Edgar,
In coining, dies were very important because they carried the issue
characteristics. According to official instructions, once they had deteriorated
they had to be destroyed that is why very few have found. Vermeule published a
thorough inventory of the survived ancient dies and Malkmus updated this list
by adding recent finds and relevant bibliographic references.
Vermeule, C. C. (1953). Some notes on ancient dies and coining methods. The
numismatic circular, LXI, 398-402, 448-452, 500.
Vermeule, C. C. (1954). Some notes on ancient dies and coining methods. The
numismatic circular, LXII, 2-6, 54-58, 102-104.
Vermeule, C. C. (1957). Minting Greek and Roman Coins. Archaeology, 10(2),
100-107.
Malkmus, W. (1989). Addenda to Vermeule's catalog of ancient coin dies. Part 1.
SAN, 17(4), 80-85.
Malkmus, W. (1990). Addenda to Vermeule's catalog of ancient coin dies. Part 2.
SAN, 18(1), 16-22.
Malkmus, W. (1991). Addenda to Vermeule's catalog of ancient coin dies. Part 3.
SAN, 18(2), 40-49.
Malkmus, W. (1992). Addenda to Vermeule's catalog of ancient coin dies. Part 4.
SAN, 18(3), 72-77.
Malkmus, W. (1993). Addenda to Vermeule's catalog of ancient coin dies. Part 5.
SAN, 18(4), 96-105.
In these papers the material of the dies is mentioned after visual examination.
I don’t have these papers with me because I recently moved to London but in two
weeks I’ll be in Athens and I can give you more details.
Constantina Vlachou-Mogire
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