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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 417652, member: 15481&quot;]Great idea for a thread!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As I&#039;m mainly into ancient coins, much of my numismatic litterature concerns them. I have yet to read a book from first page to last - I usually read a chapter or some sections at a time, to find information on a specific coin. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Spink/Seaby has released a series of books called &quot;Coins in history&quot;. I have &quot;Ancient Greek coins&quot; by G.K. Jenkins from the British museum, and &quot;Coins of medieval Europe&quot; by Phillip Grierson. I highly recommend both of them. Both are hard-backs, with lots of nice photos. </p><p>Two (cheap) books that I&#039;ve enjoyed even more, are two soft cover volumes from Spink called &quot;Coinage in the Greek world&quot; by Carradice/Price and &quot;Coinage in the Roman world&quot; by Andrew Burnett. Very interesting books that answers a lot of the questions you have on your pursuit of becoming an ancient coin collector on &quot;advanced level&quot;, if you allow me to use such a term.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The last book I read, however, was a novel - &quot;The flames of Rome&quot;, by Paul Maier. That was a very exciting book, which was easy to read, to a large degree historically correct (he even adds a chapter explaining his facts in the story), and a nice way to learn about the reign of emperor Nero. I recommend it for anyone interested&nbsp; in ancient history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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