Karian numismatics in the Fonds Louis Robert (Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres) more

Louis Robert (1904-1985) dominated the twentieth century as the foremost Greek epigraphist of his time. In 1998, his widow, Jeanne Robert (1910-2002), gave to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres their archives under the name "Fonds Louis Robert". This paper gives a description of the numismatic part of these archives. We may divide the numismatic content of the Fonds Robert into three categories of doucments: 1) correspondence received by him (including some 150 letters from Henri Seyrig), 2) notes taken by Louis Robert and 3) coins and casts. A total of 1,139 coins (44 in silver and 1,095 in bronze) as well as 2,658 casts have been recorded. Most coins were acquired during their journeys in the Turkish countryside (from 1932 to 1963, but mostly during the years 1946-1948) and have been registered with great care and precise provenances. Karia is the most representend area with the cities of Euromos, Hydissos and Mylasa coming at the forefront. It is the aim of the author to publish this collection as a specific volume of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum.