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Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna. Münzkabinett.


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The Coin Collection (Münzkabinett) is one of the five largest and most important coin collections in the world.
Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna. Münzkabinett.

ABOUT Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna. Münzkabinett.:



With 600,000 objects, the collection contains not only coins, but also paper money, medallions, orders, etc. Some 2,000 objects can be seen in the three halls housing the permanent display, which represents only a small part of the holdings.

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Maria Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien
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Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna. Münzkabinett.
The Coin Collection (Münzkabinett) is one of the five largest and most important coin collections in the world.
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Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte, Universität Wien (University of Vienna) - The Department of Numismatics and Monetary History at the University of Vienna is the only autonomous university department of this orientation in Europe.
Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna. Münzkabinett. - The Coin Collection (Münzkabinett) is one of the five largest and most important coin collections in the world.
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ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE
ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE (Spanish). Medallist and Engraver on copper who worked in Spain during the early portion of the seventeenth century. He was born at Toledo, and learnt drawing under the celebrated painter Dom. Theotocopuli, surnamed El Greco. In 1609 Philippe III. gave Astor an appointment at the Segovia Mint, a post which was continued to his son by Philip IV. in 1633. Three years later, in 1636, he was called to ...
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ATHENION
ATHENION (Greek). Gem-engraver who probably worked at the court of Eumenes II. (197-159). His signature A?HNI?N appears in relief on a cameo in onyx of the Museum at Naples showing Zeus in quadriga, crushing the serpent-legged Giants. Prof. Furtwaengler was the first to draw attention to the similarity of work and style between this cameo and the fine bas-relief which adorns the Altar of the Giants at Pergamum. M. Ba...
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AUGER, JACQUES
AUGER, JACQUES (French). Goldsmith and Coin-engraver of Bourges ; was entrusted with the execution of a new seal in silver for the Cathedral of St. Etienne. In 1564 he cut another with the arms of the city, and again in 1575 one for the Chapter House, where he represented Lescadius, Prefect of Gaul, giving refuge to St. Ursinus, apostle of Berry. The artist received in 1577 the sum of 15 livres 17 sous. According to ...
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AUGUSTE, HENRI
AUGUSTE, HENRI (French). Son of Robert Joseph Auguste, a distinguished Parisian Goldsmith of the second half of the eighteenth century. Henri A. was born, 18. March 1759, and was apprenticed to his father, whose talent he inherited. In 1790, he suggested before the National Assembly the erection of a statue to Louis XVI. out of bell-metal. He worked later on under Denon at the Paris Mint, and in conjunction with Bre...
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