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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4919013, member: 110504&quot;][USER=106103]@Luke B[/USER], if you&#039;re more interested in attribution than current prices (which are structurally impossible for the print medium to keep up with), I would second [USER=75482]@dltsrq[/USER]&#039;s recommendation of Sear, the latest edition you can find.&nbsp; (Mine is the 2nd, 1974.&nbsp; --Do Better than me!!!&nbsp; ...Along the lines of drunk old men who say, &#039;Boy, Go Back to School!&#039;&nbsp; --That was James McBride, paraphrased.)&nbsp; And, for historical background, something solid, in the way of secondary sources in print.&nbsp; Regarding which, lots of people could give you better advice than I can, at this point.</p><p>...Well, okay, fine, here&#039;s nothing.&nbsp; When I was a kid, starting out in later Roman coins (as locally available, c. early -mid &#039;70s; always attributed, often very responsibly ...but that was frequently most of what kept them from being bottom-shelf), the histories of Rome, in two volumes (Republic and Empire) by the late, lamented polymath Isaac Asimov were indispensible.</p><p>...And,&nbsp; Oh, Dang, after one look at what&#039;s on Amazon, I&#039;m guessing that&#039;s not likely to be a serious option. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Empire-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0395065771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=EO2FXUXYWL2F&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=isaac+asimov+the+roman+empire&amp;qid=1602132349&amp;sprefix=isaac+asimov+the+roman+%2Cstripbooks%2C230&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Empire-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0395065771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=EO2FXUXYWL2F&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=isaac+asimov+the+roman+empire&amp;qid=1602132349&amp;sprefix=isaac+asimov+the+roman+%2Cstripbooks%2C230&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Empire-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0395065771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=EO2FXUXYWL2F&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=isaac+asimov+the+roman+empire&amp;qid=1602132349&amp;sprefix=isaac+asimov+the+roman+,stripbooks,230&amp;sr=8-1</a></p><p>Nope, listen to people who have better advice than me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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