Use this path when a coin is cited by a Svoronos number, described as Ptolemaic royal coinage, or connected with Alexandria, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, or Egyptian hoards. The combined Svoronos entry is the quickest starting point, while the separate text and plate volumes are better when the exact number, plate, or visual comparison matters.
BMC Ptolemies helps translate older British Museum catalogue references into ruler, type, and specimen context. Newell’s Egyptian hoards are useful when the problem is chronology or circulation rather than a single catalogue number.
Recommended Works
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The Coinage of the Ptolemaic Kingdom Ioannis N. Svoronos · 1904 · Greek · Specialized Corpus This combined presentation brings together Svoronos’s monumental Ptolemaic corpus and sixty-seven detected plates. It covers gold, silver, and bronze from Ptolemy I through Cleopatra VII... 67 plates Svoronos - 2
The Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Vol. I Ioannis N. Svoronos · 1904 · Greek · Specialized Corpus Volume I is the principal text and catalogue of Svoronos’s Ptolemaic corpus, covering the royal series from Ptolemy I through Cleopatra VII. It organizes gold, silver, and bronze by... Svoronos Ptol. - 3
The Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Vol. II Ioannis N. Svoronos · 1904 · Greek · Specialized Corpus Volume II is primarily the plate volume illustrating the types catalogued in Volume I. It is indispensable for checking whether a coin truly matches a cited Svoronos number, comparing... - 4
A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt Reginald Stuart Poole · 1883 · English · Regional and Civic Catalogue This volume catalogues the British Museum’s holdings from Ptolemaic Egypt, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, and overseas possessions. It concentrates on Ptolemaic gold, silver, and bronze coinage... 21 plates BMC Ptolemies - 5
Two Recent Egyptian Hoards: Delta and Keneh Edward T. Newell · 1927 · English · Specialized Corpus Newell publishes two Egyptian hoards from the Delta and Keneh, using three plates, catalogues, die comparison, and coin composition to address Ptolemaic and Seleucid chronology and... 3 plates - 6
A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Alexandria and the Nomes Reginald Stuart Poole · 1892 · English · Regional and Civic Catalogue This volume catalogues the British Museum’s holdings from Alexandria and the Egyptian nomes. It concentrates on Roman provincial coinage of Alexandria and Egyptian nome issues, arranged... 31 plates BMC Alexandria