stefanelli [1965]), but here are some volumes with author signatures/inscriptions and/or written correspondence:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563096[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563097[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6">Sale Catalogs.</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have one set of shelves dedicated to my ancient coin auction catalogs &amp; fixed-price lists (incl. bibliographies). Unfortunately I couldn&#039;t quite get enough focus to read all the spines, but many wouldn&#039;t have spine labels anyway (a mostly-complete <a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/catalog-library/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/catalog-library/" rel="nofollow">list on my catalog webpages</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563105[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6">Numismatic Bookplates.</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I also keep track of my &quot;<a href="https://coinsweekly.com/numismatic-bookplates-a-wonderful-field-of-collection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/numismatic-bookplates-a-wonderful-field-of-collection/" rel="nofollow">numismatic bookplates</a>&quot; and other physical indicators of past ownership or book use. (I&#039;m one of the few book collectors who loves ex-library volumes!) Here are most of my favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563102[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Please share some ancient coin literature of any kind! </i>Doesn&#039;t have to be as prepared as all that (my photos were taken for other purposes over the past year or two). Discuss a favorite book, show your most heavily used volume -- I&#039;m sure we&#039;ll be interested to see![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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