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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1974236, member: 44210&quot;]Like Gil-galad said, like with most ancient coins, you&#039;re best bet is online dealers/auctions. You&#039;ll usually find emperors such as Honorius, Arcadius, and sometimes Theodosius II. Leo I and Zeno are scarcer than the aforementioned emperors, but can be had for reasonable prices. Valentinian III is even scarcer still but again, won&#039;t really break the bank. More common types being more available and affordable on average. Gold of course being expensive for all of them and silver as well except for Honorius and Arcadius. Very rarely will any of the extremely rare emperors such as Avitus or Basiliscus show up for sale, in any condition or metal. Those will cost big bucks, even the little bronze nummi.</p><p><br /></p><p>5th century Roman coins are usually not pretty aesthetically but many are scarce/rare and have plenty of interesting history behind them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for books, I don&#039;t personally own any (I mainly rely on free online sources and people I know. I want to try and get some books on these coins though in the future), aside from non-numismatic books on the general history of the era, but here is a compiled list of books on Roman coins, including late Roman:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://jaysromanhistory.com/romeweb/booklist/coinbook.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jaysromanhistory.com/romeweb/booklist/coinbook.htm" rel="nofollow">http://jaysromanhistory.com/romeweb/booklist/coinbook.htm</a> (click CTRL and F at the same time and type &quot;late Roman&quot; to quickly find what you need)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another one not in the above link:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo18382952.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo18382952.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo18382952.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For coinage of the post-Roman barbarian kingdoms I highly recommend the Catalogue of the coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards. The whole book is available as a PDF on archive.org[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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