A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boeotia, Euboea)
Chronological coverage: c. 480 BC – 31 BC
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This volume catalogues the British Museum’s holdings from Locris, Phocis, Boeotia, and Euboea. It concentrates on Federal and civic coinages of central Greece, including Boeotian shields, Euboean standards, and Delphic/Phocian issues; useful for local chronologies, magistrates, and comparison of closely related types. Entries normally record metal, denomination, weight, diameter, legends, types, rulers or magistrates, acquisition data, and cross-references, while the plates preserve the appearance of many frequently cited specimens. Researchers can use the volume to resolve abbreviated BMC citations, identify individual museum coins, recover old readings and provenances, and understand the evidence on which later classifications were built.
Because the museum collection, inventory records, and scholarship have changed substantially since publication, check catalogue numbers, current attributions, dates, legends, and provenance against the British Museum Collection Online and the latest regional or dynastic corpus.
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Barclay V. Head (1884) A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boeotia, Euboea). Numophylacium Graecum, https://numophylacium.com/works/bmc-greek-08-central-greece/
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Public domain — published 1884.