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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 8188835, member: 95174&quot;]Thanks [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER] , I chimed in because I think the work that [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] is important and it is the future. I think the next catalog written on Eastern Roman Coinage will be done online, not in print. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am hoping that work will be based on current knowledge, David Sear wrote a wonderful catalog 50 years ago, it was reprinted 30 years ago but not updated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sommer does not include everything, it seems it is a catalog on his personal collection, it&#039;s in German and I am uncertain if this is the case, but many 12th century coins are missing. </p><p><br /></p><p>CLBC is an excellent visual guide but the notes and the rarities are very off, I knew the author and his final work was rushed. He added coins but missed coins as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Julian Bakers newest work is based on the 13th century and his notes on the 12th are radical to say the least. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin reform of Alexius was radical and brilliant, it was the first coin reform in many centuries and the new coinage was a return to beauty for the Romans. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is coin I have been admiring this evening, from the grandson of Alexius , Manuel I Comnenus.&nbsp; An El Aspron trachy.&nbsp; Very little gold, more silver in hand. SBCV-1958</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433275[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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