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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 969516, member: 19463&quot;]Head&#039;s<b> Historia Numorum</b> and Stevenson&#039;s <b>Dictionary of Roman Coins</b> are good examples of century old books that have not been superceded.&nbsp; Head has its catalog component but the text paragraphs allow understanding matters not easily found elsewhere.&nbsp; The two Dictionaries by John Melville Jones are different and relatively new but not at all catalogs and filled with information that will not be replaced soon, I suspect.&nbsp; There are the coffee table books like Breglia, <b>Roman Imperial Coins</b> and Sutherland, <b>Roman Coins</b> that may be considered matched by Berk&#039;s new <b>100 Greatest Ancient Coins</b> but any selection of great coins seems to hold value.&nbsp; I suppose I could write a book similar to John Anthony&#039;s <b>Collecting Greek Coins</b> but it would never replace the usefulness of his readable non-catalog.&nbsp; &#039;Coins are fun&#039; books never sell well compared to catalogs but they don&#039;t go out of date just because of a new edition either.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another book I&#039;d like to see would be an ancient version of Frank Robinson&#039;s <b>Confession of a Numismatic Fanatic</b> but I don&#039;t know who would write such an obvious slow seller.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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