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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2222336, member: 19463&quot;]If anyone is interested in Byzantine coins there is not only the obvious Sear book on Byzantine but one odd little book that many might overlook due to the choice of title. </p><p><b><font size="5">Eastern Roman Successors of the Sestertius </font></b></p><p><font size="5">by&nbsp; Harlan J. Berk, 1986</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">This covers all denominations of Byzantine copper (not just the big ones) from the beginning to Alexius I.&nbsp; It is illustrated with good line drawings which the author says are better than photos for many of the coins that do not come in a grade that photographs well (and not a grade that one associates with a major seller of high end coins.&nbsp; It is largely a priced catalog in four grades and other information sneaks in only as an occasional note.&nbsp; It does make the point well that there are a lot of types and many mints you will need to seek out if you decide to collect these actively.&nbsp; As a fault, note that it only covers the first 500 or so years of Byzantine copper so you are left on your own for the rest of of the time. </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">A problem with this list is that I forget what I showed and what I did not.&nbsp; I never got the idea that Byzantine was too popular here so posting them might not be as well received as other periods. The nice thing about Byzantine copper is that you can find some really ugly coins that are actually better than average for their type.&nbsp; Anyone can look at an EF Greek tetradrachm and tell it is a high grade coin but terms like EF and late Byzantine copper rarely are used in the same sentence.&nbsp; Even IDing some of the coins will require some opinions.&nbsp; For example:&nbsp; What do you see here?&nbsp; Absolute junk or nice example?&nbsp; ...but of what?&nbsp; I have my opinion but that does not mean much. </font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]435462[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="5"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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