I have bought three volumes of SNG Turkey from Forum because of my love of Turkish coins, not because they are super useful. I love books and I wanted them on my shelf and I enjoy looking at them.[...]Virgil
I really like physical copies for their own sake, even if a book is online. Having the books to go with the coins, and coins to go with the books, makes both much better. Of course, I'm extremely grateful for the books that are online since I could never buy everything I want.
I have a disproportionate number of
Provincials and Carian, so I've thought about
SNG Turkey -- especially
Kayhan. So far, though, I think my only SNG is
ANS Palestine (the super
cheap one everyone has!). I may get
Levante or Aulock (if an affordable reprint appears at the same time my
budget permits).
As a substitute, I've been working on a set of the
ANS series
ACNAC (
Ancient Coins in
North American
Collections, which began as
Greek Coins in
North American
Collections).
So far: (1)
Norman Davis (softcover); (3)
Wheaton College; (5) Jonathan P.
Rosen X2 (one signed/inscribed); (6) Arthur
Dewing (two vols. w/ slipcase); (7) J.
Max Wulfing, Washington U. (Also have
Wulfing's
RIC Augustus-Hadrian, listed as
vol. III, published by Bolchazy-Carducci not
ANS.)
Still need: (2)
Wulfing's
Greek coins; (4)
Houghton; (8)
Sofaer; (9)
Houghton II; (10)
Huth. (There's always other stuff to get, so the new
ACNAC's have been coming out faster than I can get the old ones!)