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Berlin, Beschr. II

Beschreibung der antiken Münzen (Königliche Museen zu Berlin), Band II

Description of the Ancient Coins (Royal Museums, Berlin), vol. II

Chronological coverage: c. 700 BC – 31 BC

Rights status: We believe this source work is public domain in the United States (published 1889). Rights may differ outside the United States. Rights & takedown

Historical Geography GreeceMacedoniaPaeonia
Chronological Coverage ArchaicClassicalHellenistic

The second Berlin catalogue covers mainland Greece and the islands, arranging royal, federal, and civic coinages geographically. Its specimen-level descriptions, weights, legends, types, and collection history help resolve old Berlin references and compare coins that may now have revised inventory records or attributions. The volume is especially useful for provenance research, for identifying early museum acquisitions, and for checking what evidence was available to late nineteenth-century scholars.

Because the catalogue predates later acquisitions, wartime losses, revised inventory systems, and modern die studies, verify every specimen, provenance, mint assignment, and legend against the current Berlin Münzkabinett database and recent regional literature.

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Alfred von Sallet et al. (1889) Description of the Ancient Coins (Royal Museums, Berlin), vol. II. Beschreibung der antiken Münzen (Königliche Museen zu Berlin), Band II. Numophylacium Graecum, https://numophylacium.com/works/berlin-beschreibung-2/

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  1. Description of the Ancient Coins (Royal Museums, Berlin), vol. I Vol. I · 1888
  2. Description of the Ancient Coins (Royal Museums, Berlin), vol. II Vol. II · 1889
  3. Description of the Ancient Coins (Royal Museums, Berlin), vol. III Vol. III · 1894

Public domain — published 1889.