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All reference works in the Library of Ancient Coinage are public domain and free to download.
If you would like to contribute to the ongoing effort of this reference library, click on the category links to the left, and add a short description and/or review of a book under the link.


General References of Ancient Numismatics


1833 |Classical| |Dictionary|


CLASSICAL DICTIONARY CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PROPER NAMES MENTIONED IN ANCIENT AUTHORS, With tables of Coins, Weights and Measures, IN USE AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. TO WHICH IS NOW PREFIXED, A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. BY J. LEMPRIERE, D. D. A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED, BY THE REV. T. SMITH, OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. ALLMAN, 42, HOLBORN HILL. 1833.



Coinages of the World - Mathews

Matthews, George D.
The Coinages of the World; Ancient and Modern. by Geo. D. Mathews. Illustrated with Several Hundred Engravings of the Principal Coins. New York, Scott & co., 1876

This book contains hundreds of engravings of the most important (or famous) ancient and modern coins. A brief description accompanies most entries.


Coins and Medals - their place in history and art

Lane-Poole, Stanley; editor

by the authors of the British Museum official catalogues, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals; London, E. Stock, 1885


contains:

The study of coins, by R.S. Poole
Greek coins, by B.V. Head
Roman coins, by H.A. Grueber
The coinage of Christian Europe, by C.F. Keary
English coins, by C.F. Keary
Early Oriental coins, by P. Gardner
Mohammedan coins, by S. Lane-Poole
Coins of India, by P. Gardner and S. Lane-Poole
Coins of China and Japan, by T. de La Couperie
Medals, by W. Wroth



Dictionary of Greek and Roman |Geography| Vol 1  Abacaenum-Hytanis

Dictionary of Greek and Roman |Geography| Vol 2  Iabadius-Zymethu

Smith, William Sir; editor

Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

Walton and Maberly, 1854



Dictionary of Numismatic Names


A Dictionary of Numismatic Names: Their Official and Popular Designations. Albert R. Frey, American Numismatic Society 1917.

Electrum Coins and Their |Specific| |Gravity|

Head, Barclay Vincent
Weights and measurements of Greek Electrum coinage.
Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 7 (1887), p. 277 - 307




Essay on Ancient Coins, Medals, and Gems

as illustrating the progress of Christianity in the early ages

Walsh, Robert

2nd edition greatly enlarged, 1828, Howell and Stewart (London)



An Essay on Medals or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain.

the 3rd edition, with corrections and additions, Volume II

Pinkerton, John; London 1808



Essay_on_the_Means_of_Distinguishing_Antique_from Counterfeit_Coins_and_Medals_-_Brockett



|Forgeries| of public money, a lecture - Ackerman.pdf



Guide to Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype (BMC)



Guide to the Principle Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients - Head



Head Dresses on |Ancient| |Coins| - Phillips



History of ancient coinage, 700-300 B.C (1918)

CONTENTS:
I. GREEK TRADE-ROUTES
II. CLASSES OF TRADERS.
III. BANKERS
IV. EARLY MEASURES OF VALUE
V. THE ORIGIN OF COIN-STANDARDS
VI. MUTUAL RELATIONS OF PRECIOUS METALS
VII. RIGHTS OF COINAGE
VIII. MONETARY ALLIANCES
IX. MOTHER-CITY AND COLONY
X. STANDARD CURRENCIES
XI. MONOMETALLISM AND BIMETALLISM
XII. THE DATING OF GREEK COINS
XIII. HOARDS
XIV. FABRIC

FIRST PERIOD: TO 480 B. C.
CHAPTER I   EARLY ELECTRUM

1. Origin of Coinage
2. Ionia
CHAPTER II  LIDIAN AND PERSIAN COINAGE
1. Gold of Lydia
2. Gold of Persia
CHAPTER III  THE COINAGE OF THE IONIAN REVOLT.
CHAPTER IV  SUPPOSED ELECTRUM COINS OF EUROPEAN GREECE
CHAPTER V  PUEIDON AND PELOPONNESUS

1. Coinage at Aegina
2. Influence of Aegina
CHAPTER VI  EARLY COINS OF EUBOEA
CHAPTER VII  EARLY COINS OF CORINTH AND CORCYRA
1. Corinth
2. Corcyra
CHAPTER VIII  EARLY COINS OF ATHENS
1. The Earliest Coinage
2. The Reforms of Solon
3. The Coinage of Peisistratus
4. The Olive-wreath of Athena
CHAPTER IX EARLY SILVER OF ASIA
1. Earliest Issues
2. The Attic Standard
3. Phoenician Standard
4. Persian Standard.
CHAPTER X  EARLY COINS OF THRACE AND MACEDON
1. Thasian Standard
2. Abderite Stanuard
3. Chalcidice
4. The Thracian Chersonese



History of monetary systems.pdf



The Coin Collectors Manual |Part| 1 - Humphreys

The Coin Collectors Manual |Part| 2 - Humphreys



Illustrated encyclopaedia of gold and silver coins from A.D. 1885 back to B.C. 700



Introduction to the Study of Ancient and Modern Coins - Akerman



Lecture on the Study of |Ancient| |Coins| in Connenction with History - GreenLectures



on coinage of the Greeks and Romans - Cardwell



Numismatic Manual or Guide to the Study of Greek Roman and English Coins - Akerman



Science of Money - del Mar



Short History of Coins and Currency (BWscan) - Avebury



Short History of Coins and Currency (Color Scan) - Avebury



Tables_of_Ancient_Coins__Weights__and_Measures



Value of numismatics in the study of ancient history - Medd




HTML by Danny Jones




All reference works in the Library of Ancient Coinage are public domain and free to download.
If you would like to contribute to the ongoing effort of this reference library, click on the category links to the left, and add a short description and/or review of a book under the link.


General References of Ancient Numismatics


1833 |Classical| |Dictionary|


CLASSICAL DICTIONARY CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PROPER NAMES MENTIONED IN ANCIENT AUTHORS, With tables of Coins, Weights and Measures, IN USE AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. TO WHICH IS NOW PREFIXED, A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. BY J. LEMPRIERE, D. D. A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED, BY THE REV. T. SMITH, OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. ALLMAN, 42, HOLBORN HILL. 1833.



Coinages of the World - Mathews

Matthews, George D.
The Coinages of the World; Ancient and Modern. by Geo. D. Mathews. Illustrated with Several Hundred Engravings of the Principal Coins. New York, Scott & co., 1876

This book contains hundreds of engravings of the most important (or famous) ancient and modern coins. A brief description accompanies most entries.


Coins and Medals - their place in history and art

Lane-Poole, Stanley; editor

by the authors of the British Museum official catalogues, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals; London, E. Stock, 1885


contains:

The study of coins, by R.S. Poole
Greek coins, by B.V. Head
Roman coins, by H.A. Grueber
The coinage of Christian Europe, by C.F. Keary
English coins, by C.F. Keary
Early Oriental coins, by P. Gardner
Mohammedan coins, by S. Lane-Poole
Coins of India, by P. Gardner and S. Lane-Poole
Coins of China and Japan, by T. de La Couperie
Medals, by W. Wroth



Dictionary of Greek and Roman |Geography| Vol 1  Abacaenum-Hytanis

Dictionary of Greek and Roman |Geography| Vol 2  Iabadius-Zymethu

Smith, William Sir; editor

Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

Walton and Maberly, 1854



Dictionary of Numismatic Names


A Dictionary of Numismatic Names: Their Official and Popular Designations. Albert R. Frey, American Numismatic Society 1917.

Electrum Coins and Their |Specific| |Gravity|

Head, Barclay Vincent
Weights and measurements of Greek Electrum coinage.
Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 7 (1887), p. 277 - 307




Essay on |Ancient| Coins, Medals, and Gems

as illustrating the progress of Christianity in the early ages

Walsh, Robert

2nd edition greatly enlarged, 1828, Howell and Stewart (London)



An Essay on Medals or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain.

the 3rd edition, with corrections and additions, Volume II

Pinkerton, John; London 1808



Essay_on_the_Means_of_Distinguishing_Antique_from Counterfeit_Coins_and_Medals_-_Brockett



|Forgeries| of public money, a lecture - Ackerman.pdf



Guide to Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype (BMC)



Guide to the Principle Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients - Head



Head Dresses on |Ancient| |Coins| - Phillips



History of ancient coinage, 700-300 B.C (1918)

CONTENTS:
I. GREEK TRADE-ROUTES
II. CLASSES OF TRADERS.
III. BANKERS
IV. EARLY MEASURES OF VALUE
V. THE ORIGIN OF COIN-STANDARDS
VI. MUTUAL RELATIONS OF PRECIOUS METALS
VII. RIGHTS OF COINAGE
VIII. MONETARY ALLIANCES
IX. MOTHER-CITY AND COLONY
X. STANDARD CURRENCIES
XI. MONOMETALLISM AND BIMETALLISM
XII. THE DATING OF GREEK COINS
XIII. HOARDS
XIV. FABRIC

FIRST PERIOD: TO 480 B. C.
CHAPTER I   EARLY ELECTRUM

1. Origin of Coinage
2. Ionia
CHAPTER II  LIDIAN AND PERSIAN COINAGE
1. Gold of Lydia
2. Gold of Persia
CHAPTER III  THE COINAGE OF THE IONIAN REVOLT.
CHAPTER IV  SUPPOSED ELECTRUM COINS OF EUROPEAN GREECE
CHAPTER V  PUEIDON AND PELOPONNESUS

1. Coinage at Aegina
2. Influence of Aegina
CHAPTER VI  EARLY COINS OF EUBOEA
CHAPTER VII  EARLY COINS OF CORINTH AND CORCYRA
1. Corinth
2. Corcyra
CHAPTER VIII  EARLY COINS OF ATHENS
1. The Earliest Coinage
2. The Reforms of Solon
3. The Coinage of Peisistratus
4. The Olive-wreath of Athena
CHAPTER IX EARLY SILVER OF ASIA
1. Earliest Issues
2. The Attic Standard
3. Phoenician Standard
4. Persian Standard.
CHAPTER X  EARLY COINS OF THRACE AND MACEDON
1. Thasian Standard
2. Abderite Stanuard
3. Chalcidice
4. The Thracian Chersonese



History of monetary systems.pdf



The Coin Collectors Manual |Part| 1 - Humphreys

The Coin Collectors Manual |Part| 2 - Humphreys



Illustrated encyclopaedia of gold and silver coins from A.D. 1885 back to B.C. 700



Introduction to the Study of Ancient and Modern Coins - Akerman



Lecture on the Study of |Ancient| |Coins| in Connenction with History - GreenLectures



on coinage of the Greeks and Romans - Cardwell



Numismatic Manual or Guide to the Study of Greek Roman and English Coins - Akerman



Science of Money - del Mar



Short History of Coins and Currency (BWscan) - Avebury



Short History of Coins and Currency (Color Scan) - Avebury



Tables_of_Ancient_Coins__Weights__and_Measures



Value of numismatics in the study of ancient history - Medd




HTML by Danny Jones