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Total number of records: 4683

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Coins	4189
People and organisations	258
Textiles	163
Objects	52
Books and printed items	12
Archives	9

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Coin Collection	4185
International Textile Collection	163
Quaker Collection	8
Brotherton Collection	4
English Literature	3
Cookery Collection	2
Herbert Read Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
society of friends	4
quaker church buildings	2
religious tolerance	1
theology, doctrinal	1
toilets	1
lord's supper	1
baptism	1
baptists	1
baths	1
letter	1

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Rome	923
Alexandria, Egypt	218
Antioch, Syria	194
Egypt	163
Constantinople	148
Trier	144
Arles	114
Sisak	113
Lyons	82
Antioch	80

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Constantine I (306-37)	203
Elagabalus	98
Severus Alexander	90
Gordian III	82
Caracalla	77
Constantius II (324-61)	73
Trajan	70
Philip I	67
Antoninus Pius	65
Hadrian	64

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From earliest	1242
From 100	687
From 200	1098
From 300	943
From 400	111
From 500	209
From 600	137
From 700	45
From 800	38
From 900	47
From 1000	1
From 1100	1
From 1700	3
From 1800	2
From 1900	1
From 2000	47

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	1140
Up to 199	650
Up to 299	1302
Up to 399	939
Up to 499	102
Up to 599	237
Up to 699	130
Up to 799	31
Up to 899	49
Up to 999	103

Archive Collection

[Greek Gospels]

McLeish, Charles (1949-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor

10th century

Manuscript in Greek Minuscule on parchment, containing the text of the Gospels, with lectionary divisions in margins. Imperfect: wanting numerous leaves and with some sections of the text supplied lat...

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Paros Hoard

AD 117–AD 254

A hoard of 253 Roman sestertii allegedly from Paros, bought in Athens in 1947. See S.Glenn 'A third century hoard of sestertii from Paros', Numismatic Chronicle 182 (2022), pp. 375–394.

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