The Numismatic Chronicle 1881

Name: The Numismatic Chronicle 1881
Author: Royal Numismatic Society

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The Numismatic Chronicle 1881

Royal Numismatic Society · 1881 · English · Journal / Serial Publication · Numismatic Chronicle 1881

Chronological coverage: c. 700 BC – AD 297

Rights status: We believe this source work is public domain in the United States (published 1881). Rights may differ outside the United States. Rights & takedown

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The Numismatic Chronicle 1881 is the annual London volume cited as NC 1881. This volume belongs to the professionalizing phase associated with major British Museum catalogues and increasingly detailed regional, dynastic, and iconographic studies. Its Greek material may include substantial catalogues or plate-supported articles alongside shorter notes, acquisitions, hoards, reviews, and proceedings. The plates and specimen descriptions are especially useful for matching coins to old collection names, sale records, or museum acquisitions and for recovering details lost in later summary citations. For a useful citation, record the article author, title, page range, and plate rather than citing only the year.

Because the volume predates modern excavation standards, comprehensive die databases, and many subsequent hoard publications, verify dates, mint and ruler assignments, readings, and reported provenances against current corpora and the present location of cited specimens.