XVI International Numismatic Congress

Session

S91. COLLECTIONS 1

S91

Sep 15, 2022, 9:00 AM

Old Library - Hall 115-116

Conveners

S91. COLLECTIONS 1

• Adam Degler (Ossoliński National Institute)

142. The numismatic collection of Francesco Capranesi: the coins of the Allies during the Social War

Simone Cappellacci (Independent Researcher )

9/15/22, 9:00 AM

oral presentation

Throughout his life, the Roman merchant, antique dealer and scholar of the first half of the 19th century, Francesco Capranesi acquired an extensive original numismatic collection, now lost. The existence of this collection is confirmed by his will, preserved today in the State Archive of Rome. After outlining the general features of the said numismatic collection, this paper aims to examine...

132. The collection of silver Oriental coins stored in the Odessa Archaeological Museum

Dmytro Yanov (Odessa Archaeological Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine )

9/15/22, 9:20 AM

on-line oral presentation

The collection of silver Oriental coins from the Odessa Archaeological Museum numbers 2564 pieces. It includes the issues of 42 various states and dynasties, from Spain and Maghreb to Japan. The chronological range of this collection covers the period from the 2nd century BC to the 1920s. Only a small group of coins from this collection was published, while its greater part still remains...

141. Charles Philippe de Bosset’s Coin Collection in the British Museum

Amelia Dowler (The British Museum)

9/15/22, 9:40 AM

oral presentation

Charles Philippe de Bosset (1773-1845) was a Swiss soldier and British imperial official, who became Governor of Cephalonia in 1810. During his time on the Ionian Islands and elsewhere in the Mediterranean, he built up a large collection of Greek coins and archaeological material. This paper focuses on the numismatic collection which was part donated and part sold to the British Museum in...

73. Dies and punches from the Royal Mint - A new collection at KBR (Royal Library of Belgium)

Fran Stroobants (KBR (Royal Library of Belgium))

9/15/22, 10:00 AM

oral presentation

In November 2015, the collection of dies and punches of the Royal Mint of Belgium was transferred to KBR (Royal Library of Belgium). This collection of about 15,000 objects, consists of tools from the old mint workshops of the Southern Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium. This material has been preserved for centuries under the name of the Musée des instruments monétaires, and has been...