1.
Emmett: It was designed to be exhaustive in scope but it is more like a
reverse type catalog by Emperor/ denomination/
reverse type and regnal date. It provides a
rarity value for each coin from R1 to R5. The regnal dates for each ruler are given with the general
obverse types on the coins.
Obverse inscriptions are given as a general guide only. There is
reverse type index at the back and one reference per coin is given a citation to another collection.
The
reverse type catalog is in alphabetic order. One can assign an
Emmett number in under 30 seconds. It is independent of RPC. Future editions will likely add any missing types/dates. It is likely there will be some
rarity value changes in any future editions (usually +/- 1 unit.
2.
Milne: Catalog primarily of the coins donated by
Milne to the Ashmolean Museum,
Oxford England. It's an extensive collection, very precise descriptions of the
obverse types (likely
still
ahead of its time). It relies on extensive cataloging information at
the back of the book (a pain at times). It can be problematic for new
collectors to use.
Obverse inscriptions among the most reliable and
reverse
date placements are very accurate. One can absorb a lot of information
from different parts of the book. It's about as extensive in scope as
the
ANS collection.
3.
Curtis. Catalog of only silver (primarily
tetradrachm) coins. Likely lists about half of the known tetradrachms. Well detailed information with several unique specimens. Individual
rarity values of a given coin much more reliable than the general
rarity classification by ruler.
4.
BMC Alexandria. Interesting early Alexandrian catalog containing a large number of extremely
rare coins but at times missing some very common ones. A landmark collection-- well researched and built on the previous
Feuardent and
Mionnet catalogs. The coin plates are well worth the
price of the book.
Christiansen recently published additions and corrections to the collection.
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5.
Dattari. Probably the finest Alexandrian collection ever created. Written in Italian, but easy to use. Coin plates of all the types are the best anywhere. Some date reading problems occur in the catalog and there are other errors not cited in the errata. Recently
Bernardi published a large volume of the original
Dattari coin rubbings (along with 7000 additional coins not described). If you purchase the
Dattari book also get the
Bernardi book. These volumes are for the specialist. Date placements are not as accurate as
Milne or BMC.
https://archive.org/details/moneteimperialig01datthttps://archive.org/details/moneteimperialig02datt6.
Geissen (Koeln collection). Incredible collection with facing plates of all the coins. In German, with the usual difficulties in reading German. Helped by the coin photos, this catalog is very well done.
Obverse inscriptions are given in modern Greek -- not as helpful as
Milne or BMC. As well, the
reverse
date placement is not as accurate as Milne-- but as you can look at the
coin photo and make your own determination as to whether you have a
coin variety. I wish I could read German better. For the specialist-- and expensive to purchase. All volumes may not be in print at this time.
7. Regio Museum di
Torino. Monete Greche by A.
Fabretti, F. Rossi and R, V. Lazone. 1883
The Alexandrian section is on pages 430-637. Interesting and fairly well done
catalog in
Italian with 3166 Alexandrian coins. Citations are to
Feuardent. Some of the coins were previously cited by
Mionnet, but this volume is superior. It does have some date reading errors but overall pretty
good for its time.
Very good for describing its 183 lead tokens. It has a
very good selection of
Nome coins. Citations to this volume are only in
Emmett, probably because nobody else owns a copy.
8.
SNG Copenhagen part 41 (I believe): Alexandria-Cyrenaica by Erik
Christiansen and Anne Kromann 1974. A
collection of 1162 Alexandrian coins with most coins pictured on the
reverse side. A
good overview of the Alexandrian series with a fairly large
nome section. Seldom cited as a reference. Likely
still available as a reprint.
9. Die Alexandrinischen Museum by Joseph
Vogt. 1924. This is more a thesis on Alexandrian coins and a summary of the coin
types known at that time (in the second
part). Very useful information. Does not cover the
nome coinage. Its main benefit now is that it cites unpublished coins in
Berlin and Muenchen. A few errors in the second
part (reference citations). Worth possessing in your
collection. There is a 1976 reprint. May be out of print. Has 5 coin plates.
10.
Collections Giovanni di
Demetrio. Egypte Ancienne. Deuxieme Partie by F.
Feuardent. 1873
A very extensive
collection teaming with errors, but
still useful. Citations are to
Mionnet. It has several plates of line drawings. It is
good for the
nome coinage ( that section is currently in print and everyone should own that
part). A dated
collection, now in
Athens. Available for about $500, but not worth anything near that amount.
BMC and
Dattari learned a lot from this book. A new (
corrected) edition with the additional coins is needed for it to be of any use today.
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Reduced
in size, but superior to photocopies. Worth purchasing and having in
hand-- only $29.00. Get the University of Michigan reprint and make sure
you purchase the second volume.***
11.
Catalogue of
Greek Coins in the
Hunterian Collection. Volume 3. by George
MacDonald 1905
This is a very professional and well done
catalogue of the Alexandrian coins collected by
Hunter. It's an above
average collection with many
rarities
for its size. Too bad it is hard to locate and very expensive. I
believe there are a little over 1000 Alexandrian coins. Worth owning.
Seldom cited as a reference.
*** available as a print to order and PDF online (along with
vol 1 and 2)***
*** superseded by reference 68 (
SNG format with pictures of the coins).***
12. Description de medailles antiques, grecques et romaines. volume 6 and
suppl. volume 9. by T. E.
Mionnet. Impressive in its time but now seldom used. Based primarily on the
French collection
along with citations from numismatists who couldn't read the Greek
inscriptions properly. Teaming with partial-dated coins. Some citations
are perfectly okay with many that are difficult to weed out. Uses the
Mionnet size charts. It's hard at times to distinguish between the
obol and half-obol (called dichalkons in other catalogues). I'm sure there are other
attribution problems, . Be aware of the Elagabalus/Caracalla errors which extend to the
BMC catalogue (since
corrected). Available at
google books for free, although finding and downloading it are the major problems.
Still of benefit today.
Nome coinage is separate and is actually pretty
good for its time.
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13.
SNG France 4: Alexandrie I: Auguste -
Trajan by Soheir
Bakhoum 1998. Excellent plates of all the coins is a plus for this "
catalog only" listings. Includes the
Luynes IV (1936) and
Delepierre collections, even though the
Luynes collection is of little benefit. Long overdue for the next volume. Sometimes coin details are left out of the descriptions. Does not cite
Mionnet as a reference-- surprising because most were cited by
Mionnet from the
French collection. It would be nice to confirm/reject the
Mionnet citations. Dumped in
price a while ago.
Still a useful one-volume set. It has a lot of
duplication due to many donations. Check out coin 1000:
Domitia hemidrachm.
14.
SNG.
Italia (
Milan): volume 13
part 2 Octavianus
Augustus -
Lucius Verus 1991
part 3:
Commodus -
Galerius 1992
Not a perfectly done
catalogue,
but at least one that was completed. Photos of all the coins. There may
be some problems with the inscriptions on worn coins as the expected
inscription is usually given in full and the actual
inscription not transcribed. Useful
collection.
15. Aegypten zur Roemerzeit by Dietrich
Klose and
Bernard Overbeck (Munchen) 1989.
Not specifically a
catalogue but an overview of the influence of
Egypt through the Roman period which is illustrated by
Greek Imperial and Roman issues in
Alexandria. Shows additional coins from other areas which are influenced by
Egypt. Some
statues included. A very well done show
catalog. Only source illustrating coins in the Muenchen
collection. Well worth purchasing. Beware of the incorrectly attributed
Tranquillina tetradrachm.
16. Die muenzen der Roemischen
Kaiser in alexandrien. Historisches Museum
Frankfurt am Main. by Gisela
Forschner. 1987. A very well done
catalog
of 1400 coins, with all the coins illustrated on the same page.
Pictures too dark, unfortunately. Very precise references. Cointains 47
Nome coins, a few lead, 3 false coins and 1
glass token. Contains many unpublished coins which are summarized on page 441. The same list is also on the internet. I
German but easy to read.
17.
Catalogue des monnaies romaines d'alexandrie (Egypte) Chambery
Musee Savoisien by
Bernard Remy 1994.
Catalog of 213 coins with the majority from
Claudius II on. Coin plates has the coins pictured too small. Lots of time wasted on indices. Of little if any value. In
French.
18.
Catalog des monnaies 1.
Monnaies Grecques Alexandrie Egypte. Grenoble Bibliotheque Municipale. by
Bernard Remy (1996). A
catalog of the
Ptolemaic (27 coins) and Alexandrian coins (105 coins) in Grenoble. A more interesting
collection, though small with improved coin plates. It has 5 interesting false coins (
Otho,
Vitellius,
Nerva,
Hadrian and
Pius). Worth purchasing. In
French. Has the same
type of indices.
19.
Alexandrinischen muenzen im Bernischen Historisches Museum. in Revue
Swisse de
Numismatique. Band XLV 1996 by Belazs Kapposy. Interesting and
important small
collection of 416 coins, with only the better and rarer 84 coins pictured on the 7 excellent plates. Have a quick look at #8:
Messalina drachm
of year 8 -- nice fantasy piece not marked as a forgery. See coins 157
and 163. Has a few unpublished coins. There are a number of
additions published separately. Unfortunately I do not have copies of those
additions. In
French. Does anyone have copies of the
additions?
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20. Alexandrinische Muenzen in der Original und AbguBsammlung der Universitat Trier by Ingmar Koenig 1988 A small
catalogue of 241 coins from the reigns of Valerian to
Maximianus with a number illustrated at the back. The coins are pictured a
bit larger than life size and are a
bit dark. The
collection itself is of little interest. Its main benefits are the detailed
obverse inscriptions and
obverse type listings that are similar to Milne's along with detailed
reverse descriptions. Larger
collection catalogues seldom provide this level of
quality. Also has an interesting introduction with useful citations. Difficult to locate but worth finding.
21. Katalog der Alexandrinischen Muenzender der Sammlung Dr.
Christian Friedrich
August Schledehaus im Kulturgeschichtlichen Museum Osnabrueck. by Adriano
Savio, Tommaso Lucchelli and Vincent Cubelli. Volume 3
Septimius Severus -
Domitius Domitianus 1997. A bilingual
catalogue in
German and
Italian. This is a very important and well researched
catalogue
with up-to-date information. Some problems with the coin sizes. The
coin discussions are more interesting than the coins. One of the best
Alexandrian catalogues published in years. Has an extensive
bibliography. The remaining two volumes will cover the silver coinages
and bronze issues prior to
Septimius Severus
in separate volumes as museum funds are available. The silver coinage
has recently been published and I will discuss it separately next time.
All the coins are illustrated. Some may be out of order. Has a number of
unpublished coins.
22.
Fiorelli, Guiseppe Catalogo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Collezione Santangelo. Monete Greche. Napoli 1866. This is extremely
rare book to locate, along with Fiorelli's other book cited next. A large format book, similar to the
SNG series. An early catalogued Alexandrian
collection, so it is expected that a number of
reverse types are not identified correctly, but usually there is enough detail to identify the
reverse type. Some partial date problems as well.. The Alexandrian section in on pages 132-141 (coins 11697-12176). A fairly reliable
catalog when the date it was written is taken into account. I rely on a photocopy given to me by Erik
Christiansen which has
his hand-written notes. It has a few unpublished coins. No coin plates. In
Italian.
23.
Fiorelli,
Guiseppe Catalogo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Medagliere I. Monete
Greche. Napoli 1870.. The same comments apply as from the last citation.
This is larger and therefore a more important Alexandrian
collection. The coins number from 9509-10394. See #10077: an unpublished
Macrinus drachm: Sarapis
Head r., LB (
Christiansen could not make out the B). It only has 9
nome coins. No coin plates. In
Italian.
24. Haatvedt, Rolfe A. and Peterson, Enoch E.
Coins from Karanis.
(The University of Michigan Excavations. 1924-1935, edited by Elinor M.
Husselman). Ann Arbor 1964. This is one of the more interesting
catalogues as it is a
collection of
coin hoards from excavations in
Karanis. A total of over 30,000 coins were located The
coin hoards are itemized separately and then catalogued as a
collection. Each listing could contain 100s of coins of that
type, giving evidence of their
rarity. Its best coverage is the coins of
Diocletian to
his 12th year (including many
Galerius and
Constantius I , but it does have some
good coverage for some earlier rulers. Has several unpublished coins illustrated on its 9 coin plates. It has 8
nome
coins and a few lead token. Because listings cover more than one coin,
sometimes date varieties are confusing. References given are not always
correct. This is one to own if you collect the later emperors. It also
has some post-Alexandrian period
coin hoards. See coin1383: undated
Isis standing l., ICIC (found in an Alexandrian coin
hoard). Apparently
still in print and
reduced to $15 through the Kelsey museum website link.
25. Hübl,
Albert Die Münzsammlung
des Stiftes Schotten in Wien. Band II. Griechische Münzen. Wien und Leipzig 1920. A
collection of 734 coins with citations to
BMC. Nothing really that
rare or important, but
still a
fair overview of the series. This is one of the two
Vienna Alexandrian collections-- the other more important
Vienna museum
collection is
still unpublished. Hard to locate and probably not worth the effort to find. No coin pictures.
26.
Müller, L. Fortegnelse over de antikke Mynter i Thorvaldsens. København 1850. A small unimportant
collection of about 100 Alexandrian coins. Not a lot of coin detail and it usually does not give the
reverse direction. No coin pictures. In Danish. Probably impossible to locate.
27. Skowronek,
Stefan On the Problems of the Alexandrian
Mint. Warszawa 1967
This is not a
catalog but a 5
part
discussion concerning the representations of the Roman emperor on the
Alexandrian coinage. Skowronek summarizes both the Alexandrian and Roman
issues and discusses their meaning. Has an extensive bibliography along
the same lines. Interesting. Worth locating.
28.
Christiansen, Erik The
Roman Coins of
Alexandria.
Aarhus University Press 1988. This is two volume set which quantifies the output at the Alexandrian
mint. Although the
mint output numbers may be questioned, its evaluation of
hoard evidence is very useful to the collector. The reigns of
Nero,
Trajan and
Septimius Severus were analyzed. Christiansen's coin listings in these areas are the most exhaustive anywhere, however information concerning
reverse type directions are not given. The numismatic information will likely be superseded by
RPC (if they ever finish). Valuable for the extensive correction notes to the coins
Christiansen examined— virtually all the published and unpublished
collections. Has interesting appendices where all the published and unpublished
collection numbers are given. especially important for the many die links during the
Septimius Severus reign. Valuable addition to any
collection.
29.
Savio, Adriano and Lucchelli, Tomaso. Katalog der Alexandrinischen Münzen der Sammlung dr.
Christian Friedrich
August Schledehaus im Kulturgeschichtlichen Museum Osnabrück. 2001
This is the the first volume, following the issue of volume 3 earlier. (** title to # 21 since
corrected). This volume contains the
billon issues from
Tiberius to
Crispina, but unlike the 3rd volume, there is no commentary prior to each ruler. It is
just a
catalogue
of the coins. Only 42 coins pictured on the 7 "regular paper" plates at
the back. Has a shorter bibliography than volume 3. Truly a
disappointment from that volume. Each ruler has its own separate
numbering making citations to it more difficult. Why didn't they
renumber at the end of editing? Looking forward to the last volume which
will list the bronze issues of the same period. Check out the
billon drachm of
Claudius I:# 9-10.
30.
Babelon, Jean
Catalogue de la
Collection de Luynes.
Monnaies Grecques IV. Syrie, Égypte, Cyrénaïque, Maurétanie, Zeugitane, Numidie.
Paris 1936.
A difficult to locate
collection of very little importance. Coins from this
collection are being catalogued as
part of the
SNG France
volumes. Some coins are illustrated on the coin plates, which are
contained in a pouch at the back of the book. Easy to lose the plates,
which is what happened to my volume. In
French.
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31.
China, Henri "Les Rares Monnaies 'Alexandrines' de l'empereur Macrin et de son fils Diaduménien."
Revue Belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie. 109 (1963), 5-10.
A small article on the
rare coins of
Macrinus and
Diadumenian, listing a number of items unpublished at the time. The
Diadumenian hemidrachm cited makes one wonder if it is not actually a
tetradrachm (compare it to the
Curtis tetradrachm). To the few additional items listed in
Emmett add: Maxcrinus
tetradrachm:
Athena Stg. L., holds
Nike? And Spear,
shield LB = DS9803 and
Macrinus drachm: Sarapis
Head r., L (B) =
Fiorelli Naples-10077.
32.
Curtis,
James W. Coinage of
Roman Egypt - A Survey. The
American Numismatic Society 1956
This is an .overview of the Alexandrian coinage, illustrated by specimens from
Curtis' own
collection. One of the few sources illustrating the bronze coins in
Curtis'
collection. Includes a few unpublished items. Unfortunately, two
nome issues in this publication are not to be found in
Curtis' bronze
collection notes, including the extremely
rare Emmett-797. The article is available at
www.coinsofromanegypt.org33. Rathbone, Dominic W. "The Dates of Recognition in
Egypt of the Emperors from
Caracalla to Diocletianus." Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 62 (1986), 101-129
An important article listing the dates the
Roman emperors
were recognized in
Egypt from the dating of the papyri-- computed to
the Arsinoite (I will leave it up to you to figure why). It would have
been better to calculate it to
Alexandria
where the coins were minted. Some dating gaps will likely be resolved
by future papyri data. It has some date corrections for the
Gallienus to
Aurelian periods. As with all books citing dates, this reference will eventually be superseded.
34. Magain, Pierre Monnaies
des nomes ou préfectures de l'Égypte. Walcourt (1982)
A very difficult to locate small paperback which is basically a reprint of the
Demetrio nome collection (see
Feuardent above), along with
additions from the
BMC collection. Apparently the author couldn't afford purchasing
Dattari. Has all the original
Feuardent line drawings. In
French, because translating it would have required a lot more effort. Hardly worth locating.
35.
Markl, Andreas "Das Provinzialcourant unter
Kaiser Claudius II. C. Alexandriner."
Numismatische Zeitschrift 32.(1901), 51-72. ***Tafel II-III***
This article only covers the issues of
Claudius II. It documents a number of extremely
rare bronze issues-- a few are in
Köln. Includes some year 4 and 5 issues, which of course are not genuine. Citations list
Markl collection numbers.
36.
West, Louis C. and Johnson,
Allan Chester : Currency in Roman and
Byzantine Egypt.
Princeton and
London 1944— since reprinted, but expensive.
If you thought four bronze drachms equaled a
billon tetradrachm, then you would be surprised after reading this book.
Egypt had a complicated exchange rate between bronze, silver/billon and gold. In general, to purchase a
billon tetradrachm
it required 28 to 29 bronze obols — the extra 4 to 5 obols were
surcharges. Discusses some of the complicated issues of what bronze
denominations were struck and
comes up with a silver
drachm equaling 7.25 bronze obols. Don't rely on this book to give the correct bronze
denominations, however. Covers the
Byzantine period also. There is lots of interesting reading in this book.
37.
Maresch, Klaus Bronze und Silber. Papyrologische Beiträge zur
Geschichte der Währung im ptolemäischen und römischen Ägypten bis zum 2.
Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Germany 1996
In
general, the topics covered are very similar to the last book, but the
bronze and silver standards turn out to be more complicated than what
one would have thought. I do not regret purchasing this book, but I
doubt I will ever be able to use the information it contains. Has some
interesting sections. Probably a very important book. For PhD
specialists.
38.
Burnett, Andrew and
Amandry, Michel and
Ripollès, Pere Paul
Roman Provincial Coinage. Volume 1. From the death of
Caesar to the death of
Vitellius (44 B.C. - A.D. 69).
Part 1: Introduction and
catalogue.
Part II: Indices and Plates.
London and
Paris. 1992
First volume in a multi-volume set covering the
Roman Provincial Coinage. Alexandrian coins are only a small
part of this new influential
work. Very expensive to purchase. It attempts to
catalogue and illustrate all the known Alexandrian coins. Doesn't resolve the bronze issue
denominations
and elects to give only the weighs and diameters for each issue. Looks
at the issues more as numismatists than historians. Some coins were
missed in the original
catalogue
and since added (but not all) to the supplement volume as well as the
second supplement volume, which is on the web. Questions the value marks
on Livia's coins, with
good reason. Some of the
Nero bronze issues are interesting (the year 11 drachms have since been changed to year 14). Published before the
Dattari rubbings book, the supplements include a discussion of the new
types in
Dattari, although I am not sure if all the corrections to
Dattari can be believed by looking at the rubbings. The Alexandrian section is important as it includes a number of unpublished
collections, including the ANS.
Good for the summaries of known specimens and mean
weights and diameters of the coins. Some dealers cite
RPC as a reference, but it is probably used more by non-Alexandrian specialists.
39.
Burnett, Andrew and
Amandry, Michel and
Carradice,
Ian Roman Provincial Coinage. Volume 2. From
Vespasian to
Domitian (A.D. 69 - 96).
Part 1: Introduction and
catalogue.
Part II: Indices and Plates.
London and
Paris. 1999
The same general comments can be said for this volume also. Perhaps not as precise in details as
Milne. There is a tendency to use composite information from two or more specimens to
complete the inscriptions and details— probably not that bad but one may have to be careful of dating based on two partial-dated coins.
Still expensive and likely never going down in
price. Add the following unpublished diobols of
Domitian:
Alexandria Bust r. (Year 8 = Gilles Blaçon #31-1169 and Sarapis
Bust r. (Year 9 =
Curtis bronze
collection) as well as a
Domitia diobol:
Agathodaemon on
horse r. (Year 11 =
Curtis bronze
collection). There is also some discussion of the bronze dichalkons/hemi-obols, expressing doubt in their
attribution.
40.
Christiansen, Erik "On Denari and other Coin-Terms in the Papyri", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 54 (1984), pp. 271-299
If you ever wondered if Roman silver and
gold coins
ever circulated in
Egypt during the Alexandrian period, then this is
the article you need to see. Resolves this question once and for all =
NO.
41. Kiss, Zsolt
Études sur le
portrait impériale romain en Égypte. Varsorie 1984
This is not a numismatic book but is included here to show where
numismatics could have helped out this study. Has 86 pages of pictures of
statues along with an extensive bibliography. The statue of
Domitia? looks a lot like her
hemidrachm portrait. It's interesting to see how far the use of hieroglyphics lasted into the Roman period.
42.
Grose, W.
Fitzwilliam Museum.
Catalogue of the
McClean Collection of
Greek Coins III,
Cambridge 1929.
Contains only a few Alexandrian coins. Of very little use to the collector.
43.
Jungfleisch, Marcel "Note sur les monnaies
des nomes égyptiens."
Revue Numismatique. 5.
ser. 17.1955, pp. 259-278.
This is an article in which
Jungfleisch discusses the
rarity of the
nome coinage and provides a
rarity table. Interesting for the
nome collector.
Jungfleisch assembled a large Alexandrian
collection which was auctioned by Sotheby (contained a
drachm of
Nero and one of
Maximinus I)
44.
Metcalf, William "New and Noteworthy from Roman
Alexandria:
Pescennius Niger -
Diadumenian." From: Greek
Numismatics and Archaeology.Essays in
Honor of Margaret
Thompson. pp.173-182, pls. 19-20. Wetteren, 1979.
A very important listing of extremely
rare coins in the ANS. Collectors should look closely at the year 11
Athena standing l. "
Caracalla" coin. Includes coins of
Pescennius Niger and
Diadumenian as well as a number of others from
the Severan period.
45.
Milne, Joseph Grafton "The Shops of the Roman
Mint of
Alexandria." The Journal of Roman Studies, 8.1918, pp. 154-178.
London.
An attempt to determine the number of shops or officinas during the Alexandrian period. Not all of
Milne's conclusions have been accepted by others. A
good overview of the inscriptions and
obverse types with discussions of other coin marks: stars, crescents,
lituus,
officina marks, etc A
good addition to
Milne's Alexandrian Coins introduction.
.
46. Rodríguez
Casanova,
Isabel "La moneda greco-imperial de Alejandría en el Museo Arqueológico
Nacional", Numisma 240, Julio - Diciembre 1997, Págs. 45-83
This is a
good discussion of Alexandrian coins to accompany an overview of the Alexandrian
collection in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, in Madrid. The author was planning to
catalog the 2 150 coins but only this article was written. It is illustrated with 48 coins from the
collection. Look at coin #5, a
didrachm of
Claudius I and #47, a
tetradrachm of
Maximianus with the emperor and
herakles standing. In
Spanish.
47. Rougé, Jacques de Géographie ancienne de La Basse-Égypte.
Paris 1891
This is not a coin book, but it definitely was written to provide information on the northern delta
nomes for use by numismatists. There is a reprint volume available. Like most of the discussions on the
nome coinage, this is also a very dated
work. The frontis map is also available at
www.coinsofromanegypt.org One would think that the locations of the
nomes would be well defined, but they are not.
48.
von Sallet, Alfred Die Daten der Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen.
Berlin 1870.
This is an extremely
rare
book to locate. Its purpose is to document all the regnal dates in
which Alexandrian coins were issued. It cites a few extremely
rare coins to support some of the dates. It is dated but
still has some useful information.
49.
Langlois,
Victor Numismatique de
Nomes d'Égypte sous l'administration romaine.
Paris 1852
A very
rare book to locate. A
catalog of
Nome coins, compiled from the
collections of the times. Perhaps important for collectors of the
Nome coinage, but of limited use today. The 4 plates of line drawings are reprinted in
Emmett.
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order book.***
50.
Rostovtsew, Michel and
Prou,
Maurice Catalogue des Plombs de l'Antiquité, du Moyen Age et du Temps modernes conservés au Département
des Médailles de la Bibliothèque Nationale.
Paris 1900.
Only
about 100 to 200 Alexandrian lead tokens are described, making it
hardly worth purchasing for that series alone. It covers a wide range of
lead coin issues from Greek, Roman and
Byzantine issues. If you collect lead issues in general, then this is an important reference. As with all lead issues, the exact coin
types are often difficult to determine, due to their
poor condition.
51.
von Sallet, Alfred "Alexandrinische Kaisermünzen
des Kgl. Münzcabinets in
Berlin." Festschrift
Berlin. pp. 127-130.
A very small article illustrating a number of extremely
rare Alexandrian coins in
Berlin. Extremely difficult to locate. I rely on a photocopy from a microfilm. One of the very few sources for coins in
Berlin. It has a couple
Geta issues, (I believe), with the emperor on horseback. It's been a while since I looked at the article.
52.
Wallace, Sherman LeRoy Taxation in
Egypt From
Augustus to
Diocletian.
New York 1969 (Reprint of 1938 edition).
An early
work
on the complicated issues relating to taxes in
Egypt. Some of the
information is dated, but it must be a starting point for taxation. Some
taxes were collected in
money, but the vast majority were collected in kind.
53. Mathiesen, H. E.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Århus University,
Denmark. Munskgaard - Copenhagen, 1986.
An expensive
catalog
to purchase with very few Alexandrian coins. There is a reason it is
buried deep in my book chest as it is of little importance. Save your
money.
54.
American Numismatic Society.
This is not a book, but it is a database of coins in the
ANS collection. A database
search
is located online, with a few coins pictured. If you want any of the
images, then you will have to purchase them, even the ones pictured-- a
shame. The Alexandrian
collection is over 10,000 coins. A huge important
collection was purchased in 1944, and later in 1973. It's as important as the Ashmolean
collection. The database does have errors. You have to watch the bronze
denominations in general.
55. Royal
Ontario Museum (Toronto, Ontario,
Canada).
Like the
ANS collection it is also unpublished, but there is a database (not online) in which all the coins are catalogued and attributed to
Milne. The
collection contains the largest Alexandrian
collection, but as the
coin hoards were previously picked over by
Dattari and
Milne, it has only a few unpublished coins. A list of the unlisted (in
Milne) coins can be obtained from ROM. It
still is useful for research, however. I visited the museum a few times, but never thought to see the coin
collection.
56.
Dattari, Giovanni "Appunti di Numismatica Alessandrina." Revista Italiana di Numismatica e Scienze Affini.
xiii (1900) 267-285, 375-393.
xiv (1901) 157-183, 263-275, 361-382.
xv (1902) 19-39, 291-317, 407-438.
xvi (1903) 11-35, 263-327.
xvii (1904) 465-475
These articles contain a wide range of information on Alexandrian coins, based mainly on Dattari's incredible
collection. Unfortunately, while there is useful information, many of Dattari's ideas were incorrect. Some interesting coins from
his collection are pictured.
.
*** Digital file free at the
Digital Library Numis ***
***There is a missing 1903
part above which has to obtained from the original journal-- available on-line.***
57.
Eckhel, Joseph H. Doctrina numorum veterum conscripta. Pars I,
vol. IV. Vindobona 1794
The Alexandrian section is on pages 26-115. An early
work, written in Latin, which was very important in its day, but seldom used today by anyone. It is not a
catalog, but more of an overview of the
reverse types and
obverse and
reverse inscriptions found on the coins. The
nome section yields more useful information.
Vogt provides more up to date material in all areas, but lacks discussion of the
nome coinage..
Forum has a link to the free e-version.
58.
Jessop,
Martin and Trell, Bluma L. Coins and Their Cities.
Architecture on the
Ancient Coins of
Greece,
Rome and
Palestine,
London 1977.
This is beautiful book covering the architectural structures found on
ancient coins. The Alexandrian section has only three short chapters on the pharos, the nilometer and the Serapeum.
***I
just added my Serapeum coin ***
59. Maresch, Klaus
Nomisma und Nomismatia. Beiträge zur Geldgeschichte Ägyptens im 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Germany 1993
A companion book to
his
Bronze und Silber, discussing many of the same aspects, but focused on
the period when
Egypt struck the regular roman issues with Latin
inscriptions.
60.
SNG British- I-
part 2: Newnham
Davis CollectionOnly 11 coins, but who can fault a
collection that has an Antinoos (catalogued as
Hadrian!),
Gordian I,
Zenobia and a
rare reverse coin of
Volusian.
61.
SNG British- VI-
part 2:
Lewis collectionA
collection of 80 coins, many coins with the reverses of Sarapis and
Isis. Has the
rare Claudius I billon drachm (Sarapis
bust r., of course). There is also a
rare year 9 (L theta) issue of
Gallienus. Overall fairly nice coins, but none are unpublished.
62.
SNG British-
VII: Manchester University Museum
It has only 3 coins of no importance.
63.
SNG British- XIII: Newcastle Antiquaries Society.
The largest Alexandrian
collection , consisting of only 115 coins. There are a few interesting issues of
Hadrian, one
Zenobia (who doesn't have one?), but most are what one would expect in a regular
collection. There are a few errors in the inscriptions and a definite problem separating the
Caesar from the
Augustus issues. Coin 937 is
Philip II not I, and 940 (
Gallienus with
Elpis l.) is definitely not from year 3 (more likely a L theta issue, but possibly of year 10).
64. El-Nassery, S. A. A. and Wagner, Guy. A New
Hoard from
Karanis (IIIrd c. A.D.) Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. 75 (1975), pp. 183-202 + 9 plates.
This article attempts to
catalogue an Alexandrian
hoard of 1500 tetradrachms found in
Karanis,
Egypt.. The coins are from the reign of
Claudius II (270 A.D.) up to 295 A.D. Only some of the high-grade common issues are pictured.
It
is amazing that this article was ever published as it has so many
errors that make it completely useless for any research. The
catalogue
needs to be completely redone to be of any benefit. The article can be
downloaded from the net, but why one would want to do so, I do not know.
65. Dutilh, E. D. J. — "Monnaies
des Nomes ou Anciennes Préfectures de l'Egypte du Médaillier du
Musée d'Antiquités de Ghizeh . Revista Italiana di Numismatica 7 (1894), p. 35-48, pl. 2-3
The
Ghizeh museum has 70 (plus 3 lead tokens). Three coins were added too
late to be catalogued. Dutilh provides a table with references to
Mionnet,
Feuardent and the
BMC. Remember that the
Dattari collection was published later in 1901. Twelve coins not found in the three
collections
are described and pictured. I have not worked through this reference to
determine which items are unpublished, but there are definitely some.
Another interesting item which can be downloaded at the
Digital Library Numis. It is listed incorrectly under the "Greek--Alexandria" section.
66. Ursula Kampmann/Thomas
Ganschow: Die Münzen der römischen Munzstätte
Alexandria (2008)
This
German catalog is primarily based on the
Dattari collection, although the
Köln collection as well as the
Roman Provincial Coinage (Parts 1 and 2) were also consulted. It has numerous photos taken from various
auction catalogs. Prices are given for two grades. The
nome section is listed at the end and is organized by
nome. It is also well illustrated. Its listings are by ruler, then regnal year, then by
denomination. The
reverse types are alphabetical in each group. Its
organization and unusual numbering system makes it a little more
difficult to locate a specific coin-- especially if the date is in
question, however, it is generally easier to locate a coin then in, for
example, the
Dattari collection. Since no coins are cited from Dattari/Savio, it appears that volume was not consulted. It's surprising that pictures of a few rulers are missing. It's an excellent book.
69. Zoëga, Georg: Numi Aegyptii Imperatorii Prostantes In Museo Borgiano Velitris (1787)
This is the earliest Alexandrian
catalog, listing the Borgiano museum
collection along with coins found in all the collections/books prior to 1787. It is written in Latin. In general, the
reverse directions are not given, even for the Borgiano specimens. It identifies the items held in each hand of the
reverse type described.
Mionnet obviously copied a lot of information from this book for
his books. When citing Zoëga,
Mionnet failed to look at the
engraved plates, which provide additional information, such as the direction of the
reverse type. For example, plate 14 shows a
drachm of
Commodus Caesar of year 19:
Helios standing right in
quadriga, holds whip and globe— not the
Geissen 2201 "
Helios in
quadriga left", which is likely
Selene or Eos holding torch?
It has an early bibliography of 50+ books that were consulted. It has 22
engraved plates of the coins in the Borgiano museum. Available at googlebooks as well as a print to order book by Kessingers (via Amazon).
Price is about $29. It is a very important book and worth purchasing.
70. Bibliothèque nationale de
France is available on line:
www.bnf.frThere are instructions on-line on how to
search for items, but here's some quick
help.
1. On
home page, go to the bottom of the page and click on the "C" to the right of Gallica.
2. Put: Alexandrie monnaie in the
search field along with the name of the ruler, in
French.
3. Select items to view and press Voir .. to see items.
4. I have
had
problems figuring out how to easily view the next 20 items, so I
just
back click to first 20 items list, deselect all items, then go to page
2, select next 20, etc.
5. Pictures can be downloaded. For some reason, I
had to later resave the jpeg/jpg in my photo editing program (as jpeg/jpg) in order to combine the two images.
The
French collection is listed in
Mionnet, along with other
collections. The errors in the
French collection have not all been
corrected, which is actually helpful in determining the
Mionnet specimen that is cited in the
French collection.
**Note that some coins are incorrectly placed under other rulers, so it is very easy to miss locating them.
*** Use these
search strings to locate the
nome coins:
Monnaie d'Égypte (nômes)
Monnaie d'Égypte (nôme)
The
Trajan nomes issues were not put in the
SNG France Trajan part.
It's an important
collection.
71. Angelo
Geissen and Manfred
Weber: Untersuchungen zu ägyptischen Nomenprägungen.
Zeitschriff für Papyrologie und Epigraphik.
Teil I: 144 (2003), p. 277-300
Teil II: 147 (2004), p. 259-280
Teil III: 149 (2004), p. 283-306
Teil IV: 151 (2005), p. 279-305
Teil V: 153 (2005), p. 291-316
Teil VI: 155 (2006), p. 271-300
Teil
VII: 157 (2006), p. 277-304
Teil
VIII: 158 (2007), p. 271-300
Teil IX: 160 (2007), p. 275-300
Teil X: 164 (2008), p. 277-305
Originally one could purchase the
complete PDF set of articles from the publishers. The articles have
just been published in book form at a
price of 124 Euros:
COINAGE DIE ALEXANDRINISCHEN GAUMÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT (2013).
This is the most important set of articles (and now book) covering the
Nome
coinage. It describes 460 coins and almost all of the coins are
pictured on its 30 plates. It has up-to-date research on the deities
worshiped in the individual
nomes which is used to identify the
reverse types.
All
nome collectors should have this book.