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iwaniw:
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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 Contains many unpublished coins which are summarized on page 441.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 Has a few unpublished coins.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?

***PDF version available at Digital Library Numis***
There are still a few more collections to go.

iwaniw:
Just a couple I'm listing today

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.

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Some more later.

Iwaniw

David Atherton:
Thank you very much Iwaniw for posting the references.

In light of the continuing bibliography that is being posted here, is it possible for a moderator to pin this thread? I think it will be quite useful.

iwaniw:
Just a few of the rarer ones.

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. Good book for Forum to sell.
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***Forum now sells this book***

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.

Don't just let me add additional citations-- add some too.

Iwaniw

iwaniw:
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.

Iwaniw

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