1971-2026....
This is a helter-skelter survey of ancient coins in my personal collection that have been acquired casually and regularly since 1971. The commentary is my own or where necessary citations are provided giving credit to those respective sources of information.Where available, sources and other provenance information is provided as a record of the collection and the coins appearing therein.
To enlarge the photos of the individual coins, please click on them and you will be taken to a new screen. The smaller format photos of close ups and illustrations cannot be enlarged.
This site is dedicated to the memory of my father (z"l) who bought me my first ancient coin and many subsequent purchases in the days of my earliest interest. I will always cherish and miss his enthusiastic support of my interest in history, archaeology and science and how he shared his imaginings on the origin, history and disposition of these coins.
J. G.
ANS memberSOURCES: (items denoted with an * indicate books consulted from libraries and not part of the permanent collection)
Seaby, Roman Silver Coins IV Gordian III to Postumus, London, Seaby, 1982
Robertson etal, An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards, London, RNS, 2000
Baldwins, The William C. Boyd Collection Auction 42, London, September 2005
VanMeter, The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins, Laurion Press, 2000
Emmett, Alexandrian Coins, Clio's 2001
Meshorer, Matb'ot Aelia Kapitolinah, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1989
Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, 2001
Carson, Hill & Kent, Late Roman Bronze Coinage, Spink, London, 1978
Kent, Roman Imperial Coinage (multiple vols).
Hendin, Guide to Biblical Coinage (4th ed), Amphora, 2001
Hendin, Guide to Biblical Coinage (5th ed), Amphora, 2010
Vagi, The Coinage & History of the Roman Empire (2 vols), Coin World 1999
Hendin, Guide to Biblical Coinage (5th ed), Amphora, 2010
Vagi, The Coinage & History of the Roman Empire (2 vols), Coin World 1999
Sear, Greek Coins (2 vols), Seaby, London, 1979
Sear, Roman Coins & Their Values (5 vols.), Spink, London 2000-2014.
Sear, Greek Imperial Coins, Seaby, London, 1982
Sear, Byzantine Coins & Their Values, Seaby, London, 1974
Ding Fubao, Lidai... , Xinhua, Shanghai, 1997
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Part VI Palestine & South Arabia, ANS 1981
Schjöth, Chinese Currency, 1965
Hartill, D., Cast Chinese Coins, Trafford, Victoria BC, 2005
Hartill, D., Cast Chinese Coins, Trafford, Victoria BC, 2005
Album, Marsden's Numismata Orientalia Illustrata, Attic Bks, NY 1977
M. Bates, Islamic Coins, ANS Handbook 2, NY 1982
CNG, Triton IX Auction Catalogue, NY, January 2006
CNG, Triton XI Auction Catalogue, NY, January 2008
S. Eddy, The Minting of Antoniniani A.D. 238-249 and the Smyrna Hoard, ANS monograph #156
Thompson, M (et.al.), Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards, ANS, 1973.
Wallace, W. P., The Euboian League and its Coinage, ANS, NNM 134, 1956.
Coin Hoards I, RNS (London), 1975
Coin Hoards II, RNS (London), 1976
Coin Hoards III, RNS (London), 1977
Coin Hoards IV, RNS (London), 1978*
Coin Hoards V, RNS (London), 1979*
Coin Hoards VI, RNS (London), 1981*
Coin Hoards VII, RNS (London), 1985*
Wartenburg, U., et al., Coin Hoards VIII Greek Hoards, RNS (London), 1994
Meadows, A., et. al. Coin Hoards IX Greek Hoards, RNS (London), 2002
Hoover, O.D., Meadows, A., Wartenberg, U (eds.) Coin Hoards X Greek Hoards, NY
RNS/ANS, 2010
Lindgren, H. C., Lindgren III, Ancient Greek Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection, Quarryville, PA, Chrysopylon, 1993.
Hoover, O.D., Meadows, A., Wartenberg, U (eds.) Coin Hoards X Greek Hoards, NY
RNS/ANS, 2010
Lindgren, H. C., Lindgren III, Ancient Greek Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection, Quarryville, PA, Chrysopylon, 1993.
Mildenberg, L., The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, Aarau, Verlag Sauerländer, 1984 (Typos; Monographien zur antiken Numismatik, Band VI).
Simonetta, B., The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings, Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1977 (Typos II)
LHS 96 (8-9 May 2006), Coins of Peloponnesos; The BCD Collection, Zürich; LHS Numismatics Ltd., 2006.
Triton IX, The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia, Lancaster/London; CNG., 2006.
Houghton, A & Lorber, C., Seleucid Coins; A Comprehensive Catalogue, Part 1, NY; ANS & CNG, 2002
Houghton, A, Lorber, C., & Hoover, O. Seleucid Coins; A Comprehensive Catalogue, Part 2, NY; ANS & CNG, 2008
SNG Copenhagen; Vol. III Greece; Thessaly to Aegean Islands (reprint 1982)*
Grose, S.W., Fitzwilliam Museum; Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins, Vol. II; The Greek Mainland, The Aegean Islands, Crete (reprint 1979) *
Price, M & Waggoner, N. Archaic Greek Coinage; The Asyut Hoard, London; Vecchi, 1975.*
Forrer, L. The Weber Collection 3 vols, London, 1922-1929.
Ravel, O. E. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, Chicago, Obol 1977*
Houghton, A. Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, NY, ANS (Ancient Coins in North American Collections #4), 1983.
Hoover, O. Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, Part II, NY, ANS, (Ancient Coins in North American Collections #9), 2007.
Houghton, A.A. et Le Rider, G., Un Trésor de Monnaies Hellénistiques Trouvé Près de Suse. Revue Numismatique, 1966, pp. 111-127.
Newell, E.T. The Seleucid Mint of Antioch, Chicago, Obol International, 1978
Houghton, A. & Spaer, A. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Israel I, The Arnold Spaer Collection of Seleucid Coins, Jerusalem, 1998.
Levante, E, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Switzerland I; Levante-Cilicia, Credit Suisse, Berne, 1986.*
Newell, E.T. The Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints, ANS, NY, 1978.
Newell, E.T. The Coinage of the Western Seleucid Mints, ANS, NY, 1977.
Gardner, P., Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum; The Seleucid Kings of Syria, London, 1878
The Abraham Bromberg Collection of Jewish Coins, parts I & II (1991-1992), Catalogued by Paul Rynearson, Superior Galleries (Beverly Hills, CA)
Price, M.J., The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. London, 1991*
MacDonald, G. Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, University of Glasgow. Volume 3. Further Asia, Northern Africa, Western Europe. Elibron Reprint
Hoover, O.D., Handbook of Syrian Coins; The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Vol. 9, Lancaster/London, CNG 2009
Hoover, O.D., Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant; The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Vol. 10, Lancaster/London, CNG 2010
Balog, P, The Coinage of the Ayyubids, London, RNS 1980
Album, S, Checklist of Islamic Coins, Santa Rosa, Steven Album Rare Coins, 2011
American Journal of Numismatics (AJN)
Sellwood, D (etal), An Introduction to Sasanian Coins, London, Spink, 1985*
Göbl, R., Sasanian Numismatics, NY, Durst, 1990
Shore, F. B., Parthian Coins & History; Ten Dragons Against Rome, CNG 1993*
Sellwood, D., An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, 2nd Ed., London, Spink, 1980*
Meshorer, Y & Qedar, S., Samarian Coinage, Jerusalem, INS 1999
Milne, J. G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coinage, Oxford, Spink, 1971
Wilkes, T., Islamic Coins & their Values; Vol. I & II, London, Spink, 2015
Adolfo, Clemente y Juan Cayon, Las Monedas Españolas Vol 1 & 2, Madrid 2005
Leuchtturm, Catalogue Euro Coins & Banknotes 2018, Germany 2018
SNG Sweden 1:2, Sammlung Eric Von Post, Stockholm 1995
Metcalf, W.E., The Oxford Handbook of Greek & Roman Coinage, OUP 2012
Newell, E.T., The Seleucid Coinages of Tyre, a Supplement, ANS NNM 73, 1936
Newell, E.T., Royal Greek Portrait Coins, Racine, 1937
Rynearson, P., Collecting Ancient Greek Coins, Atlanta 2009
Ghey, E., Hoards; Hidden History, London, British Museum Press 2015
Hoover, O.D., Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant; The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Vol. 10, Lancaster/London, CNG 2010
Balog, P, The Coinage of the Ayyubids, London, RNS 1980
Album, S, Checklist of Islamic Coins, Santa Rosa, Steven Album Rare Coins, 2011
American Journal of Numismatics (AJN)
Sellwood, D (etal), An Introduction to Sasanian Coins, London, Spink, 1985*
Göbl, R., Sasanian Numismatics, NY, Durst, 1990
Shore, F. B., Parthian Coins & History; Ten Dragons Against Rome, CNG 1993*
Sellwood, D., An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, 2nd Ed., London, Spink, 1980*
Meshorer, Y & Qedar, S., Samarian Coinage, Jerusalem, INS 1999
Milne, J. G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coinage, Oxford, Spink, 1971
Wilkes, T., Islamic Coins & their Values; Vol. I & II, London, Spink, 2015
Adolfo, Clemente y Juan Cayon, Las Monedas Españolas Vol 1 & 2, Madrid 2005
Leuchtturm, Catalogue Euro Coins & Banknotes 2018, Germany 2018
SNG Sweden 1:2, Sammlung Eric Von Post, Stockholm 1995
Metcalf, W.E., The Oxford Handbook of Greek & Roman Coinage, OUP 2012
Newell, E.T., The Seleucid Coinages of Tyre, a Supplement, ANS NNM 73, 1936
Newell, E.T., Royal Greek Portrait Coins, Racine, 1937
Rynearson, P., Collecting Ancient Greek Coins, Atlanta 2009
Ghey, E., Hoards; Hidden History, London, British Museum Press 2015
Broome, M, A Handbook of Islamic Coins, London, Spink, reprint 2006
Curtis, J. W., The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago, Argonaut, 1969
Cloke, H.J. & Toone, L, The London Mint of Constantius & Constantine, London, Spink, 2015
Lowic, N.M., Bendall, S., Whitting, P.D., The Mardin Hoard; Islamic Countermarks on Byzantine Folles, London, A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1977
Hendin, D., Guide to Biblical Coins, Sixth Edition, NY, ANS 2021
Hendin, D., Guide to Biblical Coins, Sixth Edition, NY, ANS 2021
Cribb, J & Bracey, R, Kushan Coins & History (Vol. 1 & 2), London, The British Museum, 2025.
Ghey, E (ed.), Recent Discoveries of Tetrarchic Hoards from Roman Britain & their Wider Context, London, The British Museum, 2024.
Some Institutional Visitors:
Southern Illinois University (USA),
Universidad de Salamanca (Spain), Universitaet Bonn (Germany), University of Illinois at Chicago (USA), Univ. de Paris X Nanterre (France), Indiana University (IN/USA),
Gwangju University (Rep of Korea), Technikon Pretoria (South Africa), California State University, Chico (USA), University of Kent at Canterbury (UK), University of Presov (Slovakia), Universitatea Dunarea de jos Galati (Romania), Towson State University (MD/USA), Austin College (TX/USA), New York University (USA), Dokuz Eylul Universitesi (Turkey), Dicle Universitesi (Turkey), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany), Zrinyi Miklos Nemzetvedelmi Egyetem (Hungary), University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Iowa State University (USA), University of New England (Australia),
Universita' degli Studi Della Tuscia (Italy), University of Oran (Algeria), Houses of Parliament (UK), City Library St. Petersburg (Russia), Shippensburg University (PA/USA)
University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), Nankai University (PR China)
