I always say, to whoever wants to listen, that my ancient coin collecting was given a definite boost the day I purchased
ERIC. Up until then, it was no more than an occasional passtime, threatening to become boring with all the slugs I found under the crust of uncleaned coins. Suddenly, I
had in my
hands a one-volume affordable book with colour plates and easy to use that clearly showed the scope and depth of
Roman Imperial coinage! I could actually identify those little bronzes I
had in cardboard boxes and relate them to an actual body and tradition of coinage.
Of course, I eventually went past
ERIC and started
buying RIC volumes and
other books as my knowledge and interests became more focused, but without
ERIC this would probably not have happened!
So, my admiration and thankfulness for Rasiel's
work, and congratulations on your near completion of the updated version!
Regards,
Ignasi
