Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections Coin Collection (en)
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The KSL Special Collections Coin Collection comprises two sub-collections: Ancient Coins and Modern Coins. The Ancient Coins
Collection consists of 300 bronze and silver Roman coins mainly from the 2nd through 4th centuries CE, with additional specimens
from the Greek and Hellenistic worlds. The coins range from Roman Imperial issues to local provincial issue, mainly from Antioch,
Syria (modern Antakya, Türkiye), with other geographies also represented. The core of the collection was donated in the late
19th century by Rev. Dr. Andrew Tully Pratt, Rev. Oliver Crane, and Rev. Tillman Conklin Trowbridge, missionaries working
in Turkey as part of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The KSL Special Collections Modern Coin Collection
includes 25 European and Asian coins from the 17th through 19th centuries, mostly gifted by Western Reserve College Alumnus
W.E. Curtis in 1905.
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