A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Alexandria and the Nomes
Chronological coverage: c. 480 BC – AD 297
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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 by emperor and regnal year; useful for dated Alexandrian types, nome iconography, denominations, and legacy BM catalogue numbers. 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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Reginald Stuart Poole (1892) A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Alexandria and the Nomes. Numophylacium Graecum, https://numophylacium.com/works/bmc-greek-15-alexandria/
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Public domain — published 1892.