"Later Roman-barbarian contacts in Central Europe" is a must for those dealing with Roman post- Severan numismatics. Bursche provides a detailed summary (accompanied by a sizable bibliography) of the flow of Roman coinage north and east out of the Empire in order to justify the varied intensity of hoards and single finds throughtout the Central European Barbaricum and over several centuries. Though this is a ground-breaking work mainly due to the inclusion of material from the Przeworsk and Wielbark Cultures in English, it is not a stand-alone product and should not be tackled by those unfamiliar with the subject. Apart from the enlightening discussion, the main strength of this book is its comprehensive catalog of coin (and some gold medallion) finds from the Elbe, Luboszyce, Przeworsk, Wielbark, and Westbalt archaeological regions. it is indeed the only one that I know of accessible in English! The chief weakness is that too often the reader is left without comparable data, as the author says "nothing like this has yet been satisfactorily researched for the Rhine cultures" and that information on hoard finds within the Roman Empire hasn't yet been fully compiled - thus some aspects of Bursche's thesis seem to float. I was also dissapointed that he did not try to integrate any other archaeological evidence to prove some of his points, leaving the reader under the illusion that coin was not a medium of exchange between Romans and barbarians, but rather, donatives and/or tribute are mainly responsible for all those Roman coins found in Central and East-Central Europe. He also fails to question the very boundries of the archaeological cultures, assuming them as fact. Still, the book is invaluable, especially since so little information on this subject is actually in print!