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Roman coins

       At the moment we are working on the most comprehensive catalogue of Roman coins ever made. It will include all the published coins, described in the most authoritative world editions, as well as many unpublished monetary types found in our area.  The catalogue will consist of several tomes and will cover the period of the first monetary specimens from the Roman Republic to the period of emperor Anastasii I (495 A.D.).
       The coins of every emperor will be divided in three groups:gold, silver and coins of base metal. In each group the coins will be described by nominal in descending order. For example, for the early emperors the coins of base metal will be described in the following order:medallion, sestertius, dupondius, ass, semis, tremis.  In the period of late emperors, many varieties appear on the reverse of the coins and they are determined by the advent of an inscription in the exergue as a sign of the mint. Also,  symbols and letters appear on different parts on the field of the coin.  We created a new formula, by which the collector can easily determine every single variety of those types of coins and find out the degree of their rareness.
       The description of every coin in the catalogue includes: the year of minting, averse legend, averse coin type, mint, reverse legend, reverse coin type, source of information, degree of rareness and price.
      The degree of rareness just like in the “Greek Imperial Coins” varies from R1 to R10 and is compatible with the degree of rareness used in the biggest and authorative edition “Roman Imperial Coins”. Every coin type will be shown with picture.
        The first volume is due to be published in 2009.

Greek Imperial Coins vol. 4

    This is the hardest volume to publish, because of the specificity of the coin material – pseudo autonomous coinage of the Roman cities on the territory of the Balkans. Until now, we have gathered and continue to collect numismatic material for the preparation of this volume. We have collected thousands of coins accompanied with picture material, which will be edited and published with the help of Stavri Topalov, one of the best experts in the area of the Thracian and Greek coinage.

Topalov Stavri

     His new book “The coinage of the black sea city Apollonia Pontica. Contribution to the study of the city VI B.C.” will have been published by the end of 2007. It will consist of two parts: all in all 800 pages, 150 pages in English and catalogue of the types of coins as well as catalogue of the Roman coins.
 
      At the moment there are three books in print:”To the political history of the Odrisian kingdom from the end of VI to the middle of IV B.C.” Part one:” Contribution results of research of the coinage of the Odrisian kings and the cities of the south Thracian coasts. Part two:” Contributions to a research of the beginning of the early Odrisian kingdomand politics of the Odrisian kings for its converting in Thracian kingdom, uniting the nearest Thracian tribes. In  part one there are all of the Odrisian and tribal types of coins, their varieties of making, pre-minted and countermarked coins, as well as coins from the cities on the Thracian coasts, which are given images and additional symbols from the coinage of the Odrisian kings from the 800 pages.
      
      Due to publishing is also the book: “Contribution to research of the used and probably the used object-like shapes of the subject of exchange in the lands of ancient Thrace in the first millennium B.C. Cast coin-spears of Apollonia Pontica VII- V B.C.”

Jekov Gospodin, Hristova Nina

        After the successful editions of  coin corpuses of Marcianopolis and Serdica, at the moment the authors are working on their new project – The coinage in Moesia Inferior I - III A.D. Nicopolis Ad Istrum. It will include the coinage of Greek imperial coins of the town, minted probably the most abundant coinage of Moesia Inferior.

The book is due to be published in 2008.

 

Avdev Stojan

          The author is working on the theme “Byzantium gold perperi – chronological classification and catalogue”. All the aspects of the perper’s coinage of the period 1092-1367 will be comprehensively described in the book. There will be also a list of more than 220 treasures with perperi. The volume will be about 250-300 pages, and the book will be ready in the middle of 2008.

 

 

Kojuharov Rosen

          The author is working on complementing and finishing his science labor “The pseudo-autonomous coinage of Nicopolis Ad Istrum”. This is the mint published the most pseudo-autonomous coinage types in Moesia Inferior. The book will probably be published in 2008.