Summary Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire, Part 1, Volumes 1 and 2 (Precious Metal and Bronze) by Catharine Lorber, is the massive, long-anticipated catalogue of coins struck by the first four Ptolemaic kings. It essentially rewrites the sections on these rulers in J. N. Svoronos' classic, but now much out of date,?Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion?(1904). The body of coinage catalogued by Svoronos is enlarged by more than 300 further emissions in precious metal and more than 180 emissions in bronze, recorded from subsequent scholarship, from hoards, from commercial sources, and from private collections, and constituting about a third of the total catalogue entries. Lorber's attributions, dates, and interpretations rest on numismatic research since Svoronos, or on the latest archaeological and hoard information. She also provides extensive historical and numismatic introductions that give the coins deeper context and meaning. The coinage of Ptolemies I through IV is supplemented by a few issues possibly attributable to Cleomenes of Naucratis, the predecessor of Ptolemy I in Egypt, as well as by coinages of Ptolemy Ceraunus, Magas, and Ptolemy of Telmessus, members of the Lagid dynasty ruling their own kingdoms outside of Egypt. TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 1: Precious Metal Preface Acknowledgements Guide for Users Maps Introduction Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Precious Metal Catalogue Cleomenes of Naucratis Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Third-Century Provincial(?) Tetradrachms Unattributable as to Reign (Ptolemy I-IV) Late Additions to the Catalogues Appendices Ptolemaic Precious Metal Hoards Additional Provenances of Precious Metal Coins Bibliography Concordance to Svoronos Indices Remarkable Types in Gold and Silver Remarkable Denominations in Gold and Silver Remarkable Inscriptions on Gold and Silver Controls on Precious Metal Coins Image Credits Plates Volume 2: Bronze Preface Acknowledgements Guide for Users Bronze Catalogue Cleomenes of Naucratis Ptolemy I Soter Macedonia under Ceraunus and Meleager Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy of Telmessus Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Appendices 1. Ptolemaic Bronze Hoards 2. Additional Bronze Provenances Bibliography Concordance to Svoronos Numbers Indices 1. Remarkable Types in Bronze 2. Remarkable Inscriptions 3. Controls Image Credits Plates