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Description: | The Heberden Coin Room houses a systematic and comprehensive collection of about 300,000 coins, medals, tokens, jettons, decorations and paper money, combining the original holdings of the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum with over sixty former private and college collections. It is strong in the fields of Greek, Roman, English, Celtic, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic, Indian, and Chinese numismatics.
The classical and archaic Greek collection covers the Greek world from Phoenicia to Spain and has strong collections of Persian sigloi and coinage from Athens, Corinth and the Peleponese. The Roman collection is extensive and since the Bendall Collection acquisition is outstanding for late Byzantine coins. The English collection is also extensive and fine especially Anglo-Saxon gold coins and medieval; there is a rich series of Scottish coins. The Crusader coins are outstanding as are the Islamic coins and the commemorative and historic medals.
The Hugh Shortt and David Walker bequests have entirely transformed sections of the Greek and Roman collections, and the purchase of the von Halle and Allen collections has also greatly changed the character of the Chinese and Celtic collections. The loan of the Shamma collection has confirmed Oxford as a leading centre for the study of Islamic coinage. There are about 1000 archival items. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Beaumont Street
Oxford Oxfordshire,
OX1 2PH | FAX: | 01865 278018 | Telephone: | 01865 278000 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4202 | Go to resource |
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