filter_framesKelsey Coins

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology is host to about 100,000 ancient objects, of which 42,000 are coins. This coin collection is quite rare in its composition, since most of the coins come from secure archaeological contexts that were excavated in scientific projects undertaken by the University of Michigan in the early 20th century. Particular highlights of the collection are Alexandrian coins coming from the site of Karanis, located in the Fayyum Oasis of Egypt; as well as coins from the site of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, located in the region of Baghdad, Iraq. The collection also holds important issues of Hellenistic Royal coinages and early Roman bronzes.

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