Lindgren, H. Ancient Greek Bronze Coins: European Mints from the Lindgren Collection. (San Mateo, 1989).
Ancient Greek Bronze Coins – European Mints
Henry Clay Lindgren
Chrysopylon Publishers
1989
Contents
1 page Preface
2 pages of abbreviations
3 pages of geography index
1 page of rulers
8 pages of general index
89 pages of coin descriptions with corresponding plates (1,840 coins)
The book is hardback and is well put together in A4 format. Thankfully in this volume the plates are on the opposite page from the descriptions.
Descriptions consist of;
Obverse description (and any letters)
Reverse description (and any letters)
General date
Size
Weight
Relevant other references (usually one per coin)
It the the volume of material here which makes the book useful. This book is also still a valuable reference for Roman Provincial coins from these areas though the book does contain many Greek coins as well. A very rough estimate would say, 25% provincials. This volume covers Spain, Italy, Sicily, Samartia, Moesia Inferior, Moesia Superior, Thrace, Macedon, Thessaly, Illyricum and the main areas of Greece and surrounding Islands.
The photos in the plates are serviceable being of similar quality to the first volume (maybe slightly worse) but still largely usable. There is probably a higher percentage of the coins in this part of the collection which are of poor quality – leading to poor photos but even that would probably be less than 5%.