In addition to its world-class medieval coin collection and impressive selection of Roman coins, the Barber Institute Coin Room also houses various selections of modern coins, a small range of Hellenistic coinage and a small but significant collection of Byzantine lead seals.
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Coins are one of the most important sources of surviving evidence for the economic and social lives of past societies and of the political messages their rulers wished to convey. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts possesses one of Europe's finest collections of Byzantine coins
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Join the curators for an introductory talk and coin handling session.
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The History of Hellenism in the City of Saint Mark
Evening Lecture
Thursday 3 October, 5 - 6pm
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Visualising the Divine on Byzantine and Early Islamic Coinage
8 November 2013 - 30 November 2014
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The Barber Institute is home to one of the finest collections of Roman, Byzantine, Sasanian and Medieval Islamic coins in the world, numbering more than 15,000 items.
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