There are some scanned books online, Svoronos on Ed Waddel's site, and Cohen at i-Numis, but these are of limited use because they are not text searchable. Google Books is scanning and using Optical Character Recognition to have scanned books text-searchable: Cohen Mionnet
Historia Nummorum and our own Moushmov Translation have been completely converted to html.

List of Common References & Abbreviations used on WildWinds

General Acronyms
NISC Not In the Standard Catalogs
cf compare to; as this listing but should have its own listing; for example, cf a drachm type reference for a hemidrachm of the same design
ff find following; as this reference and those following it
v or var variation of minor difference from that in the reference; for example, a blundered legend
Roman References
AMNG Die Antike Munzen Nord-Griechenlands
(implicit) Babelon - Monnaies de la Republique Romaine in 2 volumes. 1885-86
BMC Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum - 6 volumes
... Vol 1Augustus to Vitellius<1923>
... Vol 2Vespasian to Domitian<1930>
... Vol 3Nerva to Hadrian<1936>
... Vol 4Antoninus Pius to Commodus<1940>
... Vol 5Pertinax to Elagabalus<1950>
... Vol 6Severus Alexander to Pupienus<1963>
Cohen Description Historique des Monnaies frappees sous L'Empire Romain, communement appelees Medailles Imperiales - 8 volumes. 1880-92
Online and searchable on Google Books
... Vol 1Pompey to Domitian - - Online at i-numis.com!1880
... Vol 2Nerva to Antoninus Pius - - Online at i-numis.com!1883
... Vol 3Marcus Aurelius to Clodius Albinus - - Online at i-numis.com!1883
... Vol 4Septimius Severus to Maximinus Thrax - - Online at i-numis.com!1884
... Vol 5Gordian I to Valerian II - - Online at i-numis.com!1885
... Vol 6Macrianus to Diocletian & Maximianus Herculeus - - Online at i-numis.com!1886
... Vol 7Carausius to Constantine & his sons - - Online at i-numis.com!1888
... Vol 8Nepotian to Romulus Augustus, plus tesserae & cotorniates - - Online at i-numis.com!1888
Harl Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, by Michael Harlan. 1995
Hendin Guide to Biblical Coins, by David Hendin. 1996
Hunter Coins in the Hunter Cabinet, Glasgow
K”ln Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermnzen, K”ln (Cologne), in 5 volumes by A. Geissen. 1974-83
Lindgren ANCIENT BRONZE COINS OF ASIA MINOR AND THE LEVANT FROM THE LINDGREN COLLECTION by Henry Lindgren & Frank Kovacs 1985
LRBC Late Roman Bronze Coinage by R.A. Carson. 1990
Mesh Ancient Jewish Coinage by Y. Meshorer, 2 volumes 1992
Milne A Catalog of Alexandrian Coinage in the Ashmolean Museum, by J. G. Milne. 1933
Moushmov Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula, by Nikola Moushmov (in Bulgarian). Click here for a detailed description. 1912
Price The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philipp Arridaeus by M.J.Price (2 volumes) 1991
RIC The Roman Imperial Coinage, in 10 Volumes, by Mattingly, Harold, Sydenham, et al
... Vol 1Augustus to Vitellius<1984>
... Vol 2Vespasian to Hadrian <1926>
... Vol 3Antoninus Pius to Commodus<1930>
... Vol 4Pertinax to Uranius Antoninus <1936>
... Vol 5[Originally 2 parts] Valerian to Ammandus1927&32
... Vol 6Diocletian's Reform to Death of Maximinus, by Sutherland and Carson<1967>
... Vol 7Constantine and Licinius, by Sutherland and Carson<1966>
... Vol 8Family of Constantine, by Kent<1981>
... Vol 9Valentinian to Theodosius I<1951>
... Vol 10Divided Empire and Fall of the Western Parts<199_>
RPC Roman Provincial Coinage
... Vol IJulio-Claudian Period1992
... Vol IIThe Flavians1999
... Vol IIINerva-Hadrian-unpublished-
... Vol IVThe Antonines - Online, hosted at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford2006
... Vol V-X-unpublished-
Cr The Roman Republican Coinage, in 2 volumes, by Michael Crawford. (Also called "Craw" or "Crawford".) 1974
RSC Roman Silver Coinage, in 5 Volumes, by H.A. Seaby. (Also called "Seaby")
... Vol 1 Republic through Augustus<1978>
... Vol 2 Tiberius to Commodus<1979>
... Vol 3 Pertinax to Balbinus and Pupienus<1982>
... Vol 4 Gordian III to Postumus<1982>
... Vol 5 Carausius to Romulus Augustus, by C.E.King and David Sear <1987>
S Roman Coins and Their Values, by David R. Sear. (Also called "RCV")
..........4th edition1984
..........5th edition, Vol 1 Republic through the Flavians2000
..........5th edition, Vol 2 Nerva through ?2001?
SB Byzantine Coins & Their Values, by David R. Sear. <1987>
SGI Greek Imperial Coins & Their Values, by David R. Sear. 1982
Syd The Coinage of the Roman Republic, by E.A.Sydenham. 1952
Wruck W. Wruck, Die Syrische Provinzialpragung von Augustus bis Traian 1931
VanMeter A Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins, by David VanMeter. (Also called "VM") 1991
VecchiThurlow and Vecchi, Italian Cast Coinage
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Greek References
BopBopearachchi
CekaCeka, H., Questions de numismatique illyrienne. State University, Tirana1972
HNBarklay Head, Historia Numorum Online at snible.org!1911
Jenkins
MayJ.M.F.May, The Coinage of Demastion and the Lesser Coinages of the Illyro-Paeonian Region1939
MionettDescription de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines, avec leur degré de rarite et leur estimation, By Teéodore Edme Mionnet online at Google Books1830
MIG Mitchiner, Michael B. INDO-GREEK AND INDO-SCYTDIAN COINAGE. 9 volumes. 1975-76
MuellerL. Mueller, Die Muenzen des Thracischen Koenigs Lysimachus, Copenhagen1858
RavelOscar Ravel, Les Poulains de Corinthe
PegasiCalciati, Pegasi (two volumes?)
Rec.Gen.Recueil General des Monnaies Greques d'Asie Mineure,commence par William Henry Waddington, Continue et Complete, par Ernest Babelon et Theodore Reinach.
SG Greek Coins & Their Values, in 2 Volumes, by David R. Sear.
... Vol 1Europe1978
... Vol 2Asia and Afria 1979
SNGANSSylloge Nummorum Graecorum American Numismatic Society
SNGCop Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Danish National Museum, Copenhagen 1942-61
... Vol 1 - Italy - Sicily1981
... Vol 2 - Thrace & Macedonia1982
... Vol 3 - Greece: Thessaly to Aegean Islands1982
... Vol 4 - Bosporus to Lesbos1982
... Vol 5 - Ionia, Caria and Lydia1982
... Vol 6 - Phrygia to Cilicia1982
... Vol 7 - Cyprus to India1982
... Vol 8 - Egypt, North Africa, Spain and Gaul19__
SNGFitzSylloge Nummorum Graecorum the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University
SNGHelSylloge Nummorum Graecorum Helsinki (aka SNG Keckman?)
SNGIsSylloge Nummorum Graecorum Israel, also known as Spaer
SNGvASNG von Aulock. Originally 18 volumes, reprinted in 1987 as 4 hardbound volumes. In German.
Volume I Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Mysia, Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos, Ionia
Volume II Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia
Volume III Pisidia, Lycaonia, Cilicia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Cyprus, Imperial Cistophoris, Postumus Lysimachus and Alexander Tetradrachms
Volume IVSupplement
SvoronosJ.N.Svoronos. Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion (Ptolemaic Coinage) -- Online at www.coin.com!1908
ThompsonM. Thompson, "The Mints of Lysimachus", Essays in Greek Coinage presented to Stanley Robinson, Oxford 1968
Vlasto
WacksMel Wacks' Handbook of Biblical Numismatics Online at the ANS2001

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