A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Parthia
Chronological coverage: c. 480 BC – 31 BC
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This volume catalogues the British Museum’s holdings from Parthia. It concentrates on Arsacid royal coinage organized by attributed ruler, mint, and type; useful for older king-number systems, tiara and portrait typology, Greek legends, dates, and specimen provenances. 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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Warwick Wroth (1903) A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Parthia. Numophylacium Graecum, https://numophylacium.com/works/bmc-greek-23-parthia/
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- A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria Vol. 20 · 1899
- A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Lycaonia, Isauria, and Cilicia Vol. 21 · 1900
- A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Lydia Vol. 22 · 1901
- A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Parthia Vol. 23 · 1903
- A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Cyprus Vol. 24 · 1904
- A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phrygia Vol. 25 · 1906
- A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phoenicia Vol. 26 · 1910
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