Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire: Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV. Part I

Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire, Part 1, Volumes 1 and 2 (Precious Metal and Bronze) by Catharine Lorber, is the massive, long-anticipated catalogue of coins struck by the first four Ptolemaic kings. It essentially rewrites the sections on these rulers in J. N. Svoronos' classic, but now much out of date, Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion (1904). The body of coinage catalogued by Svoronos is enlarged by more than 300 further emissions in precious metal and more than 180 emissions in bronze, recorded from subsequent scholarship, from hoards, from commercial sources, and from private collections, and constituting about a third of the total catalogue entries. Lorber's attributions, dates, and interpretations rest on numismatic research since Svoronos, or on the latest archaeological and hoard information. She also provides extensive historical and numismatic introductions that give the coins deeper context and meaning. The coinage of Ptolemies I through IV is supplemented by a few issues possibly attributable to Cleomenes of Naucratis, the predecessor of Ptolemy I in Egypt, as well as by coinages of Ptolemy Ceraunus, Magas, and Ptolemy of Telmessus, members of the Lagid dynasty ruling their own kingdoms outside of Egypt. Volume 1. Precious Metal Contents Preface Acknowledgements Guide for Users PTOLEMY I SOTER PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHUS PTOLEMY III EUERGETES PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR ADMINISTRATION OF ALEXANDER III (CLEOMENES OF NAUCRATIS OR PTOLEMY I) PTOLEMY I SOTER PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHUS PTOLEMY III EUERGETES PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR THIRD-CENTURY PROVINCIAL(?) TETRADRACHMS UNATTRIBUTABLE AS TO REIGN (PTOLEMY I–IV) LATE ADDITIONS TO THE CATALOGUES APPENDIX 1. PTOLEMAIC PRECIOUS METAL HOARDS APPENDIX 2. ADDITIONAL PROVENANCES OF PRECIOUS METAL COINS BIBLIOGRAPHY CONCORDANCE TO SVORONOS NUMBERS PART 1, VOLUME 1: PRECIOUS METAL COINAGE, PTOLEMY I–PTOLEMY IV INDEX 1. REMARKABLE TYPES IN GOLD AND SILVER INDEX 2. REMARKABLE DENOMINATIONS IN GOLD AND SILVER INDEX 3. REMARKABLE INSCRIPTIONS ON GOLD AND SILVER INDEX 4. CONTROLS ON GOLD AND SILVER IMAGE CREDITS Precious Metal Plates Volume 2. Bronze Contents Preface Acknowledgements Guide for Users TIME OF CLEOMENES OF NAUCRATIS AND/OR PTOLEMY AS SATRAP PTOLEMY I SOTER PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHUS PTOLEMY OF TELMESSUS PTOLEMY III EUERGETES PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR APPENDIX 1. PTOLEMAIC BRONZE HOARDS APPENDIX 2. ADDITIONAL BRONZE PROVENANCES BIBLIOGRAPHY CONCORDANCE TO SVORONOS NUMBERS PART 1, VOLUME 2: BRONZE COINAGE, PTOLEMY I–PTOLEMY IV INDEX 1: REMARKABLE TYPES IN BRONZE INDEX 2: REMARKABLE INSCRIPTIONS INDEX 3: CONTROLS IMAGE CREDITS Bronze Plates This 2-volume set definitively covers all known types of coinage from the reigns of Ptolemy I-IV, including history, typology, catalogue, and ample photographs of each coin type.