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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24721224, member: 26430&quot;]As others have pointed out, there are very few single volume references&nbsp; attempting to catalog all (or most) Roman Imperial coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As suggested, David van Meter&#039;s (1991) book is good: <i>The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins</i>. You can buy it on <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=34175q00.jpg&amp;vpar=18&amp;zpg=111344" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=34175q00.jpg&amp;vpar=18&amp;zpg=111344" rel="nofollow">Forum for $35</a> (10% off for a couple days).</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people don&#039;t like the densely-packed, single-volume format, but personally, It&#039;s got lots of explanatory text, but doesn&#039;t really try to cover every single variant. I only know one volume that has attempted it -- <i>ERIC II </i>-- plus Byzantine! I&#039;ve used it regularly since it came out in 2010, and have always suggested people take a look at it (sample material can be found online):</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>ERIC II</b> =&nbsp; Suarez, Rasiel. 2010. <i>The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins, 2nd Edition</i>. Tumwater, WA: Dirty Old Books.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t own a full set of RIC, but it lets you quickly find the RIC numbers for for pretty much any coin. (Even where I do have the RIC volumes, sometimes I find it faster to check <i>ERIC II</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>(<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ERIC%20II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ERIC%20II" rel="nofollow">Doug Smith&#039;s review</a> on Numiswiki.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not everyone likes using it, though. (It&#039;s bulky/heavy, the print is small and can be hard to follow, and aside from the general historical essays on the rulers, there&#039;s not much background about individual coin types. But I accept all that because it would be impossible to cover so much coinage otherwise, and look for the background on the coins themselves elsewhere.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581281[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I may be slightly biased. I have two copies &amp; other related material!</p><p>[ATTACH]1581297[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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