Numismatic Museum of Athens
The Numismatic Museum in Athens houses one of the essential collections of coins, ancient and modern, in the world. The museum itself is housed in the mansion of the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The museum’s collection has 600,000 objects, mainly coins but also medals, standard masses, dies, stamps and others, from the 14th century BC until modern times.
Exhibits of the Numismatic Museum of Athens
- Copper ingots from Crete and Mycenae
- Silver Drachma of Athens
- Silver decadrachm from Syracuse,
- A hoard of gold coins from Ancient Corinth
Numismatic Museum of Athens – Photo Gallery
- Numismatic Museum of Athens – Photo Gallery
Numismatic Museum of Athens
- Name: Numismatic Museum of Athens
- Greek: Νομισματικό Μουσείο Αθηνών
- Founded: 1838
- City: Athens
- Country: Greece
- Location: Eleftheriou Venizelou 12, Athina 106 71, Greece
Museums in Athens
- Acropolis Museum
- National Archaeological Museum
- Benaki Museum
- Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
- Byzantine and Christian Museum
- Hellenic Motor Museum
- National Historical Museum, Athens
- Museum of the Ancient Agora
- Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
- Numismatic Museum of Athens
- Athens War Museum
- Jewish Museum of Greece
- Athens University Museum
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