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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24740045, member: 26430&quot;]I&#039;m obviously a big numis-lit nerd because I make a collage for each new book. Here are two of my recent additions:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1. Sydenham&#039;s classic Roman Republic Coinage</b>. Not in perfect shape, but it&#039;s a nice bonus that it&#039;s ex library of David Hendin with his embossed blind-stamp. This one was actually a recent gift from my father. (We collect coins and books and other stuff together.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the &quot;revised&quot; 1952 edition, but as far as I can tell, that&#039;s the first edition. I assume it&#039;s revised because it was unfinished when Syd. died in 1948, and the others edited and revised his manuscript? (GC Haines, L Forrer, and C Hersh.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582671[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>2. Failmezger&#039;s Roman Bronze Coins</b>. If possible, I try to buy all my numismatic books with some ex-libris marks (as above) or signed and/or inscribed by the author. But some are harder to find than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I almost broke down and bought an un-signed copy... but, just then, I came across the first signed copy I&#039;ve seen!</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, it&#039;s an &quot;association copy&quot; -- inscribed to Jonathan Metzger, a member of the Washington, D.C. ancient coin club with Doug and Tory Failmezger (1947-2021), and who is thanked in the preface for reviewing an early draft. (An <a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/us/osprey-blog/2021/obituary-for-victor-tory-failmezger/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/us/osprey-blog/2021/obituary-for-victor-tory-failmezger/" rel="nofollow">obituary for Failmezger</a> here from his publisher; see also <a href="https://mrbcoins.com/cgi-bin/category.pl?id=536" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mrbcoins.com/cgi-bin/category.pl?id=536" rel="nofollow">the bio/collection page by Marc Breitsprecher</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Victor &quot;Tory&quot; Failmezger. 2002. <i>Roman Bronze Coins: From Paganism to Christianity 294-364 A.D</i>. (With photos by Doug Smith.)</p><p><br /></p><p>A new classic, quite an interesting book. I recognize lots of the coins from Doug&#039;s website &amp; CT posts. I still don&#039;t own a &quot;plate coin&quot; from it, but they&#039;re out there. I&#039;m waiting for one with a captive, barbarian, or enemy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582672[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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