Abbreviations

Descriptions

• o or obv = obverse
• r, rx, or rev = reverse
• l or lt = left
• r or rt = right
• dr = draped (wearing paludamentum or form of cloak)
• c or cuir = cuirassed (the chest armor)
• laur = laureate
• rad = radiate
• ex = exergue (the bottom field of the reverse usually shown by a line)
• g or gm = grams - mm = millimeters
• BCE = Before Common Era (BC)
• CE = Common Era (AD)
• AE or aes = bronze or a variation of a copper alloy

References

• BMC = British Museum Catalogue - 6 volumes
• C or Coh = Cohen - Descrption historique des Monnaies frappees sous l'Empire Romain. This is now online - see my links page.
• Lind = Ancient Greek Bronze Coins From the Lindgren Collection, H. C. Lindgren (3 volumes).
• RPC = Roman Provincial Coinage, A Burnett, M. Amandry and P.P. Ripoles. (3 Volumes - more on the way)
• GIC = Sear, David. Greek Coins and their Values
• SNG.ANS = Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Am Numis Society
• SNG.BMC = Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, British Museum
• SNG.Cop = Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Copenhagen (8 volumes)
• SNGvA = SNG von Aulock. Originally 18 volumes, reprinted in 1987 as 4 hardbound volumes. In German.