Greek Imperial Coins

By Ivan Varbanov.

Bourgas: Adicom, 2005-2007. In English. Three volumes. Hard cover+dust jackets, 29 cm, 472+472+552 pp., ill. Shipping weight 3250 gr.

VOL. I: Dacia, Moesia Superior, Moesia Inferior. Contains short descriptions of the obverse and reverse types of Greek imperial coins struck in the Balkan mints, followed by a detailed description of the Greek imperial coins struck in Dacia, Moesia Superior (Viminacium) and Moesia Inferior (Callatis, Dionysopolis, Istrus, Marcianopolis, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Odessus and Tomi). Over 5820 Greek imperial coins are described and 1720 black-and-white photographs presented. In the Appendix there is a detailed map of the cities on the Balkan Peninsula which issued Greek imperial coins, as well as an index of the emperors, their relatives, and the people depicted on the coins. The valuations given in this catalogue are with degree of rarity from R1 to R10.

VOL. II: Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia). Continues with the coinages of Abdera, Aenos, Anchialus, Apollonia Pontica, Augusta Trajana, Bizya, Byzantion, Deultum, Hadrianopolis, Maroneia, Mesembria, Nicopolis ad Nestum and Pautalia. More than 5250 Greek imperial coins are described and 1742 black and white photographs presented.

VOL. III: Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), Chersonesos Thraciae, Insula Thraciae, Macedonia: Perinthus, Philippopolis, Plotinopolis, Serdica, Topirus and Trajanopolis), Chersonesos Thraciae (Coela, Elaeos and Sestos), Insula Thraciae (Imbros, Samothrace and Thasos) and Macedonia (Macedonon koinon, Apollonia, Amphipolis, Cassandreia, Dium, Edessa, Pella, Philippi, Stobi and Thessalonica), 4837 Greek imperial coins.