Pfeiffer, H.-J. Die römischen Münzen aus Markianopolis: Sammlung H.-J. Pfeiffer. (Kaarst, 2013).
In German, self-published.
Review of the first edition
Curtis Clay wrote about the first edition of Pfeiffer's catalogue on the Classical Numismatics Discussion in 2011:
This catalogue will certainly be of interest to any specialized collector or student of the coinage of Marcianopolis.
With
827 coins, 45 of which are die-identical duplicates, Pfeiffer's
catalogue illustrates the wealth of material from this mint that has
become available on the international numismatic market since the fall
of the Iron Curtain in 1989. Compare the relatively paltry holdings of
museum collections that were formed before that date: 215 Marcianopolis
in SNG Budapest, 123 in SNG Munich, 91 in BMC, 57 in SNG Copenhagen.
After
a brief introduction (pp. 9-14), the bulk of the catalogue is devoted
to the presentation of the collection, with color photographs of each
coin in natural size followed by description and references directly
below each photo, each page generally showing between four and six
coins. The descriptions are detailed, indicating for example
punctuation, legend breaks, and ligatures (ligate letters in reduced
size); diameter, weight, and die axis; references, above all to AMNG,
Varbanov, and Hristova-Jekov; and observed die links to the referenced
coins or to other coins in the collection. The average quality of the
coins is approximately VF: only a few are EF but, on the other hand,
there are almost none that are less than a clear Fine.
Here are a few of the more interesting coins or observations that I have noted so far in the catalogue:
40.
Septimius Severus, Standing emperor. Pfeiffer comments that the emperor
on the rev. is unbearded, so must represent Caracalla or Geta, probably
the latter who had just been made Augustus.
83. Domna, 19 mm, rev. Victory in biga, not in AMNG or HJ, Varb. 882 has description only, no photo.
197.
Caracalla and Domna, exceptional obv. die with Caracalla on the r. and
Domna on the left, rather than vice versa as usual, and both portraits
larger and finer than usual.
299. Macrinus and Diadumenian,
Victory in biga left, two captives seated below the horses. Ex Gorny
& Mosch 134, 2004, 1786 = Varbanov 1246, apparently unique.
503-7
and 815. Six coins with the rare portrait combination, Elagabalus and
Julia Soaemias, from four different obv. dies and with six rev. types.
AMNG 979-81 knew only four coins of Elagabalus and Soaemias in all the
world's collections, from two obv. dies and with three rev. types!
2nd edition update
The second edition of 2013
republishes all of the coins from the first edition and adds quite a few
new acquisitions. It has become the first book I reach for to look up a
coin of Marcianopolis, because while not attempting to be a complete
catalogue of the mint's production like AMNG and Varbanov, it does
include most of the known types; because it is much more accurate than
the sloppy and often erroneous Varbanov; and because every coin
described is also illustrated, compared to the much lower percentage of
illustrations in Varbanov, and almost none in the otherwise admirable
AMNG.