Speaker
Roberto Tomassoni
(Independent Researcher)
Description
The presentation illustrates the numismatic activity of the Venetian collector Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750), on the basis of hitherto unpublished sources. A short introduction of the documentary material at our disposal is followed by the discussion of two aspects of Zeno’s numismatic collecting: the catalogues of his coins written by Zeno himself, today kept at the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice, and some of his letters concerning the purchases of ancient coins, preserved at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana of Florence. These letters had been in the collection of count Giulio Bernardino Tomitano of Oderzo (1761-1828), and were subsequently owned by Sir Bertram, 5th Earl of Ashburnham (1840-1913).
Primary author
Roberto Tomassoni
(Independent Researcher)
