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Cornell coin collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8464

Scope and content

Cornell's Coin Collection comprises approximately 1500 gold, silver and bronze coins from ancient Greece and Rome, and about 300 coins from the Byzantine empire, with some additions from Lydia, Persia, the Sassanid Empire, China and modern Europe.

Dates

  • circa 400 BCE-1900 CE.

Language of Material

In Greek and Latin.

Extent

2.5 cubic feet. (2.5 cubic feet.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)