Excerpt from The Dated Alexander Coinage of Sidon and Ake As a basis to this work, as many coins as possible have been brought together either in actual specimens or in casts and impressions. Each sepa rate variety has been given a number; 1 to 70 for Sidon, 1 to 51 for Ake. These varieties have been collected into groups or series according to cer tain characteristic features as presented by each series. These series follow each other chronologically as proved by actual dates or other signs found on the coins themselves. Each individual obverse die has been given a Roman lefler in the case of the staters, a Roman numeral in the case of the tetra drachms. The reverse dies of each variety (whether staters or tetradrachms) have been given Greek letters; each variety recommencing with a. This avoids long and complicated enumeration for the reverse dies, which out number the obverse dies about three to one. In only five cases, all duly noted, has a reverse die, used for one variety, been later altered to do duty for the succeeding variety. This very alteration, however, strictly speaking, makes a new die out of the old one. Following the Greek letter designating the reverse die comes the name of the museum or private collection where a coin having this particular die is preserved. Weights in grammes have been added when ascertained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This book, first published in 1991, is a full study of early Hellenistic coinage. It provides a history of the coinage of Alexander the Great and his successors in the Near and Middle East, and of the cities of Greece and Asia Minor. It is fully illustrated and provides a detailed and authoritative guide to the coinage of the period.