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Τα νομίσματα του κράτους των Πτολεμαίων, τ. Α

The Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Vol. I

Chronological coverage: c. 323 BC – 31 BC

Rights status: We believe this source work is public domain in the United States (published 1904, author d. 1922). Rights may differ outside the United States. Rights & takedown

Historical Geography AfricaCyrenaicaEgypt
Chronological Coverage Hellenistic
Subject Tags Royal CoinageDie Studies

Volume I is the principal text and catalogue of Svoronos’s Ptolemaic corpus, covering the royal series from Ptolemy I through Cleopatra VII. It organizes gold, silver, and bronze by ruler, denomination, mint, control marks, and type, and established the Svoronos numbers still routinely used in catalogues and sales. Researchers can use it to identify the historical attribution attached to a number, follow Svoronos’s mint and ruler arguments, and locate cited specimens and hoards. Use Volume II for the corresponding visual evidence.

Svoronos remains a numbering standard, not the final chronology. Check ruler and mint assignments, denominations, control systems, die links, and hoard dates against modern Ptolemaic corpora and recent archaeological evidence.

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Ioannis N. Svoronos (1904) The Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Vol. I. Τα νομίσματα του κράτους των Πτολεμαίων, τ. Α. Numophylacium Graecum, https://numophylacium.com/works/svoronos-ptolemaic-1/

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2 volumes in this series.

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  1. The Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Vol. I Vol. 1 · 1904
  2. The Coins of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Vol. II Vol. 2 · 1904

Public domain — published 1904, author d. 1922.