The Numismatic Chronicle 1884

Name: The Numismatic Chronicle 1884
Author: Royal Numismatic Society

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The Numismatic Chronicle 1884

Royal Numismatic Society · 1884 · English · Journal / Serial Publication · Numismatic Chronicle 1884

Chronological coverage: c. 700 BC – AD 297

Rights status: We believe this source work is public domain in the United States (published 1884). Rights may differ outside the United States. Rights & takedown

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The Numismatic Chronicle 1884 is the annual London volume cited as NC 1884. 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. Society proceedings and correspondence should not be skipped: they record exhibited coins, recent purchases, queries, donors, and informal observations that may supply provenance or a first notice. 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.