A Survey of Ancient Coins

וּבָנוּ מִמְּךָ חָרְבוֹת עוֹלָם, מוֹסְדֵי דוֹר-וָדוֹר תְּקוֹמֵם
--Isaiah 58:12

أهلا وسهلا, Bienvenue, Willkommen,καλώς ορίσατε, Benvenuto,Bem-vindo,Bienvenido,Vítejte, hoşgeldiniz, ברוך הבא ,欢迎 , Witamy....WELCOME!


If you are looking for something specific and cannot locate it directly via Google or other engines, please use the search box below. For example if you are seeking a coin of Maximian or Antiochus XI, just input the search term and you will be provided with the results herein.


New coins are added frequently and therefore, if you do not find something you are seeking for reference, you may do so later. So visit often.

If you have specific questions, etc., please do not hesitate to contact me at yofijr@hotmail.com

Further, if you are interested in the sources list for the information provided in this blog, please go to the search box and input skelter which should take you directly to the "Introduction and Sources" page. Also, if you are interested in seeing a listing of the Institutional Visitors to this site, please go to the end of the Intro and Sources page.

Sir Hermann Weber (1823-1918)
Gen'l Wm Yorke Moore (1806-1890)
Roberto Allatini (c.1856-1927)
Christopher Morcom
BCD
Edoardo Levante (1932-2007)
Prof. A. Rhousopoulos (1823-1898)
W. P. Wallace (1907-1965)
Garth Drewry
Henry C. Lindgren (1914-2005)
William C. Boyd (1840-1906)
BMFA
Dr. A. Shurtleff (1826-1901)
M.P. Vlasto (1874-1936)
Arthur A. Houghton, III
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) & Descendants
J.C. Lavender
Abraham Bromberg (1914-1998)
Giovanni Dattari (1853-1923)
Virgil M. Brand (1862-1926)
William F. Spengler (1923-2005)
Fr. Wilbur B. Dexter (1919-2005)
William Theobald (1829-1908)
D. Alighieri
J.S. Vogelaar (1949-2010)

ANCIENT HOARDS:

Asyut (Egypt) 1969 IGCH 1644
N. of Larissa (Greece) 1985 CHVIII 517
Near Itea (Greece) 1983? CHVIII 254
Braithwell (UK) 2002 PAS 2002 T221
Euboia c. 1952 (Greece) IGCH 164
Talanta 1948 (Greece) IGCH 132
Patras 1850 (Greece) IGCH 186
Beit Mirsim 1973/4 (Israel)
Tarsus(?) 1997 (Turkey?) CH X 338
Salbris 1902 (France) reported NC (1903) p. 10 by Boyd
Cambridge 1897 (UK) Robertson #447
Killingholme 1993 (UK)
Susiana 1965? (Iran) IGCH 1806
Unpublished Hoard 1990 (E. Anatolia, E. Syria or N. Mesopotamia) cf. Lorber/Houghton NC 166 (2006) CH X 339
New Athenian "Owl" & Bullion Hoard from the Near East (reported AJN 16-17; 2004-2005) CH X 253
Blackmoor (UK, 1873) Robertson #914 (cf. NC 1877, p. 90ff)
Commerce ("Pamphylia or Cilicia" Hoard), 2000 CH X 292
Tartous (Syria) 1987 CH VIII, 471; CH X, 322
North Suffolk Hoard (UK), 2009 PAS SF-413CE5

MEDIEVAL HOARDS:
Steppingley Church Hoard (c.1270) Thompson #342 (1912)
Llanddona Hoard (c. 1330) BNJ 72, pp169-171, 2002 (1999-2006)
Reigate Hoard (c. 1455) found 1990