FORUM LINKSMany of these works (and many, many more) are now available here at FORVM's
Library of Ancient Coinage. All the books in the
FORVM library can be found using the link below. They are separated into nine categories. You can click on the category links below to go to the listing of books. From there, just right click on any file and click "save as" to save the PDF files to your computer.
LIBRARY OF ANCIENT COINAGEThis is a
work in progress, but the books can now be downloaded straight from
FORVM. Specific to this topic, the Greek coin reference books available for download are as follows:
Ancient Coins of Cities and Princes - Smith.pdf
Ancient Coins of Greek Cities and Kings - Millingen.pdf
Ancient
Greek Coins Vol 1 - Benson.pdf
Ancient
Greek Coins Vol 2 - Benson.pdf
Ancient
Greek Coins Vol 3 - Benson.pdf
Catalog of Coins of the Achaean League -
Clerk.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Sicily.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Alexandria and the
Nomes .pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Attica Megaris Aegina.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Caria Cos Rhodes etc.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum - Central
Greece.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Corinth and Colonies.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Crete and the Aegean Islands.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Galatia,
Cappadocia, and
Syria.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Ionia.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Lycia Pamphylia Pisidia.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Macedonia.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Peloponnesus.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Phrygia.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum - Tauric Chersonese
Sarmatia Dacia Moesia Thrace.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum - The Ptolemies.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum - The
Seleucid kings of
Syria.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Thessaly to
Aetolia.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Troas Aeolis and
Lesbos.pdf
Catalog of
Greek Coins in the British Museum -
Italy.pdf
Chronological Sequence of the Coins of
Boeotia -
Head.pdf
Chronological Sequence of the Coins of
Ephesus -
Head.pdf
Coins of Ancient
Lycia -
Fellows.pdf
Coins of Ancient
Sicily -
Hill.pdf
Coins of
Magna Graecia. Greek Colonies of Southern
Italy -
Hands.pdf
Common
Greek coins.
Vol 1 -
Hands.pdf
Cretan coins -
Wroth.pdf
Earliest Coins of
Greece -
Gardner.pdf
Early
Seleucid portraits I -
MacDonald.pdf
Early
Seleucid portraits II -
MacDonald.pdf
Essay on Greek Federal Coinage -
Warren.pdf
First
Seleucid Coinage of Tyre -
Newell.pdf
Greek Coins and their Parent Cities.pdf
Historia Numorum A Manual of Greek
Numismatics.pdf
Historic notices of towns in
Greece, and in other countries, that have struck coins (1826).pdf
Historical
Greek Coins -
Hill.pdf
Italo
Greek Coins of Southern
Italy -
Hands.pdf
Montagu Collection of Coins - Greek Series I.pdf
Montagu Collection of Coins - Greek Series II.pdf
Numismata Graeca Greek Coin
Type Part 1 -
Anson.pdf
Numismata Graeca Greek Coin
Type Part 2 -
Anson.pdf
Numismata Graeca Greek Coin
Type Part 3 -
Anson.pdf
Numismata Graeca Greek Coin
Type Part 4 -
Anson.pdf
Numismata Graeca Greek Coin
Type Part 5 -
Anson.pdf
Numismata Graeca Greek Coin
Type Part 6 -
Anson.pdf
Numismata Hellenica - A
Catalogue of
Greek Coins.pdf
Samos and Samian Coins -
Gardner.pdf
Sylloge_of_Ancient_Unedited_Coins_of_Greek_Cities_and Kings.pdf
The Coins of Elis -
Gardner.pdf
Types of
Greek Coins -
Gardner.pdf
Weber Collection of
Greek Coins -
Vol I.pdf
FORUM Numiswiki LinksImperial Persian Great King SigloiHow to Read Greek Letter Dates and Officina NumbersFORVM's Seleucid Serrate Bronze Quick Attribution ToolLinks:Asia Minor Coins - An online index of ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor
Coins of the BosporusCoin Archives - A searchable site that catalogues coins sold in sales or auctions.
Type in a description or
legend and you'll see possible matches along with descriptions and sale prices.
ISEGRIM - database for
Ancient coins of
Asia Minor.
Parthian Coins - Site with general information about
Parthian coins and
attribution resources/charts
The PtolemAE Project - Site run by
Forum member
Ptolemae. Great place to learn about and to attribute
Ptolemaic coinage.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum - Searchable database
WildWinds - General
attribution site searchable by Ruler, Geographic
area or keyword
British Museum Catalogues -
BMC Greek is a 29 volume publication of the Greek Coin
collection of the British Museum. The copyrights of most of the volumes have expired and they are now available on-line. Fantastic resource if you want to learn about coins from a specific
area or have a general idea of where a coin is from and want to confirm an
attribution.
Other online Books:Catalog of the Coins of the Achaean League by Malcolm George Clerk - One of the first catalogues of Achaean League hemidrachms. Includes a table of
monograms and several plates of coins. Superseded by Margaret Thompson's "
Agrinion Hoard." Benner's Coins of the Achaean League.
Catalogue of the Greek and Roman coins in the numismatic collection of Yale College (1880)Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia by HeadThe Coinage of Lydia and Persia by HeadCoins of ancient Sicily by Hill (1903)The Dated Alexander Coinage of Sidon and Ake by Edward NewellDescriptive catalogue of Greek coins Bement (American Numismatic Society) (1921)The Earliest Coins of Greece Proper by GardnerEckhel's 18th century Latin work, Doctrina Numorum Veterum. Vol. 1. Vol. 2. Vol. 3. Vol. 4.The First Seleucid Coinage of Tyre by Edward NewellGreek Coins and Their Parent Cities by Ward Hill (1902)A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins (1899)Historical Greek Coins by Sir George Francis Hill (1906)Italo-Greek Coins of Southern Italy by HandsMionnetGeographic IndexRulers IndexInscriptions IndexIndex rerum
The Montagu collection of coins 1896 : catalogue Sotheby & Co.Numismata Graeca: Greek coin-types, classified for immediate identification, Leo Anson, pub. ca. 1910:
Part I Industry [Vessels, Tools, Furniture] -- Introduction [word-search "Introduction"] Guide to Plates 153 Plates 159Part II War -- Guide to Plates 123 Plates 131Part III Agricultural [Botanical] -- Guide to Plates 163 Plates 171Part IV Religion -- Guide to Plates 111 Plates 118Part V Architecture / Naval and Marine -- Guide to Plates 157 Plates 167Part VI Science and the Arts -- Multilingual Numismatic Dictionary 119 Guide to Plates 149 Plates 155 General Guide-Index 203 The Octobols of Histiaea by Edward NewellThe Weber Collection of Greek CoinsWiczay's Greek coins catalogued by Sestini (Mihály Viczay, Lóosi és hédervári gróf):
Vol. IVol. IIVol. IIIMusei Hederuarii: in Hungaria numos antiquos graecos et latinos ..., Volume 1Other Lists with LinksEd Snible's Bibliography LinksFor those prepared to sign up to Academia.edu http://academia.edu/ there are many numismatic papers posted by their authors available for review and/or download at zero cost.
Including these recent gems:Mechanisms for the Imitation of Athenian Coinage: Dekeleia and Mercenaries Reconsidered by Peter G. van Alfen Commerce ("Seleucus I") Hoard 2005 (CH10.265) by Brad Nelson Commerce ("Archaeus") Hoard 2002 (CH 10.292) by A. Meadows and C LorberThe Gaziantep Hoard 1994(CH 9.257; 10.308) by A Meadows and A Houghton
Digital Library Numis Digital Library Numis - Greek Index PageWeights, Measure, DenominationsTulane UniversitySimplified table from Head's Principal Coins of the Ancients.CHART (Click and enlarge)