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Greek Civic Coinage of Asia Minor

A route through Recueil general, Imhoof-Blumer, BMC Ionia, BMC Mysia, and related catalogues for civic and provincial coinage from western and northern Asia Minor.

Use this path when a coin is from a city of Asia Minor and the citation points to Recueil general, Imhoof-Blumer, or a BMC regional volume. The Recueil general fascicles are the major starting point for Bithynia, Paphlagonia, Pontus, Galatia, Phrygia, and related Roman provincial civic series. They are especially useful for local eras, magistrates, city epithets, homonoia types, and legacy Recueil numbers.

Imhoof-Blumer’s Kleinasiatische Munzen is better when the question concerns rare specimens, corrected attributions, unusual legends, or private-collection material. The BMC volumes remain useful for older English catalogue numbers and for quick specimen-based checking by region.

Distinguish a recovered find from a reconstructed group

The Podalia hoard study brings together Lycian and Aspendian silver from a dispersed find. Consult the catalogue for types and denominations, but retain the authors’ distinction between recovered museum material and coins attributed to the find later. That distinction matters when a proposed date or circulation pattern depends on the group’s composition.

Luynes III provides a separate collection reference for Asia Minor and Phoenicia. Its record explains the two dates attached to the volume in the BnF catalogue, which helps reconcile inconsistent bibliographic citations.

Recommended Works

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    The Coin Hoard from Podalia Nekriman Olçay and Otto Mørkholm · 1971 · English · Research Article Olçay and Mørkholm catalogue Lycian and Aspendian silver associated with the find reported at Podalia in 1957. The study combines the recovered museum material with coins attributed to...
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    Luynes
    Catalogue of the Luynes Collection: Greek Coins, III. Asia Minor and Phoenicia Jean Babelon · 1930 · French · Collection Catalogue This volume describes the Luynes collection's Greek coins of Asia Minor and Phoenicia. It supplies a collection reference to compare with regional catalogues and later studies of... Luynes
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    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 1 cover
    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 1 W. H. Waddington, E. Babelon & T. Reinach · 1904 · French · Specialized Corpus The first fascicle begins the major corpus commonly cited as Rec. gén. with the civic and royal coinages of Bithynia, Paphlagonia, and Pontus. It organizes issues by city and ruler... 28 plates Rec. gén.
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    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 2 cover
    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 2 W. H. Waddington, E. Babelon & T. Reinach · 1908 · French · Specialized Corpus The second fascicle covers Galatian and Phrygian mints, with forty-one plates and detailed treatment of civic and Roman provincial coinage. It is particularly useful for local cult... 41 plates Rec. gén.
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    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 3 cover
    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 3 W. H. Waddington, E. Babelon & T. Reinach · 1910 · French · Specialized Corpus The third fascicle moves through central and southern Asia Minor, cataloguing dynastic, civic, and Roman provincial issues from Cappadocia to Pisidia. Its twenty-eight plates and detailed... 28 plates Rec. gén.
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    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 4 cover
    General Collection of Greek Coins of Asia Minor, vol. I, part 4 W. H. Waddington, E. Babelon & T. Reinach · 1912 · French · Specialized Corpus The fourth fascicle supplements and extends the corpus with Bithynian and Mysian material, including civic and Roman provincial issues illustrated on thirteen plates. Researchers can use... 13 plates Rec. gén.
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    Coins of Asia Minor, Volume I cover
    Coins of Asia Minor, Volume I Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer · 1901 · German · Specialized Corpus The first volume collects Imhoof-Blumer’s studies of civic and dynastic coinages in northwestern and western Asia Minor. Rather than a continuous museum catalogue, it concentrates on rare... 9 plates Imhoof, KM I
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    Coins of Asia Minor, Volume II cover
    Coins of Asia Minor, Volume II Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer · 1902 · German · Specialized Corpus The second volume continues Imhoof-Blumer’s close treatment of southern and southwestern Anatolian mints. It is especially useful for small civic bronzes, local dynasts, fragmentary... 11 plates Imhoof, KM II
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    A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Mysia cover
    A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Mysia Warwick Wroth · 1892 · English · Regional and Civic Catalogue This volume catalogues the British Museum’s holdings from Mysia. It concentrates on Mysian civic and royal issues, including Cyzicus, Pergamon, Lampsacus, and smaller mints; useful for... 34 plates BMC Mysia
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    A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Ionia cover
    A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Ionia Barclay V. Head · 1892 · English · Regional and Civic Catalogue This volume catalogues the British Museum’s holdings from Ionia. It concentrates on Archaic through Roman provincial coinages of Ionian cities, including electrum, silver standards, civic... 34 plates BMC Ionia