Coin Collection, Department of Classics at the University of Cologne (en), Münzsammlung, Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln (de)
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The Department of Classics at the University of Cologne holds a teaching and research collection of about 12,000 ancient coins.
Its core holdings, coins from Roman Egypt (30 BC–AD 298), were almost doubled in 2020 through an exceptional gift, now exceeding
7,000 pieces and ranking among the largest and most balanced collections in the field. Complementary sections include over
500 Ptolemaic coins (323–30 BC), more than 300 Alexandrian coins from the Late Antique–Byzantine period (AD 298–646), and
nearly 400 coins from Roman Syria. The collection also includes about 1,800 coins from Greek Asia Minor, over 120 Parthian
pieces (247 BC–AD 224), and representative series from the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and Byzantine Empire.
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