Roman provincial books

[Victor]

I just filled a shelf with my provincial books; though I really don't use them very much.

from left to right

SNG Copenhagen (8 vol.)

RPC  (9 vol. & supplement)

Roman Coins of Antioch  McAlee

Lindgren (3 vol.)

Alexandrian Coins   Emmett

Greel Imperial Countermarks    Howgego

Alexandrian Coinage   Kampmann

Greek Coin Types   Plant

Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values     Sear

Varbanov  (3 vol)

[tjaart]

That is a nice little library! Most of my books are still in storage as I have to finish my new bookshelves.

[Victor]

there are 7 more shelves for Roman Imperial and the rest are for various histories and assorted numismatic topics like Byzantine or Sassanian coinage.

[Roety]

About books,  been using google to lookup coins from uncleaned lots and others I have purchased or  I seen online.  (using vcoins, ebay, ma-shops, coinarcives, wildwinds,etc)
 I read there are official records on some like the RIC "Roman Imperial Coinage" books. 
I see many say they don't use their books,  so what's the best "search reference" for buying and pricing out there.
I fear that using vcoins and ma-shops as a pricing reference may not be accurate if basing it on listed not sold prices?
ebay looks to me to be a better place to buy than to sell, seen many silver denars selling for under $10.
On ebay a guy is selling the RIC on CD I think  https://www.ebay.com/itm/132839390536?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true

is there a website with go search for RIC #s on it?

Followup or rather correcting myself,  I saw the links page Victor put up, I just downloaded some RIC excel pages,  will click around there for a few weeks
Thanks

[Victor]

 
I see many say they don't use their books, 

In my first post I said "though I really don't use them very much." but note that I am talking about Roman provincial books in this topic. My main interest is Roman Imperial, which is why I started a Late Roman Bronze Coin forum.

I use Roman Imperial coin books almost every day. Below is a picture of the whole bookshelf...the provincial books are on the bottom, the rest are mainly Roman Imperial, with a few Roman Republic and Byzantine. One shelf above my computer is for the most used-- RIC.

[livingwater]

A nice library!  I only have about twenty ancient coins reference books from all periods.  I do a lot of research online.  For example, I recently looked on numismatics.org digital library and found Studies in Constantinian Chronolgy by Patrick Bruun, 1961. 

[Victor]

Yes, you can get a lot of resources online; but I like having books. I find it easier to look up things with a physical copy versus a digital copy. The few resources I have that I was only able to find digitally, I printed off and had bound.

[livingwater]

Books are always better than web searching.

[Gavin]

 Victor, what is that gold coin in the square clear case in front of your RIC?

[Victor]

This 10 euro coin was issued by a bank in Trier, Germany, to mark the 1700 year anniversary of Constantine's residence in that city, and was legal tender in the city until 31 March 2008.

The reverse is the Porta Nigra, an ancient Roman gate for the city of Treveri, now called Trier.


Constantine I
A.D. 2007
30mm 9gm
Obv. CONSTANTI NVS PF AVG
Rev. KONSTANTINTHALER 2007 SPARKASSE TRIER CITY-INITIATIVE TRIER e. V.

[Luke]

That is beautiful. Saving for RIC X myself. As cool as some of the online resources are, there's nothing like having the book. Comparatively expensive as they are (to other books), what I have was worth every penny.