Abbreviations
This list contains a growing list of commonly abbreviations used in numismatic periodicals and catalogs:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U-Z |
| A&A | Antike und Abendland | |
| AA | Archäologischer Anzeiger | |
| AAA | Archaiologika analekta ex Athenon (Athens Annals of Archaeology) | |
| AAES | Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria | |
| AAS | Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes | |
| AASOR | Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research | |
| AbhBerl | Abhandlungen der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin | |
| AbhGott | Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen | |
| AbhHeid | Abhandlungen der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften | |
| AbhKM | Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes | |
| AbhLeip | Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philologisch-historische Klasse | |
| AbhMainz | Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz | |
| AbhMunch | Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, München, Philosophisch- historische Klasse. Abhandlungen | |
| ABV | J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-painters (Oxford 1956) | |
| ACGC | C.M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (London 1976) | |
| Acme | Acme: Annali della Facoltà di Filosofia e Lettere dell’Università statale di Milano | |
| ACNAC | Ancient Coins in North American Collections | |
| ACR | Australian Coin Review. Melbourne, Australia | |
| ActaAArtHist | Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia | |
| ActaArch | Acta archaeologica [Copenhagen] | |
| ActaArchHung | Acta archaeologica Academiae scientiarum Hungaricae | |
| ActaArchLov | Acta archaeologica Lovanensia | |
| ActaInstRomFin | Acta Instituti romani Finlandiae | |
| ActaLund | Acta Universitatis Lundensis | |
| ActaNum | Acta numismatica | |
| ActaOrHung | Acta orientalia Academiae scientiarum Hungaricae | |
| ADAJ | Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan | |
| AdI | Annali dell’Istituto di corrispondenza archeologica | |
| Aegaeum | Aegaeum: Annales d’archéologie égéenne de l’Université de Liège | |
| AgForsch | Ägyptologische Forschungen | |
| AEM | Archäologisch epigraphische Mitteilungen aus Österreich-Ungarn | |
| AEpigr | L’Année épigraphique | |
| AeR | Atene e Roma | |
| Aevum | Aevum. Rassegna di scienze storiche, linguistiche e filologiche | |
| AF | Archäologische Forschungen | |
| AfO | Archiv für Orientforschung | |
| Africa | Africa: Institut national d’Archéologie et d’Art [Tunis] | |
| AfrIt | Africa italiana | |
| AfrRom | L’Africa romana | |
| Agora | Athenian Agora (Princeton 1953– ) | |
| AgoraPicBk | Excavations of the Athenian Agora: Picture Book (Princeton 1958– ) | |
| AHHI | Alon Hahevra Hanumismatit Le’Israel | |
| AHR | American Historical Review | |
| AIABull | Bulletin of the Archaeological Institute of America | |
| AIANews | Newsletter of the Archaeological Institute of America | |
| AIIN | Annali dell’Istituto Italiano di Numismatica | |
| AION | Annali dell’Istituto universitario orientali di Napoli | |
| AJA | American Journal of Archaeology. The Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America | |
| AJAH | American Journal of Ancient History | |
| AJN | American Journal of Numismatics | |
| AJP | American Journal of Philology | |
| AJSL | American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures | |
| Akkadica | Akkadica. Périodique bimestriel de la Fondation assyriologique Georges Dossin | |
| Altertum | Das Altertum | |
| AltO | Der alte Orient | |
| AM | Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung | |
| AM-BH | Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung: Beiheft | |
| AmerAnt | American Antiquity | |
| AMIran | Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran | |
| AMNG | H. Gaebler, B. Pick e. a., Die antiken Münzen Nordgriechenlands I-III, 1989-1995 | |
| Ampurias | Ampurias. Revista de prehistoria, arqueología y etnología | |
| AmtlBer | Amtliche Berichte aus den königlichen Kunstsammlungen | |
| AMUGS | Antike Münzen und Geschnittene Steine. Berlin, Germany | |
| ANA | American Numismatic Association | |
| Anadolu | Anadolu. Revue annuelle des études d’archéologie et d’histoire en Turquie | |
| AnalBoll | Analecta Bollandiana | |
| AnalFran | Analecta Franciscana | |
| AnalOr | Analecta Orientalia | |
| AnalRom | Analecta Romana Instituti Danici | |
| Anatolia | Anatolia. Revue annuelle de l’Institut d’archéologie de l’Université d’Ankara | |
| Anatolica | Anatolica: Annuaire international pour les civilisations de l’Asie antérieure | |
| AnatSt | Anatolian Studies. Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology Ankara | |
| AncEg | Ancient Egypt | |
| AncW | The Ancient World | |
| ANJ | Australian Numismatic Journal. Numismatic Society of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia | |
| AnnAcFenn | Annales Academiae scientiarum Fennicae | |
| AnnArch | Annales archéologiques | |
| AnnArchBrux | AAnnales de la Société royale d’archéologie de Bruxelles | |
| AnnArchStorAnt | Annali del Seminario di studi del mondo classico: Sezione di archeologia e storia antica | |
| AnnBari | Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Bari | |
| AnnEconSocCiv | Annales. Économie, sociétés, civilisations | |
| AnnFaina | Annali della Fondazione per il Museo “Claudio Faina” | |
| AnnInst | Annales Institutorum | |
| AnnLiv | Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology [Liverpool] | |
| AnnLux | Annales de l’Institut archéologique du Luxembourg [Arlon] | |
| AnnNap | Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Napoli | |
| AnnParis | Annales de l’Université de Paris | |
| AnnPerugia | Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università degli studi di Perugia | |
| AnnPhilHist | Annuaire, Institut de philologie et d’histoire, Université libre, Bruxelles | |
| AnnPisa | Annali della Scuola normale superiore di Pisa | |
| AnnRepCypr | Annual Report of the Director of the Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus | |
| AnnTor | Annuario della Accademia delle scienze di Torino | |
| ANRW | H. Temporini, ed., Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (Berlin 1972-) | |
| ANS | American Numismatic Society | |
| ANSMN | American Numismatic Society Museum Notes | |
| ANSNNM | American Numismatic Society Numismatic Notes and Monographs | |
| ANSNS | American Numismatic Society Numismatic Studies | |
| Antaeus | Antaeus. Mitteilungen des Archäologischen Instituts der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften | |
| AntAfr | Antiquités africaines | |
| AntCl | L’Antiquité classique | |
| AntCr | Antichità cretesi | |
| AntDenk | Antike Denkmäler | |
| AntHung | Antiquitas Hungarica | |
| Antiquity | Antiquity. A Quarterly Review of Archaeology | |
| AntJ | The Antiquaries Journal. The Journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London | |
| AntK / AK | Antike Kunst | |
| AntK-BH | Antike Kunst. Beiheft | |
| AntP | Antike Plastik | |
| AntW | Antike Welt. Zeitschrift für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte | |
| AnzAW | Anzeiger für die Altertumswissenschaft | |
| AnzSchweiz | Anzeiger für schweizerische Altertumskunde | |
| AnzWein | Anzeiger. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Philologisch-historische Klasse | |
| AOAT | Alter Orient und Altes Testament | |
| APA | Acta Praehistorica et Archaeologica. Berlin, Germany | |
| Apulum | Apulum. Acta Musei Apulensis | |
| AquilNost | Aquileia nostra | |
| AR | Archaeological Reports (supplement to JHS) | |
| Archaeology | Archaeology. An Official Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America | |
| Archaeometry | Archaeometry. Bulletin of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University | |
| ArchAnthrop | Archiv für Anthropologie | |
| ArchCl | Archeologia classica | |
| ArchDelt | Arkaiologikon Deltion | |
| ArcheologiaPar | Archeologia. Trésors des âges [Paris] | |
| ArchaeologiaRom | Archeologia. Rivista bimestrale [Rome] | |
| ArchaeologiaWar | Archeologia. Rocznik Instytutu historii kultury materialnej Polskiej akademii nauk [Warsaw] | |
| ArchErt | Archaeologiai ertesítö | |
| ArchEsp | Archivo español de arte y arqueología | |
| ArchEspArq | Archivo español de arqueología | |
| ArchEspArt | Archivo español de arte | |
| ArchGeogr | Archaeologia geographica | |
| ArchHom | F. Matz and H.G. Buchholz, eds., Archaeologia Homerica (Göttingen 1967-) | |
| ArchInf | Archäologische Informationen. Mitteilungen zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Architectura | Architectura. Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Baukunst | |
| ArchIug | Archaeologia iugoslavica | |
| ArchJ | Archaeological Journal | |
| ArchKF | Archiv für Keilschriftforschung | |
| ArchKorrBl | Archaeologisches Korrespondenzblatt | |
| ArchMiss | Archives des Missions scientifiques et littéraires | |
| ArchNews | Archaeological News | |
| ArchOrient | Archiv orientální | |
| ArchPer | Archaeologia perusina | |
| ArchPF | Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete | |
| ArchPhilos | Archives de philosophie | |
| ArchRW | Archiv für Religionswissenschaft | |
| ArchSchw | Archäologie der Schweiz. Mitteilungsblatt der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte | |
| ArchStor | Archivio storico italiano | |
| ArchVen | Archeologia veneta | |
| ArhVest | Arheoloski vestnik | |
| ArqPort | O arqueólogo português | |
| ArtB | The Art Bulletin | |
| ArtJ | Art Journal | |
| ARV2 | J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, 2nd ed. (Oxford 1963) | |
| AS | Assyriological Studies | |
| ASAE | Annales du Service des antiquités de l’Égypte | |
| ASAtene | Annuario della Scuola archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni italiane in Oriente | |
| ASE | Archaeological Survey of Egypt | |
| ASR | C. Robert et al., Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs (Berlin 1890– ) | |
| Athenaeum | Athenaeum. Studi periodici di letteratura e storia dell’antichità, Università di Pavia | |
| Atiqot | Atiqot. Journal of the Israel Department of Antiquities | |
| AttiBol | Atti e memorie. Deputazione di storia patria per le province di Romagna (Bologna) | |
| AttiCAntCl | Atti. Centro ricerche e documentazione sull’antichità classica | |
| AttiCSDIR | Atti. Centro studi e documentazione sull’Italia romana | |
| AttiCStR | Atti del Congresso nazionale di studi romani | |
| AttiIstr | Atti e memorie della Società istriana di archeologia e storia patria | |
| AttiMGrecia | Atti e memorie della Società Magna Grecia | |
| AttiMod | Atti e memorie. Deputazione di storia patria per le antiche province modenesi | |
| AttiPal | Atti della Accademia di scienze, lettere e arti di Palermo | |
| AttiPontAcc | Atti della Pontificia Accademia romana di archeologia | |
| AttiTaranto | Atti del Convegno di studi sulla Magna Grecia, Taranto | |
| AttiTor | Atti della Accademia delle scienze di Torino | |
| AttiVen | Atti. Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti | |
| AuChr | Antike und Christentum | |
| AUF | Archiv für Urkundenforschung | |
| AusgrFu | Ausgrabungen und Funde. Nachrichtenblatt für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| AvP | Altertümer von Pergamon | |
| AZ | Archäologische Zeitung | |
| BA | Beiträge zur Assyriologie |
| BAAlg | Bulletin d’archéologie algérienne |
| BABesch | Bulletin antieke beschaving. Annual Papers on Classical Archaeology |
| BAC | Bulletin archéologique du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques |
| BACrist | Bullettino di archeologia cristiana |
| BAHBeyrouth | Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, Institut français d’archéologie de Beyrouth |
| BalkSt | Balkan Studies |
| BaM | Baghdader Mitteilungen |
| BAMaroc | Bulletin d’archéologie marocaine |
| BANarb | Bulletin de la Commission archéologique de Narbonne |
| BAncLit | Bulletin d’ancienne littérature et d’archéologie chrétienne |
| BAntFr | Bulletin de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France |
| BAPD | Beazley Archive Pottery Database (www.beazley.ox.ac.uk) |
| BAProv | Bulletin archéologique du Provence |
| BAR | British Archaeological Reports |
| BAR-BS | British Archaeological Reports, British Series |
| BAR-IS | British Archaeological Reports, International SeriesS |
| BASOR | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research |
| BASP | Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists |
| BASPR | Bulletin of the American School of Prehistoric Research |
| BAssBude | Bulletin de l’Association Guillaume Budé |
| BByzI | Bulletin of the Byzantine Institute |
| BCH | Bulletin de correspondance hellénique |
| BCH Supp. | Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Supplément |
| BClevMus | The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art |
| BCSSA | Bollettino del Centro di studi per la storia dell’architettura |
| BdA | Bollettino d’arte |
| BdI | Bullettino dell’Istituto di corrispondenza archeologica |
| BeazleyAddenda2 | T.H. Carpenter, Beazley Addenda: Additional References to ABV, ARV2 and Paralipomena (Oxford 1989) |
| BÉFAR | Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d’Athènes et de Rome |
| Belleten | Belleten. Türk tarih kurumu |
| Benndorf-Schöne | O. Benndorf and O. Schöne, Die antiken Bildwerke des Lateranensischen Museums (Leipzig 1867) |
| BEO | Bulletin d’études orientales (Damascus) |
| BerlJV | Berliner Jahrbuch für Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| BerlMus | Berliner Museen. Berichte aus den preussischen Kunstsammlungen |
| BerlNumZ | Berliner numismatische Zeitschrift |
| BerRGK | Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission |
| Berytus | Berytus. Archaeological Studies |
| BFAM | Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum |
| BFC | Bollettino di filologia classica |
| BIABulg | Izvestija na Arheologiceskija institut. Bulletin de l’Institut archéologique bulgare |
| BIALond | Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London |
| BibAr | Bibliotheca archaeologica (Rome) |
| BiblArch | Biblical Archaeologist (see NEA) |
| BibM | Bibliotheca mesopotamica |
| BibO | Bibliotheca orientalis |
| BICS | Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London |
| BIE | Bulletin de l’Institut d’Égypte |
| BIES | Bulletin of the Israel Exploration Society |
| BIFAO | Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale de Caire |
| BIHBelge | Bulletin de l’Institut historique belge de Rome |
| BIranInst | Bulletin of the Iranian Institute |
| BJb | Bonner Jahrbücher des rheinischen Landesmuseums in Bonn und des Vereins von Altertumsfreunden im Rheinlande |
| BJPES | Bulletin of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society |
| BLund | Bulletin de la Société royale de lettres de Lund |
| BMC | Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum (London 1873– ) |
| BMCR | Bryn Mawr Classical Review (online) |
| BMCRE | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum (London 1923– ) |
| BMCRR | H.A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910) |
| BMF | Bulletin des Musées de France |
| BMFA | Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| BMFEA | Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities |
| BMMA | Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| BMon | Bulletin monumental |
| BMonMusPont | Bollettino dei monumenti, musei e gallerie Pontificie |
| BMOP | British Museum Occasional Paper |
| BMQ | British Museum Quarterly. London, England |
| BMusBeyr | Bulletin du Musée de Beyrouth |
| BMusBrux | Bulletin des Musées royaux d’art et d’histoire, Bruxelles |
| BMusImp | Bullettino del Museo dell’impero romano |
| BMY | The British Museum Yearbook |
| BN | Biuletyn Numizmatyczny. Polskie Towarzystwo Archeologiczne i Numismatyczne, Warsaw, Poland |
| BNJ | British Numismatic Journal Including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society. London, England |
| BNN | Banknote News. Formerly Bond and Banknote News. Token Publishing, Ltd., Honiton, Devon, England |
| BNR | Bank Note Reporter. Citra, Florida, U.S.A. |
| BNum | Bulletin de numismatique |
| BOffInt | Bulletin de l’Office internationale des Instituts d’archéologie et d’histoire de l’art |
| BollMC | Bolletino dei Musei comunali di Roma |
| BollN | Bollettino Numismatico di Luigi Simonetti. Florence, Italy |
| BOran | Bulletin trimestriel des antiquités africaines recueillés par les soins de la Société de géographie et d’archéologie de la Province d’Oran |
| Boreas | Boreas. Münstersche Beiträge zur Archäologie |
| BPI | Bollettino di paleontologia italiana |
| BPW | Berliner philologische Wochenschrift |
| BrBr | H. Brunn, Denkmäler griechischer und römischer Sculptur in historischer Anordnung (Munich: Bruckmann, 1888–1911) |
| BrookMusQ | Brooklyn Museum Quarterly |
| BSA | Annual of the British School at Athens |
| BSAE | British School of Archaeology in Egypt, Publications |
| BSFN | Bulletin de la Société Française de Numismatique |
| BSNR | Buletinului Societatii Numismatice Romane |
| BSOAS | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. University of London, London, England |
| BSOS | Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies |
| BSPF | Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française |
| BSR | See PBSR |
| BSRAA | Bulletin de la Société royale d’archéologie d’Alexandrie |
| BStM | Bollettino dell’Associazione internazionale degli studi mediterranei |
| BullAIEMA | Bulletin d’information de l’Association internationale pour l’étude de la mosaïque antique |
| BullCom | Bullettino della Commissione archeologica Comunale di Roma |
| BullGov | Bullettino della Commissione archeologica del Governatorato di Roma |
| BullRoum | Académie roumaine, Bulletin de la section historique |
| BullZagreb | Bulletin international de l’Académie yugoslave (Zagreb) |
| BWPR | Winckelmannsprogramm der archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin |
| ByzZeit | Byzantinische Zeitschrift |
| BZ | Byzantinische Zeitschrift. Munich, Germany |
| CAD | The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago |
| Caesaraugusta | Caesaraugusta. Publicaciones del Seminario de arqueología y numismática |
| CaesMarit | The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima, Excavation Reports |
| CAF | Congrès archéologique de France |
| CAG | Carte archéologique de la Gaule |
| CAH | Cahiers archéologiques |
| CahArchSubaq | Cahiers d’archéologie subaquatique |
| CahArt | Cahiers d’art |
| CahN | Cahiers Numismatiques. Bulletin de la Societe d’Etudes Numismatiques et Archeologiques. Paris, France |
| CAJ | Cambridge Archaeological Journal |
| CalcoinN | Calcoin News. California State Numismatic Association, Colton, California, U.S.A |
| CANE | Civilizations of the Ancient Near East |
| CB | L.D. Caskey and J.D. Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Oxford 1931–1963) |
| CC | The Currency Collector. World Paper Currency Collectors, Altadena/Pasadena, California, U.S.A. |
| CCC | Cash Coin Connection. John Kallman, PSC Box 3467, APO San Francisco 96519, U.S.A. (Misawa Air Base, Japan) |
| CCN | Canadian Coin News. Muskoka Community Newspapers Inc., Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada |
| CCS | Bulletin of the Counterfeit Collector’s Society |
| CEFR | Collection de l’École française de Rome |
| Celator | The Celator. P.O. Box 123, Lodi, Wisconsin 53555, U.S.A. |
| CENB | Cercle d’Etudes Numismatiques. Bulletin. Brussels, Belgium |
| CFM | Club Francais de la Medaille. Administration des Monnaies et Medailles, Hotel de la Monnaie, Paris, France |
| CHD | The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago |
| ChicagoMS15 | The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (Chicago 2003) |
| Chiron | Chiron. Komission fur Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts, Munich/Berlin, Germany |
| CHR | Catholic Historical Review |
| ChrEg | Chronique d’Égypte |
| CIA | Corpus inscriptionum atticarum |
| CIE | Corpus inscriptionum etruscarum |
| CIG | Corpus inscriptionum graecarum |
| CII | Corpus inscriptionum iudicarum |
| CIL | Corpus inscriptionum latinarum |
| CIS | Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum |
| CJ | Classical Journal |
| ClAnt | Classical Antiquity |
| ClassPhil | Classical Philology. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. |
| ClassW | Classical World. Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| ClMed | Classica et mediaevalia. Revue danoise de philologie et d’histoire |
| CM | Coins, Incorporating Coins and Medals. Croydon, England |
| CMAnnual | Coins Annual. Croydon, England |
| CMC | Coins, Medals and Currency Weekly. London, England |
| CMCD | Coins, Medals and Currency Digest and Monthly Catalogue. London, England |
| CMH | Cambridge Mediaeval History |
| CMonth | Coin Monthly. Brentwood, England |
| CMS | Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel |
| CN | Coin News. (Formerly Coins and Medals [CM] and Coin and Medal News [CMN].) London, England |
| CNI | Corpus Nummorum Italicorum, 20 vol. (Roma 1910-1943) |
| CNJ | Canadian Numismatic Journal. Canadian Numismatic Association, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada |
| CNL | Colonial Newsletter. Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. |
| CNQ | Canadian Numismatic Quarterly. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| CNR | Corpus Nummorum Romanorum |
| CNS | Corpus Nummorum Saeculorum IX-XI qui in Suecia reperti sunt. Kungl. Vetterhets Historie och Antikvitetsakademien, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Coin Hoards | Coin Hoards. Royal Numismatic Society, London, England |
| ColN | Colonial Newsletter |
| CoMIK | J. Chadwick et al., Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos (Cambridge 1986–1998) |
| Corinth | Corinth. Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| CPCA | University of California Publications in Classical Archaeology |
| CPCP | University of California Publications in Classical Philology |
| CPJ | Corpus papyrorum Judaicarum |
| CPMJ | Canadian Paper Money Journal. Canadian Paper Money Society, Vancouver, Canada |
| CQ | Classical Quarterly |
| CR | Classical Review. Classical Association, London, England |
| CRAI | Comptes-rendus des séances de l’Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres (Paris) |
| CSAN | Coin, Stamp and Antique News. Toronto, Canada |
| CSC | Coins, Stamps and Collecting. Incorporating Coins, Medals and Currency Weekly. London, England |
| CSCA | University of California Studies in Classical Antiquity |
| CSCO | Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium |
| CSE | Corpus speculorum etruscorum |
| CSEL | Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum |
| CSIR | Corpus signorum imperii romani |
| CT | The Canadian Token. Canadian Association of Token Collectors, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| CUE | Corpus delle urne etrusche di eta ellenistics |
| CurrAnthr | Current Anthropology |
| CVA | Corpus vasorum antiquorum |
| CVind | Commentationes Vindobonenses |
| CW | Coin World. Sidney, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| CWTJ | Civil War Token Journal. Civil War Token Society, U.S.A. |
| Dacia | Dacia. Revue d’archéologie et d’histoire ancienne |
| DACL | F. Cabrol and E. Leclercq, Dictionnaire d’archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie (Paris 1907–1953) |
| DAF | Documents d’archéologie française |
| DarSag | C. Daremberg and E. Saglio, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines (Paris 1875) |
| Dedalo | Dédalo. Revista de arte e arqueologia |
| Delos | Exploration archéologique de Délos faite par l’École française d’Athènes |
| DenkschrWien | Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Denkschriften |
| DialArch | Dialoghi di archeologia |
| DJbN | Deutsches Jahrbuch für Numismatik |
| DLZ | Deutsche Literaturzeitung |
| DM | Damaszener Mitteilungen |
| DOP | Dumbarton Oaks Papers |
| DTCM | Danish Token Club Medlemsblad. Copenhagen, Denmark |
| EAA | Enciclopedia dell’arte antica, classica e orientale (Rome 1958–1984) |
| EAJ | East Asia Journal. Ft. Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| EchCl | Echos du monde classique. Classical Views |
| EEF | Egypt Exploration Fund |
| EES | Egypt Exploration Society |
| EHPR | Études d’histoire et de philosophie religieuses |
| EHR | English Historical Review |
| EJA | European Journal of Archaeology |
| EN | European Numismatics. Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| EPK | Egyetemes philologiai Közlöny |
| EpSt | Epigraphische Studien |
| EranJb | Eranos Jahrbuch |
| Eranos | Eranos. Acta philologica suecana |
| Erem | Az Erem. Quarterly of the Numismatic Section of the Hungarian Archaeological, Fine Arts, Historical and Numismatic Society, Budapest, Hungary |
| ES | Etruskische Spiegel |
| ESA | Eurasia septentrionalis antiqua |
| ET | H. Rix, Etruskische Texte: Editio minor (Tübingen 1991) |
| EtByz | Études byzantines |
| EthnolAnz | Ethnologischer Anzeiger |
| Ethnos | Ethnos. Revista do Instituto português de arqueologia, história e etnografia |
| EtPap | Études de papyrologie |
| EtrStud | Etruscan Studies. Journal of the Etruscan Foundation |
| EtTrav | Études et travaux. Studia i prace. Travaux du Centre d’archéologie méditerranéenne de l’Académie des sciences polonaise |
| EVP | J.D. Beazley, Etruscan Vase Painting (Oxford 1947) |
| EW | East and West |
| Expedition | Expedition. Bulletin of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania |
| FA | Fasti Archeologici. International Association for Classical Archaeology, Florence, Italy |
| FB | Forschungen und Berichte. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| FdD | Fouilles de Delphes, École française d’Athènes |
| FelRav | Felix Ravenna |
| FEJ | Far East Journal. Tokyo, Japan |
| FHG | K. Müller, Fragmenta historicorum graecorum (Frankfurt 1975, repr. of 1841-1938 eds.) |
| FIFAO | Fouilles de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale |
| FR | A. Furtwängler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei (Munich 1900-1925) |
| Franchthi | Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece |
| FuB | Forschungen und Berichte. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
| FuF | Forschungen und Fortschritte |
| GacNum | Gaceta Numismatica. Asociacion Numismatica Espanola, Barcelona, Spain |
| GaR | Greece and Rome |
| GazArch | Gazette archéologique |
| GBA | Gazette des beaux-arts |
| GCS | CGriechische christliche Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte |
| GettyMusJ | The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal |
| GGA | Göttingische gelehrte Anzeiger |
| GGR3 | M.P. Nilsson, Geschichte der griechischen Religion, 3rd ed. (Munich 1967) |
| GN | Geldgeschichtliche Nachrichten. Gesellschaft fur Internationale Geldgeschichte, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany |
| Gnomon | Gnomon. Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische AlGN |
| GNS | Gazette numismatique suisse (= SM) |
| GottNachr | Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen |
| GPVJ | Gesellschaft pro Vindonissa. Jahresbericht |
| GRBM | Greek, Roman and Byzantine Monographs |
| GRBS | Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies |
| HBA | Hamburger Beiträge zur Archäologie |
| HBN | Hamburger Beiträge zur Numismatik |
| HdA | Handbuch der Archäologie (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft, Berlin 1931-) |
| Helikon | Helikon. Rivista di tradizione e cultura classica |
| Helios | Helios. Journal of the Classical Association of the Southwestern United States |
| HelvArch | Helvetia archaeologica |
| HBA | Hamburger Beiträge zur Archäologie |
| Hermes | Hermes. Zeitschrift für klassische Philologie |
| Hesperia | Hesperia. The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| HBA | Hamburger Beiträge zur Archäologie |
| HispAnt | Hispania antigua. Revista de historia antigua |
| Historia | Historia. Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte |
| HBA | Hamburger Beiträge zur Archäologie |
| HistrArch | Histria archaeologica |
| HJ | Historisches Jahrbuch |
| HKZM | Handelingen der Koninklijke Zuidnederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal-en Latterkunde en Geschiedenis. Netherland |
| HN | B.V. Head, Historia Numorum (Oxford 1911) |
| HSCP | Harvard Studies in Classical Philology |
| HTR | Harvard Theological Review |
| HZ | Historische Zeitschrift |
| IBNS | International Bank Note Society. Journal. Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Formerly International Bank Note Society. Quarterly Magazine. Dovercourt, England |
| ICr | Inscriptiones creticae |
| ICSN | Indian Coin Society Newsletter, Bombay, India |
| IEJ | Israel Exploration Journal. Israel Exploration Society; Department of Archaeology, Hebrew University; Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Education and Culture, Jerusalem, Israel |
| IFEN | Internation Far-Eastern Numismatics News. Ivan Florine, PO Box 75, B-1630 Linkebeek, Belgium |
| IGCH | C. Kraay, O. Mørkholm, and M. Thompson, An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards (New York 1973) |
| IGForsch | Indogermanische Forschungen |
| IGLSyr | Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie |
| IGRR | Inscriptiones graecae ad res romanas pertinentes |
| II | Inscriptiones Italiae |
| IJb | Indogermanisches Jahrbuch |
| IJCT | International Journal of the Classical Tradition |
| IJMES | International Journal for Middle East Studies |
| IJNA | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration |
| ILLRP | H. Degrassi, Inscriptiones latinae liberae rei publicae (Rome 1957- ) |
| ILN | The Illustrated London News |
| ILS | H. Dessau, ed., Inscriptiones latinae selectae (1892-1916) |
| IMJ | Israel Museum Journal. Jerusalem, Israel |
| IMN | Israel Museum News |
| IN | Italia Numismatica. Mantua, Italy |
| INC | Indian Numismatic Chronicle. Bihar Research Society, Patna, India. |
| Indian Ant | Indian Antiquary. A Journal of Oriental Research in Archaeology, Epigraphy, Ethnology, Geography, History, Folklore, Languages, Literature, Numismatics, Philosophy and Religion. Bombay, India |
| INJ | Israel Numismatic Journal. Israel Numismatic Society, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| INR | Israel Numismatic Research |
| IntArch | Internet Archaeology (online) |
| IOS | Israel Oriental Studies |
| Iran | Iran. Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. London, England |
| IrAnt | Iranica antiqua |
| Iraq | Iraq, published by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq |
| IsMEO | Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente |
| IstArchMuzYill | Istanbul Arkeologi Müzeleri Yilligi |
| IstForsch | Istanbuler Forschungen |
| IstMitt | Istanbuler Mitteilungen |
| IstMitt-BH | Istanbuler Mitteilungen. Beiheft |
| Italica | Italica. Cuadernos de trabajos de la Escuela española de historica y arqueología en Roma |
| JA | Journal Asiatique |
| JaarbAkAmst | Jaarboek van de Akademie te Amsterdam |
| JAC | Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum |
| JANER | Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions |
| JANES | Journal of the Ancient Near East Society of Columbia University |
| JAnthArch | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology |
| JAOS | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
| JARCE | Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt |
| JAS | Journal of Archaeological Science |
| JBAA | Journal of the British Archaeological Association. British Museum, London, UK |
| JBerlMus | Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen |
| JBernHistMus | Jahrbuch des Bernischen historischen Museums |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JCS | Journal of Cuneiform Studies |
| JdI (also JdAI) | Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts |
| JdI-EH | Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Ergänzungsheft |
| JEA | The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology |
| JEH | Journal of Economic History |
| JEOL | Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-egyptisch genootschap “Ex Oriente Lux” |
| JEAN | Journal of Early American Numismatics |
| JESHO | Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient |
| JFA | Journal of Field Archaeology |
| JGH | Journal of Garden History (continued by SHG) |
| JGott | Jahrbuch der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen |
| JGS | Journal of Glass Studies |
| JHS | Journal of Hellenic Studies |
| JIAN | Journal international d’archéologie numismatique |
| JIES | Journal of Indo-European Studies |
| JJurP | Journal of Juristic Papyrology |
| JKF | Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung |
| JKSW | Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien |
| JMA | Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology |
| JMFA | Journal of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| JMithSt | Journal of Mithraic Studies |
| JMP | Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde |
| JMunch | Jahrbuch. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Munich) |
| JNES | Journal of Near Eastern Studies |
| JNG | Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte |
| JOBG | Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft |
| JOS | Journal of Oman Studies |
| JP | Journal of Philology |
| JPKB | Jahrbuch preussischer Kulturbesitz |
| JPKS | Jahrbuch der preussischen Kunstsammlungen |
| JPOS | Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society |
| JPR | Journal of Prehistoric Religion |
| JQR | Jewish Quarterly Review |
| JRA | Journal of Roman Archaeology |
| JRAI | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute |
| JRAS | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| JRel | Journal of Religion |
| JRGS | Journal of the Royal Geographic Society |
| JRGZM | Jahrbuch des Römisch-germanischen Zentralmuseums, Mainz |
| JRS | Journal of Roman Studies |
| JSAH | Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians |
| JSav | Journal des savants |
| JSIN | Journal of the Society for International Numismatics. Santa Monica, California |
| JSOR | Journal of the Society of Oriental Researchy |
| JSS | Journal of Semitic Studies |
| JThS | Journal of Theological Studies |
| Jura | Jura. Rivista internazionale di diritto romano e antico |
| JWalt | Journal of the Walters Art Gallery |
| JWarb | Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes |
| Kadmos | Kadmos. Zeitschrift für vor- und frühgriechische Epigraphik |
| Kairos | Kairos. Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft und Theologie |
| KF | Kleinasiatische Forschungen |
| Klio | Klio. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte |
| KlPauly | Der kleine Pauly. Lexicon der Antike |
| KM | C.L. Krause & C. Mishler. Standard Catalogue of World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola. |
| KMT | KMT. A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt |
| Kokalos | Kokalos. Studi pubblicati dall’Istituto di storia antica dell’Università di Palermo |
| KolnJb | Kölner Jahrbuch für Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| LA | Lexicon der Ägyptologie |
| LCM | Liverpool Classical Monthly |
| LIMC | Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (Zurich and Munich 1974- ) |
| LSA | Lavori e studi di archeologia pubblicati dalla Soprintendenza archeologica di Roma |
| LSJ | H.G. Liddell, R. Scott, and H. Stuart Jones, Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed. (Oxford 1940) |
| LTUR | E.M. Steinby, ed., Lexicon topographicum urbis romae (Rome 1993) |
| L’Urbe | L’Urbe. Rivista romana |
| MAAR | Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome |
| MAGW | Mitteilungen der anthropologischen Gesellschaft (Vienna) |
| MAMA | Monumenta Asiae minoris antiqua |
| MANTIS | MANTIS: A Numismatic Technologies Integration Service |
| MASCAJ | MASCA Journal. Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology University Museum, University of Pennsylvania |
| MASCAP | MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology |
| MBNG | Mitteilungen der bayerischen numismatischen Gesellschaft |
| MBR | G. Buzdugan, et al. monede si bancnote românesti. Bukarest. 1977. |
| MC | Medal Collector. Official Publication of the Orders and Medals Society of America. For Montgomery, New York |
| MCl | Il mondo classico |
| MDAV | Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologen-Verbandes |
| MdI | Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts |
| MDIK | Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo |
| MDOG | Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft zu Berlin |
| MeditArch | Mediterranean Archaeology. Australian and New Zealand Journal for the Archaeology of the Mediterranean World |
| MGH | Monumenta Germaniae historica |
| MIB | W. Hahn, Moneta Imperii Byzantini, Wien |
| MIBE | W. Hahn and M.A. Metlich. Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire. Vienna. 2000. |
| MIE | Mémoires de l’Institut d’Égypte |
| MIO | Mitteilungen des Instituts für Orientforschung |
| MIR | Moneta Imperii Romani |
| MIRB | W. Hahn. Moneta Imperii Romani-Byzantinii. Vienna. 1989. |
| MMAJ | Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal |
| MMB | Muenzen- und Medaillensammler Berichte aus allen Gebreten der Geld-, Muenzen und Medaillenkunde. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| MMS | Metropolitan Museum Studies |
| MOIG | Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Instituts für Geschichtsforschung |
| MONG | Mitteilungen der Österreichischen numismatischen Gesellschaft |
| Muse | Muse. Annual of the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri |
| MusHelv | Museum Helveticum |
| MZ | Mainzer Zeitschrift |
| NAC | Quaderni ticinesi. Numismatica e antichità classiche |
| NAJN | North American Journal of Numismatics. Chicago, Illinois |
| NC | Numismatic Chronicle |
| NCirc | Numismatic Circular |
| NEA | Near Eastern Archaeology (formerly BiblArch) |
| NGQ | Numismatic Gazette Quarterly. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK |
| NK | Numizmatikai Kozlony. Magyar Regeszeti, Muveszettorteneti es Eremtani Tarsulat, Eremtani Szakosztalya, Budapest, Hungary |
| NL | Numismatic Literature (American Numismatic Society) |
| NListy | Numismaticke Listy. Narodni Muzeum a Numismaticka Spolecnost Ceskoslovenska, Prague |
| NLB | Numismatisches Literaturblatt |
| NLG | Numismatic Literature Guild |
| NN | Numismatic News weekly. Iola, Wisconsin |
| NNA | Nordisk Numismatisk Årsskrift |
| NNb | Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt. Organ des Verbandes der Deutschen Muenzvereine. Emden, Germany |
| NNM | American Numismatic Society. Numismatic Notes and Monographs |
| NomChron | Nomismatika Chronika |
| NNUM | Nordisk Numismatisk Unions Medlemsblad. Copenhagen, Denmark |
| NR | Numismatic Review |
| NS | American Numismatic Society. Numismatic Studies |
| NSM | Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine. Sidney, Ohio |
| NSR | National Sculpture Review. National Sculpture Society, New York, New York |
| NYT | The New York Times, New York, New York |
| NZ | Numismatische Zeitschrift |
| NZNJ | New Zealand Numismatic Journal. Proceedings of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand |
| OCD3 | S. Hornblower and A. Spawforth, eds., The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Oxford 1996) |
| OGIS | Orientis Graeci inscriptiones selectae |
| OIC | Oriental Institute Communications |
| OIP | Oriental Institute Publications |
| OJA | Oxford Journal of Archaeology |
| OLD | Oxford Latin Dictionary (Oxford 1982) |
| OLZ | Orientalische Literaturzeitung |
| ONS | Oriental Numismatic Society (Newsletter) |
| OWAN | Old World Archaeology Newsletter |
| PAAR | American Academy in Rome. Papers and Monographs |
| PAES | Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria |
| PAPS | Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society |
| Paralipomena | J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena (Oxford 1971) |
| PBSR | Papers of the British School at Rome |
| PCPS | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society |
| PECS | R. Stillwell et al., eds., Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (Princeton 1976) |
| PEFA | Palestine Exploration Fund Annual |
| PEQ | Palestine Exploration Quarterly |
| PM | Paper Money. Official Publication of the Society of Paper Money Collectors. Jefferson, Wisconsin |
| PP | La Parola del Passato. Rivista di Studi Antichi. Naples, Italy |
| PQ | Philological Quarterly |
| PZ | Prähistorische Zeitschrift |
| QDAP | Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine |
| Qedem | Qedem. Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| QITA | Quaderni dell’Istituto di topografia antica della Università di Roma |
| Rouv | Rouv as appearing in MANTIS |
| RA | Revue archéologique |
| RAA | Revue des arts asiatiques |
| RANS | Report of the Australian Numismatic Society. Sydney, Australia |
| RBN | Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie |
| RCRFActa | Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautorum Acta |
| RdA | Rivista di archeologia |
| RE | Pauly-Wissowa, Real-Encyclopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft (1893- ) |
| REA | Revue des études anciennes |
| REH | Revue des études historiques |
| REI | Revue des études islamiques |
| RHist | Revue historique |
| RHR | Revue de l’histoire des religions |
| RIC | Roman Imperial Coinage (London 1923– ) |
| RIN | Rivista italiana di numismatica e scienze affini |
| RM | Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung |
| RN | Revue numismatique |
| RPC | A. Burnett, M. Amandry, P.P. Ripollès, Roman Provincial Coinage |
| RSC | D. Sear, et al. Roman Silver Coins. 5 Vols. London. 1978-1987 |
| SAN | Society for Ancient Numismatics |
| SCBC | Standard Catalogue of British Coins. London. Annually |
| SCBI | Various authors. Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles |
| SCMB | Seaby’s Coin and Medal Bulletin. London, UK |
| SCN | Studii si Cercetari de Numismatica. Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania, Institutul de Arheologie, Bucharest, Romania |
| SEAP | Studi di egittologia e di antichita’ puniche |
| SEG | Supplementum epigraphicum graecum |
| SICA | Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean Museum |
| SIG | W. Dittenberger, Sylloge inscriptionum graecarum (Leipzig 1883- ) |
| SIMA | Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology |
| SM | Schweizerische Münzblätter |
| SMS | Syro-Mesopotamian Studies |
| SNG | Sylloge nummorum graecorum |
| SNR | Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau. Revue suisse de numismatique |
| SSCA | Stockholm Studies in Classical Archaeology. Stockholm, Sweden |
| TAMSJ | T.A.M.S. Journal. Official Journal of the Token and Medal Society. Sepulveda, California |
| TCNRS | Transactions of the Canadian Numismatic Research Society. Espanola, Ontario, Canada |
| TLG | Thesaurus linguae graecae |
| TLL | Thesaurus linguae latinae |
| TLS | Times Literary Supplement |
| Traite | E. Babelon, Traité de monnaies grecques et romaines, 2e partie (Paris 1910 – 1932) |
| TZ | Trierer Zeitschrift |
| UAVA | Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie |
| VDI | Vestnik drevnej istorii |
| VL | Vita Latina |
| VN | Vie numismatique |
| WNJ | Whitman Numismatic Journal. Racine, Wisconsin |
| WPZ | Wiener prähistorische Zeitschrift |
| WS | Wiener Studien |
| YCS | Yale Classical Studies |
| ZA | Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie |
| ZfN | Zeitschrift für Numismatik |
| ZPE | Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik |