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Description: | There are around 30,000 European coins, 12,200 Roman & Byzantine coins, 2,800 Greek coins and 4,000 Oriental coins, which represent the main focus of collecting. This group includes 19th century collections of Bellot and Spencer, early 20th century collections of Smith Churchill, Gueterbock, Sharp Ogden and Steinthal and the internationally important collection of Greek and Roman coins acquired through the Raby bequest of 1958.
The collection is one of the most significant in the UK and the Greek and Roman series is of particular academic importance. There are also 4,300 British and 1,500 Colonial coins, around 1,500 other items and 3,600 tokens. The most recent additions to the collection include the Arditti collection of Maundy money (donated in 1991), the Alderley Edge hoard of Roman coins transferred from the National Trust in 1995 and the Shaw collection of Byzantine copper coins purchased in 1997. | Subjects: | Ancient Greece Coins & Medals Numismatics Tokens Southeast Asian Roman Empire Coins | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester,
M13 9PL | FAX: | 0161 275 2676 | Telephone: | 0161 275 2634 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2351 | Go to resource |
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