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Total number of records: 1253

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Coins1032
Textiles160
People and organisations48
Books and printed items10
Archives3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Coin Collection1032
International Textile Collection160
Quaker Collection8
English Literature2
Brotherton Collection2
Herbert Read Collection1
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends4
quaker church buildings2
theology, doctrinal1
religious tolerance1
poetry1
lord's supper1
art education1
baptism1
baptists1
conferences1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Rome378
Egypt160
Antioch, Syria82
Alexandria, Egypt30
Berytus27
Fayum20
Judaea18
Sidon18
Lyons13
Athens13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Alexander III of Macedon57
Augustus57
Wang Mang, 7-23, of the Xin Dynasty40
Trajan32
Nero28
Claudius27
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)25
Domitian24
Vespasian (69-79)19
Tiberius19

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Coin

Coin Collection

c.Iron Age-20th century

The collection consists of about 15,000 coins and medals ranging from classical to modern also included are trade and town tokens. The collection has particular strengths in the Classical period and s...

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Alderman Hird Coins

c. 200 BCE - 1900

Presented anonymously to the University in 1957 by Horace Hird, the collection consists of Ancient British, sceattas, Anglo-Saxon, and early Medieval, all of which is published in Sylloge of Coins of ...

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Coin

University of Leeds Collection

650 BCE - AD 2000

A selection of coins, mainly Roman and medieval, acquired directly by University departments and the Coin Committee from 1950 onwards.

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Coin

Thackray: Greek

700 BCE - 44 BCE

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