The House of Ptolemy:
Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian Numismatics

Ptolemaic Numismatics:

General/Miscellaneous

• --- Coins of Ancient Egypt in the WildWinds DataBank
  A "wrapper" Egypt page with links to the various Ptolemies' individual pages so you can add just this one link if you prefer that to the several links by ruler (see individual ruler entries for direct access by ruler).
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. Since these sources for the information vary from the very experienced dealer to the beginner selling something for the first time, there is no guarantee that any given attribution or description presented here is entirely accurate. Furthermore, the closing prices for all auctions vary greatly, so any valuation you determine here should not be taken as a definitive answer. All of the pictures and descriptions here remain the property of the original sellers. You must obtain permission to re-use them in any form.
• --- Hellenistic Coin Portraits -- by Carol L. Lawton
  This web site was created in conjunction with an exhibition entitled
  Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
  (Many of the coin images from this page are linked to this web site.)
• --- Hellenistic Coin Catalog [items 41 - 59]
  This web site was created in conjunction with an exhibition entitled Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
• --- Coins of the Ptolomies (Doug Smith)
  An excellent stroll through some of the features of Ptolemaic coins. Although this page is only a sketch of the world of Ptolemaic numismatics overall Mr. Smith's web site is a must, must, must! for all numismatists, especially those starting out.
• --- Times of London: How Taxman Avoided a Pyramid of Debt
  (12 Aug 2000) by Alan Hamilton & Allan Hall. A report on ancient taxation, as revealed in a Greek papyrus from Egypt. Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd
• --- Archaeology 201: Egypt and the Ptolemaic Dynasty -- Ptolemaic Coinage
  The Archaeology 201 Home Page area is meant to be a medium through which relevant course materials are made available to students in a convenient fashion. Divided into sections which reflect those listed on the course syllabus the pages on the Ptolemies present selected images from the lectures on Egypt and the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which have been divided into topics including Ptolemaic Coinage. This page presents 5 color images including several rare masterpieces of numismatic art. [one minor error here - a Lysimachus coin is below the two central Ptolemaic gold coins]. Site keepers: Professor Higginbotham or Ryan Dunn of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.
  The base page is at URL http://www.bowdoin.edu/dept/clas/arch201/.
• --- The First Ptolemys of Egypt
  by Douglas Carian
  From Australian Coin Review (ISSN 0004-8887) Issue No. 386, Oct. 1996
• --- Archaeological Excavations in the Souks Area of Downtown Beirut 1994-1995: Hellenistic Coins
  Only passing mention of some Ptolemaic coins found. Click here for full report.
• --- Coins of Ptolemaic Egypt
  Did you want your own piece of history in the palm of your hands? This is one commercial coin dealer's listings (Forvm Ancient Coins) of coins already sold and still for sale.
• --- Imitations of Athenian tetradrachms struck in Egypt
  In Egypt and Syria there was a different response to the dwindling supply of the popular Athenian tetradrachms. The originals were sometimes imitated very closely.
  
  
  This is part of a very detailed numismatic web site called PRESVEIS: One Currency for Europe. Common coinage from Antiquity to the Modern Age (at URL http://www.culture.gr/nm/presveis/ ). Prepared by the Athens Numismatic Museum (Greece) and the Department of Coins and Medals of the British Museum, London (UK), the project seeks to bring the public in touch with the coinage issued by three major city-states of Hellenic antiquity: Aegina, Corinth and Athens.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy I in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy I Soter)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.
• --- Contemporary coin image of Ptolemy I
  AR tetradrachm, c. 305-283 BCE, (obverse only)
• --- Contemporary coin image of Ptolemy I
  AR tetradrachm, c. 305-283 BCE, 14.31 g.
  see O. Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 BC)
  (Cambridge 1991) pages 63-66. From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
• --- Contemporary coin image of Ptolemy I (from a coin of Ptolemy II)
  AV pentadrachm, c. 285-246 BCE, 17.81 g. Ex-Bank Leu, 1973.
  see: J. Svoronos, Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Polemaion, vol 2 (Athens 1904) 712, pl. 21.1. From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
• --- Both Ptolemy I (obverse) & Berenice I (reverse) - from a coin of Ptolemy II
  AV octodrachm, 260s BCE, 27.79 g.
  see: H. Troxell, Arsinoë's Non-era, American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 28 (1983) 60-62; O. Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 B.C.) (Cambridge 1991). From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
• --- Alexander the Great (on a coin of Ptolemy I, Soter)
  Image of a coin minted around 310 BCE, thirteen years after the death of Alexander. It was minted in Alexandria under the rule of Ptolemy, Alexander's most trusted general, and childhood friend. Part of a sparse site honoring Alexander the Great.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy II in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy II Philadelphus)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.
  See also entry for Arsinoë II
• --- Coin image of both Ptolemy II & Arsinoe II (obverse)
  AV octodrachm, 260s BCE, 27.79 g.
  Jugate busts r. of Ptolemy II, diademed and wearing chlamys, and Arsinoe II, diademed and veiled; shield in left field; ADELFWN: of the siblings. see H. Troxell, Arsinoë's Non-era, American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 28 (1983) 60-62;
  O. Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 BC) (Cambridge 1991). From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
• --- Minting in the Land of Israel
  Provides an image of one of the Ptolemaic 'YHDH' coins Ca. 260 BCE. Silver hemiobol struck by the local authorities in Jerusalem under Ptolemy II, depicting the king's head and an eagle with the Hebrew inscription YHDH (Judea). © All rights reserved by The Museon Israel, Jerusalem 1996.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy III in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy III, Euergetes I)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.
  See also entry for Berenice II
• --- Contemporary coin image of Berenice II (from a coin of Ptolemy III)
  AV octodrachm, c. 246-221 BCE, 27.81 g.
  see J. Svoronos, Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Polemaion, vol 2 (Athens 1904) 1113, pl. 35.1;
  O. Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 BC) (Cambridge 1991) 106. From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
• --- A Dodekadrachm of Bernice II
  By noted numismatic dealer Harlan J. Berk. A short paragraph on these stupendous coins.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy IV in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy IV, Philopator)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.
  See also entry for Arsinoe III (no images)
• --- Contemporary coin image of Ptolemy III (from a coin of Ptolemy IV)
  
  AV octodrachm, c. 221-205 BCE, 27.82 g.
  see J. Svoronos, Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Polemaion, vol 2 (Athens 1904) 1131, pl. 36.4;
  O. Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 BC) (Cambridge 1991) 108-109. From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy V in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy V, Epiphanes)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.
• --- Roman denarius commemorating coronation of Ptolemy V (Epiphanes), in 187 BCE
  A Roman denarius depicting on the obverse a personification of Alexandria minted in 61 BCE to commemorate the coronation of the Egyptian King Ptolemy V (Epiphanes), in 187 BCE as overseen by M. Aemilius Lepidus; both are depicted on the coin's reverse. (from Katherine "Kass" Evans' Home Page)

• --- Coins of Ptolemy VI in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy VI, Philometor)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  No coins illustrated, only a listing of denominations in use under this ruler. Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.

• Image from the webauthor's collection. Image © A. Philippidis.
  
  Exceedingly rare. Only the sixth example (of seven) known, five others in museum collections, two -- including this -- in private hands.
  
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy VII, Neos Philopator)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  No coins illustrated, only a listing of denominations in use under this ruler. Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy VIII in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy VIII, Euergetes II (Physkon))
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  No coins illustrated, only a listing of denominations in use under this ruler. Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy IX in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy IX, Soter II (Lathyros))
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96). Archived version thanks to the WayBack Machine
  Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.
  See also entry for Cleopatra Berenike

• --- Coins of Ptolemy X in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy X, Alexander I)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  No coins illustrated, only a listing of denominations in use under this ruler. Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.

Note: The reign of Ptolemy XI was so brief (about 20 days), no coinage has been clearly identified as being minted during his administration.

• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy XI, Alexander II)
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  No coins illustrated, only a listing of denominations in use under this ruler. Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.

• --- Coins of Ptolemy XII in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Monetary History of Egypt: Ptolemaic Dynasty (Ptolemy XII, Neos Dionysos (Auletes))
  by Martin A. Armstrong, © Princeton Economic Institute (Last Update 11/01/96).
  No coins illustrated, only a listing of denominations in use under this ruler. Although part of a commercial site, this set of interwoven links provides a good overview with ample high-quality illustrations and covers the entire range of the Ptolemaic Dynasty including the related issues of Marc Antony with Cleopatra VII.
• --- L'Eredità di Tolemeo e le Monete di Silla
  By Luigi Pedroni (Napoli). From Pomerium vol. 3/1998 (ISSN 0945-2354) - In Italian. Investigates when and which Ptolemy left his inheritance to Rome and any numismatic evidence in Roman Republican Coinage. Available as a PDF file.

• --- A Rare Silver Tetradrachm of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Circa 36-34 BCE
  This rare silver tetradrachm is believed by numismatic scholars to have been struck sometime between 36 and 34 BCE, most likely at a mint in Syria where they often Summered.
  
  

  You can see my specimen of this same coin type. [David Sear -ACCS- graded this as Fair/Good]

• --- Coins of Cleopatra VII in the WildWinds DataBank
  The WildWinds website has been created as a reference, attribution and valuation resource in the field of ancient numismatics. The data presented were, for the most part, gleaned from closed online auctions, so one can see for each coin the original auction description, the auction's closing date and time, and the closing price. (For more on WildWinds see the GENERAL section above).
• --- Reverse Of Egyptian Tetradrachm, 39 - 38 BCE
  See also http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~pavel/egypt.html for the obverse. This page takes the time to explain the devices found on the reverse of later Ptolemaic tetardrachms. One minor error: the attibution of a quote to "Kirk and Bentley", which was due to Richard Hazaard. K&B are the publishers of his book (see Bibliographic Notes below).
• --- Coin of Cleopatra from Coins from Famous People in History site.
  The authors asks:" Ever wonder what a coin looked like that was issued by Julius Caesar? How about a coin from Napoleon? or Cleopatra? or Genghis Khan?" You can see coins from these and other famous historical figures at this site. A Legionay denarius of Mark Antony is also illustrated.
• --- Coin Portrait of Cleopatra VII
  From a Roman denarius minted by Marc Antony. His head graces the coin's other side. The legend names Cleopatra as "Queen over kings" -- this was thought rather scandalous at the time. This is part of the larger Chronology of Roman History site.
• --- Baziliseez Cleopatra
  During her time, she was without a doubt the most inteligent, the most powerful, and the most wonderful woman there was. All the romance but very light on facts. Included are links to Numismatics:
  
  
  Coins featuring Cleopatra VII Coins of Marcus Antonius Coins of Ptolemy I Alexander the Great from a coin of Ptolemy I
• --- Money Talks: "Cleopatra"
  Transcript No. 1341: November 24, 1997. This program was written by Gerald Tebben and underwritten by Whitman Coin Products, a division of Golden Books, the right product choice for beginning or avid coin collectors. "Money Talks" is a copyrighted production of the American Numismatic Association, 818 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903, 719/632-2646, ana@money.org, http://www.money.org
  • -- Money Talks: Cleopatra (a large 3.376 Mb WAV Sound file)
  An audio file version of the text above

Cleopatra and Marc Antony

• --- Cleopatra & Anthony: Montetary History
  From "Monetary History of the World (a commercial site). This site includes many good, high-quality images of some of the coinages. There are also links to information on:
  Caesar, Mark Antony, Legionary Coinage of Mark Antony, also Juba II, son-in-law of Marc Antony & Cleopatra (married Cleopatra Selene), as well as other related series of coins.
• --- Coins of Cleopatra & Antony
  Did you want your own piece of history in the palm of your hands? This is one commercial coin dealer's listings (Forvm Ancient Coins) of coins already sold and still for sale.

Marc Antony

• --- Coins of Marc Antony (43-33 BCE)
  From Dave Garstang's Those Wacky Emperors, 49 BCE - 305 CE, a somewhat irreverent survey of fifty-one men, from Julius Caesar through Diocletian, who held supreme power in the empire that owned the entire Mediterranean Sea for four hundred years.
• --- Mark Antony and His Legions (A Short History) by Kevin Bary
  From Barry & Darling Newsletter # 1. A review of the so-called Legionary denarii produced by Mark Antony and used to pay his troops about the time of the battle of Actium. Barry & Darling are commercial coin merchants.
• --- Mark Antony
  A selection of the coins of Mark Antony. From the Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins, web site maintained by Robert W. Cape, Jr, Austin College.

Marc Antony and Octavian (Augustus)

• --- Mark Antony and Octavian (Augustus)
  41 BCE, Fourree denarius (Cohen 8, BMC 103).
  Obv. Legend: M ANT IMP AVG IIIVIR RPC M BARBAT Q P. Antony head right.
  Rev. Legend: CAESAR IMP PONT IIIVIR RPC. Octavian head right.
  Coin issued during the short truce between Antony and Octavian following the death of Julius Caesar.

Octavian (Augustus)

• --- AEGVPTO CAPTA: Actium Victory Commemorative Roman Denarius Coin
  This denarius celebrates the successful conclusion of Octavian's Egyptian campaign. In 29 BCE Octavian returned to Rome for his official triumph (a triple one, primarily celebrating his successes at Actium and Alexandria but also in Illyricum), and in the following year the crocodile with the inscription AEGVPTO CAPTA celebrated the event on these denarii, probably struck at Rome. From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.
• --- Actium Victory Commemorative Roman Denarius Coin
  Both the obverse and reverse of this coin feature types referring to Octavian's victory over Antony and Kleopatra. Victoria on a ship's prow on the obverse refers to naval victory, specifically Octavian's defeat of Antony's fleet in the Battle of Actium. But the depiction of Octavian in a triumphal quadriga on the reverse indicates that the coin actually dates from his triple triumph (for his victories in Illyricum and Egypt, as well as in the battle of Actium) in Rome in 29 BCE, when the Senate conferred numerous honors upon him. From Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at the Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, 7 Apr - 21 May, 1995.

Bibliographic Notes:
Ptolemaic Numismatics

REFERENCES:


• --- Ioannes Svoronos
  Ta Nomismata Tou Kratous Ton Ptolemaion (Athens, © 1904-1908) in four volumes.
  Although somewhat out of date in places, this remains the most complete, definitive, standard reference for these coins.
  The main sections (Greek volumes 1-3 of the catalog with plates) are now available online via Ed Waddell's web site in an ENGLISH TRANSLATION by Cathy Lorber. Until Ms Lorber's planned revision of the catalog of Ptolemaic coinage -- due out early in the next millenium -- this is the place to reference your Ptolemaic coins. (Thank you Ed and Cathy).
  
  Quoting from Ms Lorber's new introduction:

  "Though it approaches its centenary, Svoronos remains the preferred reference for Ptolemaic coinage. The catalogue offers remarkably comprehensive coverage. The new varieties that I have been able to add amount to no more than 10–15% of the total, and most of these are minor variants or missing denominations from a well-documented series. ... Indeed, Svoronos cast his nets so wide that he caught up some coinages that were Ptolemaic in sentiment, but issued by non-Ptolemaic authorities. Still other entries do not belong at all in a catalogue devoted to the Ptolemies.

  Of greater concern, Svoronos cannot always be relied upon for the accuracy of his classifications. Mint attributions are frequently wrong, reign attributions sometimes so; and bronzes may be wrongly associated with one another. Svoronos imagined dating systems in the early Ptolemaic coinage of Alexandria where they did not in fact exist. Appended is a bibliography listing the principal works where these errors are corrected. A quick perusal of the annotations should alert the user when to be skeptical."

  ... The preceding list of caveats is demanded by conscience, but should not be understood as denigrating Svoronos. His was a monumental achievement that stands to this day, merely broidered round the edges by subsequent scholarship.

• --- F. Hultsch
  Die Ptolemaischen Münz-Und Rechnugswerte
  Publisher: Obol International, Paperback reprint (May 1980), ISBN: 0916710815
  You can place an order for this book from Amazon.com
• --- Kroman, Anne and Mørkholm, Otto
  Sylloge Nummorum Grecorum: The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals Danish National Museum, Volume VII
  Egypt: The Ptolemies (Copenhagen, 1977)
  The coverage is extensive and the research is very good. The SNG format volume measures 12" x 15"
• --- Ino Nicolaou and Otto Mørkholm
  Paphos I: A Ptolemaic Coin Hoard (1976) 125 pp + 22 plates.
• --- Ino Nicolaou
  Paphos II: The coins from the House of Dionysos
  This title is out of print
  but you can try to place an order for this book from Amazon.com. Should a copy become available you will be contacted directly.
• Münz Zentrum Auction #52: Ägyptische Münzen, bedeutende spezialsammlung I: die Ptolemäischen Könige, II: Römische Kaiserzeit
  Catalog from an auction of a specialized collection of Ptolemaic & Roman Egyptian coins held in Köln, Germany on 12 Nov 1984. 1,389 lots (of which only 78 are Ptolemaic), with an excellent selection of items, all expertly catalogued and most of them illustrated on the same page as their descriptions. 143 pages, cardcover.
• --- Newell, Edward Theodore
  Standard Ptolemaic Silver (Wayte Raymond, 1942; Durst reprint edn, 1982)
• --- Newell, Edward Theodore
  Some Cypriot "Alexanders" (Chicago, 1974 reprint of Numismatic Chronicle, (1915) pp.294-322 & pl. XII-XV).
  A monograph attributing certain Alexander-type tetradrachms, including Ptolemaic issues, to Salamis in Cyprus. Cardcover, 29 pages, 4 plates, CS-2345
• --- Hazzard, Richard A.,
  Two Hoards of Ptolemaic Silver: IGCH 1713 and 1722. I: The Sharnub hoard and the Crisis of 89/8 B.C. II: IGCH 1722 and the great debasement of 53/2 B.C.
  
  In: The Numismatic Circular, Vol 154 (1994), Pp 53-66
• --- The Weight Standards of the Judean Coinage in the Late Persian and Early Ptolemaic Period
  Author: Yigal Ronen. Each of the article's pages have been scanned as GIF files. The most recent article on the subject, the author maintains that the early YHD coins of the persian period are really based on the weight of the First Temple Shekel. Many of them are 1/24th of a shekel in weight and thus termed a gerah. The YHD coins in the Ptolemaic period see a return to the Athenian standard.
  IN: Near Eastern Archaeology (Vol 61, no 2, Jun 1998, pp 122-126) © Scholars Press, 1998

Bibliographic Notes: Ptolemaic Numismatics

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Order This Book Directly from	Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 BC) Author: Mørkholm, Otto; Grierson, P: Westermark, Ulla Published by Cambridge Univiversity Press (Short) Publication date: July 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521395046	Table of Contents provided by Amazon.com	Currently the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the coinages produced by the heirs of Alexander the Great. Covers all major eastern dynasties (Ptolemies, Seleucids, Attalids, etc) down to the Roman triumph at Apamea in 188 BCE. Includes 45 pages of plates illustrating over 600 coins.
Order This Book Directly from	Ptolemaic Coins: An Introduction for Collectors Author: Hazzard, Richard A. Publisher: Kirk & Bentley, Toronto, (© 1995). 132 pages, illustrations throughout. Paperback. ISBN 09699793-0-4	Book Review from The Numismatic Circular

Roman Imperial (Greco-Roman) Numismatics

Bibliographic Notes:
Roman Imperial (Greco-Roman) Numismatics

REFERENCES:


• --- Cristiansen, Erik: Quantitative Studies
  Aarhus, 1989. Studies of the Roman Eyptian coinages of Nero, Trajan, Septimius Severius
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• --- Curtis, J.W.: The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt
  
  New York, 1990. Much expanded reprint edition, includes a supplement of five auction-catalogues with prices. 425 pp, over 1,200 photographs.
• --- Dattari, Giovanni: Numi Augg. Alexandrini
  Cairo, 1901 (2 vols.)
  
  Over 6000 coins from Augustus through Domitius Domitianus are published. Many of these coins are now part of the Kelsey Museum (Univ. Michigan) collection.
• --- Förschner, G: Die Muenzen Der Roemischen Kaiser In Alexandrien: Historisches Museum Frankurt am Main.
  (Frankfurt, 1988). Covers the coins of Roman Egypt in the History Museum of Frankurt am Main, Germany. 1400 objects cataloged, including Greco-Roman lead and glass tokens as well as the so-called Nome coinage.
• --- Geissen, Angelo: Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Volumes 1-5
  
  Papyrologia Coloniensia 5. (Cologne, 1974-1983) in five volumes.
  Covers the coins of Roman Egypt in the University of Köln, Germany and is absolutely the best possible reference for these. Some 3,637 coins from Augustus through Domitius Domitianus are described and all illustrated on facing plates, a comprehensive index by Wolfram Weiser in final volume. (Kroh p.53)
• --- Milne, James Grafton: Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins, University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum.
  
  (Oxford, 1971 reprint). Nearly 5,500 coins catalogued in lxviii + 164 pps of text, 7 plates of photos plus 2 fold-out charts. Includes 1971 supplement by Colin M. Kraay. (Kroh p.53)
• --- Poole, R S: Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins in the British Museum
  
  London, 1892. (1964 reprint edition)
• --- Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Copenhagen 41, Alexandria-Cyrenaica
  Copenhagen, 1974
• --- Vogt, Joseph: Die alexandrinischen Münzen. Grundlegung e. Alexandrin. Kaisergeschichte
  Stutgart, 1924. 2 vols. Pp X, 234,& Pp IV, 185 S. u. 5 Taf. HLn. m. RTitel. (Papier am Rande teilw. etw. feuchtfl.)
• --- Coins From Karanis
  
  The city of Karanis was an ancient Greek/Egyptian settlement which in ancient times used to be on the banks of the large oasis at Fayuum (outside modern Cairo) in Egypt. It was opposite a city called Crocadilopolis and was in the area where the famous Fayuum painted mummy portraits came from. The ruins of Karanis are still there. If you visit Cairo, you can drive there in 2 hours and walk over the site for yourself. There is one small museum, but the rest of the site is largely just sand dunes and ruins today. However, for eleven years, between 1924 and 1935, archaeologists and students from the University of Michigan and its Kelsey Museum of Archaeology excavated at Karanis. They discovered over 30,000 coins! These coins ranged from Ptolemaic bronze coins of the 2nd Century BCE., to Roman imperial issues of Diocletian in the late third century CE, and afterward. This is a hard to find out-of-print University of Michigan excavation publication on the coins found at Karanis (over 400 pages). There is no other padding in this book. It just deals with the coins found at the excavation, with pictures and detailed coin descriptions - catalog numbers, references, types, sizes, descriptions of hoards, descriptions of where they were found - including hoards hidden in house walls and under steps. Karanis was memorable for the number of hoards discovered on the site. One building alone produced several dozen different hoards. The coins found at Karanis are like a microcosm of all the coin types discovered at ancient sites in Egypt.
• --- Münz Zentrum Auction #52: Ägyptische Münzen, bedeutende spezialsammlung I: die Ptolemäischen Könige, II: Römische Kaiserzeit
  Catalog from an auction of a specialized collection of Ptolemaic & Roman Egyptian coins held in Köln, Germany on 12 Nov 1984. 1,389 lots (of which only 78 are Ptolemaic), with an excellent selection of items, all expertly catalogued and most of them illustrated on the same page as their descriptions. 143 pages, cardcover.
• --- Wetterstrom, K: Bronzes of Roman Egypt from the Kerry Keith Wetterstrom Collection, Part II,
  Highlighted by the Most Complete Offering of the "Labors of Hercules", Coins of The Zodiac and Nomes.
  
  (Classical Numismatic Auctions sale XIII, held 4 Dec 1990). The Roman Egyptian material made up 286 lots of this 601 lot general sale, with each coin illustrated plus 2 color plates. Cardcover. (Kroh p.56)
• --- Touchon D'Annecy, J.F.: Recherches Historiques et Geographiques sur les Medailles des Nomes ou Prefectures de l'Egypte...
  Paris; Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard:1822
  
  Joseph-Francois Tochon D'Annecy (1772-1820) was an avid antiquarian and numismatist, amassing a noted collection which he presented to the government. This posthumously published work was an attempt to document all the coins minted in ancient Egypt. 7.5"x10", xvi + 256 pages, portrait frontispiece and many text engravings.

Byzantine Alexandria Numismatics

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• --- NOMI S MATIKE: DINASTIA DOS PTOLOMEUS
  Portuguese language site. (c) 1999/2000 - Emerson Luiz de Faria
• NEW PTOLEMAIC COIN REFERENCE: The Jon Hosking Collection of Ptolemaic Coins
  The newest English language reference on Ptolemaic coins covering 175 coins with a strong selection of the coins of Cleopatra VII. Each coin is photographed with an accompanying text and many references. Published by the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney (Sydney 2000). 96 pages, Softcover, edited by Colin Pitchfork. Details are eagerly awaited ..... (as of 29-Jun-2000)
• --- Ptolemy VI (S-7900)
  Image of Sear #7900 coin of Ptolemaic Egypt. From Genuine Coins of the Bible Period web site by Edmond W. Holroyd, III, PhD
• --- Mark Antony
  A selection of the coins of Mark Antony. From the Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins, web site maintained by Robert W. Cape, Jr., Austin College. A GREAT site!
• Ancient Coin Collection from MFA and Perseus Project
  Perseus Coin Collections - - - - - - Ancient Coin Collection from MFA and Perseus Project - - - - - - Perseus Lookup Tool The Perseus Project has announced the second illustrated Web catalog produced in conjunction with Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). This release is a catalog of over 775 ancient coins, added to the Perseus Coin Catalog. A straight list of the new additions may be accessed through the link provided at the press release page (the first URL above), or by selecting the MFA link at the second URL. The coins will also appear along with coins from other collections, images, and encyclopedia entries returned via keyword searches using the Perseus Lookup Tool. Images of the coins are offered in three resolutions, the largest at 3060x2036 pixels. Catalog entries for the coins include material, denomination, mint, region, issuing authority, actual weight, diameter, and a description of the type and legend on either side of the coin. The culmination of this phase of the collaborative project will be "an online publication of Roman art, with descriptions, pictures, and other educational resources. The publication will catalog over 1100 artworks, including sculpture, coins, jewelry, glass, gems, and pottery."
  Ancient Coin Collection from Boston's MFA and Perseus Project: Egyptian Coins
  • Boston 1997.63: Trajanic; Bronze
  • Boston 1997.88: Trajanic; Bronze; Drachm
  • Boston 34.1389: Tetrarchic; Bronze; As
  • Boston 35.226: Tetrarchic; Gold; Double aureus
  • Boston 64.2127: Hadrianic; Bronze; Sestertius
  • Boston 65.449: Hadrianic; Bronze; Sestertius
  • Dewing 2739: Hellenistic; Silver; Octadrachm
  • Dewing 2752: Hellenistic; Gold; Octadrachm
  • Dewing 2756: Hellenistic; Silver; Decadrachm

• --- Alexandrian Coins from Heather Howard's Collection (none for sale)
  Coins of Greco-Roman Alexandria in Heather Howard online coin collection. So far Nero, Trajian and Salonina are represented.
• --- Alexandrian Coins (Roman Coins of Alexandria)
  A look at some of the coins of Greco-Roman Alexandria recently sold via the internet or in the author's collection (none for sale). You can see a grouping of Reverse Images, cumulative frequency tables for obverse and reverse images (based on images collected from internet sources such as eBay), and a listing of reverses describing what & who are depicted.

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