AJC: Ancient
Jewish Coins, by Ya'akov
Meshorer. Two volumes. 1982.
The two books of
AJC were predecessors of the single volume
TJC.
AJC to this day is often used as a reference for
Judaean coins.
BMC (=
BMC Palestine): British Museum
Catalog of
Greek Coins, vol. xxvii,
Palestine, by George F.
Hill. 1914.
The
BMC series was published in the early 1900s and it included the coins in the
collection of the British Museum. Although this book is quite old and much of the information is out of date, this book is
still occasionally cited as a reference for
Judaean coins.
Meshorer-Qedar (= CS): The Coinage of
Samaria in the Fourth Century BCE, by Ya'akov
Meshorer & Shraga Qedar. 1991.
This book was the first major publication of Samarian coinage. Many unlisted coins were found after the publication of this book, leading to the 1999 publication of "Samarian Coinage".
Gitler and Tal: The Coinage of Philistia of the 5th and 4th Centuries BC: A Study of the Earliest Coins of
Palestine, by Haim Gitler and Oren Tal.
This book is considered to be the definitive source for Philisto-Arabian coins.
Hendin (= GBC): Guide to
Biblical Coins, 5 editions, by David
Hendin.
Hendin's GBC books have long been used due to its straightforward numbering and descriptions. Although not as detailed as
TJC, the GBC series are very popular due to their simplicity and clarity.
HGC 10: Handbook of Coins of the Southern
Levant:
Phoenicia, Southern Koile
Syria (Including
Judaea), and
Arabia, Fifth to First Centuries BC, by Oliver Hoover.
INJ:
Israel Numismatic Journal.
This is one of the leading
Judaean and Southern-Levantine numismatic journals. This journal is run by the
INS.
INR:
Israel Numismatic Research.
This is one of the leading
Judaean and Southern-Levantine numismatic journals.
INS:
Israel Numismatic Society.
This is a leading society of coins of the southern
Levant. This society published the
INR annually.
Meshorer-Qedar (=
Meshorer & Qedar, SC): Samarian Coinage, by Ya'akov
Meshorer & Shraga Qedar. 1999.
This book was an updated version of the 1991 "Coinage of
Samaria". Although many more unlisted Samarian coins have been found to date, this book is considered the definitive book on the coins of
Samaria.
SNG ANS (=
SNG ANS 6):
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum,
Collection of the
American Numismatic Society, 6,
Palestine - South
Arabia, by Ya'akov
Meshorer.
The ANS ANS series published the coins of the
American Numismatic Society. Volume 6 was specifically focused on coins of
Judaea,
Nabataea and
Arabia. Although this book does not cover the entire series of coinage (as this is only a publication of a
collection), this book has many
rare and obscure coins that are hard to find elsewhere.
TJC (= Treasury): A Treasury of
Jewish Coins, by Ya'akov
Meshorer. 2001.
This book was and update of the two-volume
AJC. This book is often cited and this book, along with Hendin's GBC 5, is considered the definitive book on
Judaean coinage. This book is very detailed and has many variants of coins.
List of Common Judaean Coin Authorities and People Mentioned in the Bible Years in parentheses represent time in power.
I wrote the "
Judaean" section directly below. The rest of the information is from
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=79690.0.
Yehud (3rd and 4th centuries BCE)
Hasmonean Dynasty (135 BCE - 37 BCE)
Herodian Dynasty (40 BCE - 95 CE)
Prefects under
Augustus (6 CE - 12 CE)
Prefects under
Tiberius (15 CE - 36 CE)
Procurator under
Claudius (52 CE - 59 CE)
Procurator under
Nero (59 CE- 62 CE)
First Jewish Revolt (66 CE - 70 CE)
Bar Kochba Revolt (132 CE - 135 CE)
Macedonian and
Persian Rulers- Xerxes (486 BCE- 465 BCE)
- Artaxerxes (465 BCE-424 BCE)
- Darius (522 BCE–486 BCE)
- Cyrus (559 BCE – 530 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (336 BCE–323 BCE)
Ptolemaic Empire
Seleucid Empire
- Seleucus IV "Philopator" (187 BCE – 175 BCE)
- Antiochus IV "Epiphanes" (175 BCE – 164 BCE)
- Antiochus V "Eupator" (163 BCE–161 BCE)
- Demetrius I "Soter" (161 BCE–150 BCE)
- Alexander "Balas" (150 BCE–146 BCE)
- Demetrius II "Nicator" (145 BCE - 138 BCE)
- Antiochus VI "Dionysus" (148 BCE - 138 BCE)
- Diodotus Tryphon (142 BCE – 138 BCE)
- Antiochus VII "Sidetes" (Euergetes) (138 BCE - 129 BCE)
- Quirinius
NabataeaRoman Emperors
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