Purchased ancient coins on his visits to the Middle EastĪnton Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt His diaries reveal that he 'enjoyed making an inventory of his coins and arranging them in order' Said to have instructed his ambassadors to look out for ancient coins.įrederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Had a collection of more than 15,000 coins marked her coins with a monogram stamp Left his coins, 'which he had collected in Italy and the East,' to Sir John Marsham His collection of 30,000 coins and medals was purchased by Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales The cabinets in which he stored his coins are today kept in the Vienna Coin Cabinet and at Ambras Castle Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburgīequeathed his collection to the Fitzwilliam MuseumĬollection is in the Bavarian State Coin Collection Wrote De Asse et Partibus Eius (1514) on Roman coins and measures

Purchased coins that had been in Pope Paul II's collection Had a collection of ancient coins which had been discovered in Italy carried them with him in an ivory cabinetĬollected ancient coins, and had about a hundred gold and a thousand silver coins 'was able at a glance to tell where an ancient coin came from'

Presented some of his Roman coins to Emperor Charles IVĬommissioned copies of the medals in his collection Owned a large collection of ancient coins and medals which she kept in custom-made bronze cabinets and happily accepted new additions as presents. CollectorĪccording to Suetonius, he gave 'coins of every device, including old pieces of the kings and foreign money' as Saturnalia gifts. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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